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Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Rapid City, SD

October 6, 2011

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this red flag warning at Oct 6, 2011, 3:55 PM CDT. It took effect at Oct 7, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Oct 6, 2011, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 7, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 7, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Rapid City, SD

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Oct 6, 2:57 PM CDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 2:57 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 6, 10:57 AM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
957 AM MDT THU OCT 6 2011

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-071300-
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-
957 AM MDT (1057 AM CDT) THU OCT 6 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

...WIND ADVISORY TODAY FOR MUCH OF THE WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA PLAINS TODAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. STRONGER WINDS OF
35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA. A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME STORMS ACROSS WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
THE BLACK HILLS AREA MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

WINDY CONDITIONS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED FRIDAY ACROSS THE SOUTH DAKOTA
PLAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY REACH 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO
50 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER
ACROSS MANY PARTS OF THE WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

BUNKERS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 6, 3:10 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 6, 3:12 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 6, 3:43 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 6, 3:55 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
255 PM MDT THU OCT 06 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0232 PM     HAIL             5 WNW BUFFALO GAP       43.52N 103.41W
10/06/2011  M1.00 INCH       CUSTER             SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

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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
Oct 6, 4:45 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	UNR	Mellette, Todd, Tripp	14 hr
Oct 6, 3:18 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	UNR	Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Harding and 10 more	29 hr
Oct 6, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer	52 min
Oct 6, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer	51 min
Oct 6, 4:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Custer	27 min
Oct 6, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Pennington	52 min
Oct 6, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade	61 min
Oct 6, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer	30 min
Oct 6, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR		57 min
Oct 6, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Pennington	41 min
Oct 6, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Bennett, Jackson, Mellette	39 min
Oct 6, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Bennett, Jackson	37 min
Oct 6, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Bennett, Jackson, Mellette, Todd	47 min
Oct 6, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Haakon, Jackson, Mellette	56 min
Oct 6, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade, Perkins, Ziebach	51 min

Nearby

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Sources

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