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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Rapid City, SD

June 13, 2011Pennington County, South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2011, 6:47 PM MDT for Pennington County, South Dakota. It was in force for 24 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 13, 2011, 6:47 PM MDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2011, 7:11 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Pennington County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 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 nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 349 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2011-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2011-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2042 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 13, 2:00 PM MDT, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 2:00 PM MDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
200 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2011

.DISCUSSION...CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES WEAK HIGH OVER
NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA...WHILE SOUTHERLY/EASTERLY FLOW IS STARTING
TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN CWFA. UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS PLACES RIDGE
OVER THE MIDWEST AND TROF OVER THE NRN ROCKIES INTO THE GREAT
BASIN...BRINGING SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW TO OUR AREA. ROUND OF SHORT
WAVES CONTINUE TO SLIDE THROUGH THE FLOW...WITH THE NEXT APPROACHING
ONE NOW COMING THROUGH EASTERN WYOMING. A COUPLE OF STORMS HAVE
TRIED TO DEVELOP ALREADY OVER THE BLKHLS...THOUGH HAVE BEEN WEAK AND
SHORT LIVED SO FAR.

FOR THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AS
AFOREMENTIONED WAVE CONTINUES ITS EASTERLY PROGRESSION. WINDS ACROSS
THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO SWITCH SOUTHERLY/EASTERLY BRINGING IN
ADDITIONAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE
INCREASING INSTABILITY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVE...WITH THE
STRONGEST OVER SOUTH CENTRAL PUSHING INTO PARTS OF SOUTHWEST SODAK
(1-2.5 KJ/KG). SHEAR REMAINS MARGINAL...THOUGH STILL SUFFICIENT TO
PRODUCE ROTATING UPDRAFTS. EXPECT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
TO BE THE KEY THREATS. ALSO...FORECAST STORM MOTION FOR RIGHT MOVING
SUPERCELLS IS ADVERTISED TO BE 5-10KTS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL SODAK...SO
WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE POSSIBILITY FOR LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

ON TUESDAY...COLD FRONT WILL START SLIDING INTO THE AREA EARLY...AND
WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY BRINGING BREEZY CONDITIONS
TO PARTS OF THE AREA ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES IN ITS WAKE.
UPPER TROF WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH TOWARDS THE AREA. THIS WILL BRING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE BEST CHANCES OVER THE NRN/ERN
CWFA. INSTABILITY WILL BE ON THE WEAKER SIDE...SO EXPECT STORMS TO
REMAIN TAME. TROF AXIS WILL SLOWLY PUSH EAST OVERNIGHT...WITH PRECIP
TAPERING OFF.

FOR WEDNESDAY...QUIET WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY AS WEAK
RIDGE PASSES OVER. LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES OVER THE NWRN CWFA
OVERNIGHT WITH MODEST THETA-E ADVECTION...WHICH MAY LEAD TO A FEW
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS.

EXTENDED...AFTER A BRIEF BREAK IN THE PRECIP...ANOTHER UPPER TROF
WILL SEND SEVERAL DISTURBANCES OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS FROM
THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE NEXT WAVE WILL APPROACH THURS
AFTERNOON...TRIGGERING THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEASTERN WY AND THE
BLACK HILLS. AS SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS OVER SOUTHEASTERN MT-
NORTHEASTERN WY...PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE ACROSS NORTHWESTERN
SD...THEN CONTINUE EASTWARD AS COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS SD FRIDAY.
TEMPS WILL REMAIN NEAR AVERAGE...WITH A LITTLE COOLDOWN MONDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...LOCAL MVFR CIGS OVR SOUTH CNTRL SD WL ERODE THROUGH THE
AFTN. SCT CUMULUS CLDS HAV INCRSD OVR BLK HLS AND NERN WY...AND
TSTMS WL DVLP LATER THIS AFTN AND EVENING. COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE
AREA AFT MIDNIGHT...WITH WINDS SWITCHING TO THE NW. SOME MVFR CIGS
WL MOV ACRS NERN WY DURG THE EARLY MRNG BEHIND THE FRONT...BUT
IMPROVING BY MIDDAY.

&&

.UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE.
WY...NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 11:50 AM MDT, 6 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1150 AM MDT MON JUN 13 2011

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-141300-
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-
1150 AM MDT (1250 PM CDT) MON JUN 13 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THIS EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK SOME OF THESE
STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A
LINE FROM HOT SPRINGS TO WALL TO PHILIP. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO
BE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST NEARLY EACH DAY
OVER VARIOUS PARTS OF THE AREA AS SEVERAL DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH.
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 6:22 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
622 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2011

SDZ026-028-140100-
CENTRAL BLACK HILLS SD-RAPID CITY SD-
622 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN PENNINGTON COUNTY UNTIL
700 PM MDT...

AT 617 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HILL CITY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  SHERIDAN LAKE...
  ROCKERVILLE...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

SCHILD
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 6:29 PM MDT, 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRBennett, Todd27 min
Jun 13, 7:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRLawrence, Meade, Pennington36 min
Jun 13, 8:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRBennett, Jackson38 min
Jun 13, 9:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRJackson, Pennington60 min
Jun 14, 11:45 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryUNRCuster4 hr
Jun 14, 12:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMellette55 min
Jun 14, 12:54 PM MDTTornado WarningUNRMellette, Todd36 min
Jun 14, 1:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMellette, Todd, Tripp46 min
Jun 14, 2:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRTripp60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.