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High Wind Warning 4, NWS Rapid City, SD

May 24, 201010 counties in South Dakota; Campbell County, Weston County, Wyoming

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this high wind warning at May 24, 2010, 3:49 AM MDT for 10 counties in South Dakota; Campbell County, Weston County, Wyoming. It took effect at May 24, 2010, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 11 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2010, 3:49 AM MDT (09:49 UTC)
In effect from: May 24, 2010, 10:00 AM MDT
Expired: May 24, 2010, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Rapid City, SD

Counties Bennett County, SD, Custer County, SD, Fall River County, SD, Haakon County, SD, Jackson County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Oglala Lakota County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Todd County, SD, Tripp County, SD, Campbell County, WY, Weston County, WY

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Rapid City, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind warning went out at May 24, 3:04 AM MDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 3:04 AM MDT, 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 2:30 PM MDT, 13 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
230 PM MDT SUN MAY 23 2010

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-241300-
BENNETT-BUTTE-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-CUSTER CO PLAINS-FALL RIVER-HAAKON-
HARDING-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-JACKSON-MELLETTE-NORTHEASTERN CROOK-
NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-
NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-PERKINS-RAPID CITY-
SHANNON-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-TODD-TRIPP-
WESTERN CROOK-WESTON-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-ZIEBACH-
230 PM MDT (330 PM CDT) SUN MAY 23 2010

...FLOOD WATCH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FOR PARTS OF
NORTHEAST WYOMING AND FAR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...

...HIGH WIND WATCH MONDAY FOR PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND
WESTERN THROUGH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ANOTHER WEAK WEATHER SYSTEM WILL LIFT ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA LATE
TONIGHT...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER
MUCH OF THE AREA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
OVERNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE MAIN THREAT
WILL BE LARGE HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND
MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A STRONGER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST
WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS
WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. THERE IS A
RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS MOST
OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY
PRODUCE SOME FLOODING OF RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE BLACK HILLS
AND ADJACENT PLAINS.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 24, 12:06 AM MDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 24, 12:58 AM MDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 24, 1:00 AM MDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 24, 1:01 AM MDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Rapid City, SD issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 10:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Todd, Tripp	26 min
May 24, 12:15 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	UNR	Custer, Meade, Pennington	4 hr
May 24, 12:26 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	UNR	Fall River	5 hr
May 24, 3:49 AM MDT	Wind Advisory	UNR	Butte, Harding, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington, Perkins and 1 more	32 hr
May 24, 11:37 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Fall River	38 min
May 24, 12:04 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Custer, Fall River	56 min
May 24, 12:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Haakon, Meade, Pennington	53 min
May 24, 12:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Meade, Pennington	59 min
May 24, 12:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Pennington	40 min
May 24, 12:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Haakon, Ziebach	65 min
May 24, 12:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Haakon, Ziebach	31 min
May 24, 12:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Fall River	51 min
May 24, 1:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Pennington	24 min
May 24, 1:05 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	UNR	Custer, Fall River, Pennington	6 hr
May 24, 1:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade	63 min
May 24, 1:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington	62 min
May 24, 1:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Fall River	55 min
May 24, 1:24 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Meade, Ziebach	36 min
May 24, 1:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Harding, Meade, Perkins	58 min
May 24, 1:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Tripp	46 min
May 24, 1:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Meade	42 min
May 24, 1:50 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Meade, Perkins, Ziebach	40 min
May 24, 2:05 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Custer, Fall River	40 min
May 24, 2:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	UNR	Butte, Custer, Fall River, Meade, Pennington	6 hr
May 24, 2:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Pennington	43 min
May 24, 2:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Perkins	71 min
May 24, 2:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Harding, Meade, Perkins	50 min
May 24, 2:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Mellette, Todd	59 min
May 24, 2:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade, Perkins	59 min
May 24, 2:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Fall River, Meade, Pennington	63 min
May 24, 2:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR		49 min
May 24, 3:00 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	UNR	Pennington	5 hr
May 24, 3:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Meade	39 min
May 24, 3:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Harding, Perkins	80 min
May 24, 3:15 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	UNR	Meade, Pennington	5 hr
May 24, 3:15 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Perkins	45 min
May 24, 3:32 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	UNR	Fall River	3 hr
May 24, 3:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR		25 min
May 24, 3:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Meade, Pennington	61 min
May 24, 3:47 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Pennington	28 min
May 24, 3:56 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	UNR	Custer, Pennington	4 hr
May 24, 4:14 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Pennington	31 min
May 24, 4:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Perkins	44 min
May 24, 4:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade, Pennington, Perkins, Ziebach	63 min
May 24, 5:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Haakon, Jackson, Mellette	55 min
May 24, 5:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Haakon, Ziebach	61 min
May 24, 5:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Mellette, Todd, Tripp	68 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.