Alert archive / South Dakota / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Rapid City, SD
NWS Rapid City, SD issued this winter storm warning at Feb 4, 2011, 2:12 PM MST for Lawrence County, Meade County, Pennington County, South Dakota; Crook County, Weston County, Wyoming. It took effect at Feb 4, 2011, 6:00 PM MST. It was in force for 44 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 4, 2011, 2:12 PM MST (21:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 4, 2011, 6:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2011, 2:24 PM MST
- In force
- 44 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Rapid City, SD
Counties Lawrence County, SD, Meade County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Crook County, WY, Weston County, WY
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 4, 10:41 AM MST, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 10:41 AM MST, 3 hours 31 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 4, 10:24 AM MST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1024 AM MST FRI FEB 4 2011 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-051400- 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- 1024 AM MST (1124 AM CST) FRI FEB 4 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST WYOMING AND THE BLACK HILLS THIS EVENING. OVER THE SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS AND EASTERN FOOTHILLS...AREAS OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE...WITH A SLOW TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A VIGOROUS CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON SATURDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH SNOW WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST WYOMING AND NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS AND THE BEAR LODGE MOUNTAINS. ANOTHER SHOT OF ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH WELL BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK...ALONG WITH BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS. .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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2:12 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Butte, Custer, Haakon, Harding, Lawrence, Meade and 3 more | 48 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in South Dakota, 2011Winter Storm Warnings in Wyoming, 2011Every winter storm 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.