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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Rapid City, SD

June 2, 2011Haakon County, Jackson County, Mellette County, South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2011, 8:33 PM MDT for Haakon County, Jackson County, Mellette County, South Dakota. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2011, 8:33 PM MDT (02:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2011, 9:38 PM MDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
2.5 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Haakon County, SD, Jackson County, SD, Mellette County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 3, 10:24 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC157 days
Jun 2, 6:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 2, 2:47 PM MDT, 5 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 2:47 PM MDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 6:46 AM MDT, 13 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
646 AM MDT THU JUN 2 2011

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-031300-
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-
646 AM MDT (746 AM CDT) THU JUN 2 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING OVER FAR
NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

FOR THIS EVENING...THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN WYOMING INTO NORTHWESTERN THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS EVENING...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM LEMMON TO MARTIN.
LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 6:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRJackson, Pennington63 min
Jun 2, 7:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRBennett, Jackson58 min
Jun 2, 7:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon, Jackson, Pennington82 min
Jun 2, 8:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRPerkins, Ziebach39 min
Jun 2, 10:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRZiebach21 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.