Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Rapid City, SD
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.
- 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
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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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Rapid City, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Bennett, Todd | 27 min |
| Jun 13, 7:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 8:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Bennett, Jackson | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 9:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Jackson, Pennington | 60 min |
| Jun 14, 11:45 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | UNR | Custer | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 12:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Mellette | 55 min |
| Jun 14, 12:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | UNR | Mellette, Todd | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 1:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Mellette, Todd, Tripp | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 2:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Tripp | 60 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.