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Wind Advisory 22, NWS Rapid City, SD

October 6, 201116 counties in South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this wind advisory at Oct 6, 2011, 2:18 PM MDT for 16 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Oct 7, 2011, 8:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 6, 2011, 2:18 PM MDT (20:18 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 7, 2011, 8:00 AM MDT
Expired
Oct 7, 2011, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD

Counties Bennett County, SD, Butte County, SD, Custer County, SD, Fall River County, SD, Haakon County, SD, Harding County, SD, Jackson County, SD, Lawrence County, SD, Meade County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Oglala Lakota County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Perkins County, SD, Todd County, SD, Tripp County, SD, Ziebach County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 49 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2011-10-06Temperature 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2011-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
905 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 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 wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Oct 6, 1:57 PM MDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 1:57 PM MDT, 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 6, 9:57 AM MDT, 4 hours 21 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, 2:10 PM MDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
210 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011

SDZ027-029-074-062100-
HERMOSA FOOT HILLS SD-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS SD-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS SD-
210 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN FALL RIVER AND CENTRAL
CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM MDT...

AT 209 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DOWNTOWN HOT SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 25
MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  DOWNTOWN CUSTER...
  COLD BROOK RESERVOIR...
  BUFFALO GAP...
  WIND CAVE VISITORS CENTER...
  ARGYLE...
  PRINGLE...
  SANATOR...
  BLUE BELL...
  CUSTER PARK GAME LODGE...
  STOCKADE LAKE...
  CENTER LAKE...
  CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL...

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.

CARSTENS
Special weather statement, Oct 6, 2:12 PM MDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
212 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011

SDZ030-074-062100-
CUSTER CO PLAINS SD-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS SD-
212 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CUSTER COUNTY UNTIL 300
PM MDT...

AT 209 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAIRBURN...OR 23 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN HOT SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  FAIRBURN...
  HERMOSA...

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.

CARSTENS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 6, 3:45 AM MDTHigh Wind WarningUNRMellette, Todd, Tripp14 hr
Oct 6, 2:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster52 min
Oct 6, 2:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster51 min
Oct 6, 2:55 PM MDTRed Flag WarningUNR28 hr
Oct 6, 3:18 PM MDTTornado WarningUNRCuster27 min
Oct 6, 3:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRPennington52 min
Oct 6, 3:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMeade61 min
Oct 6, 3:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster30 min
Oct 6, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNR57 min
Oct 6, 4:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster, Pennington41 min
Oct 6, 5:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRBennett, Jackson, Mellette39 min
Oct 6, 5:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRBennett, Jackson37 min
Oct 6, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRBennett, Jackson, Mellette, Todd47 min
Oct 6, 5:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon, Jackson, Mellette56 min
Oct 6, 5:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMeade, Perkins, Ziebach51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.