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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 420

June 22, 201210 counties in South Dakota; Crook County, Weston County, Wyoming

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 22, 2012, 5:48 PM MDT for 10 counties in South Dakota; Crook County, Weston County, Wyoming. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2012, 5:48 PM MDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2012, 1:00 AM MDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected
2.5 in
Strongest gust expected
60 kt

Counties Bennett County, SD, Butte County, SD, Custer County, SD, Fall River County, SD, Jackson County, SD, Lawrence County, SD, Meade County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Todd County, SD, Crook County, WY, Weston County, WY

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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.

What SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
20%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
5%
Ten or more severe wind reports
30%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
30%
Ten or more severe hail reports
30%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
50%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
70%

Warnings issued inside it

15 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 6:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster, Fall River66 min
Jun 22, 7:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster, Meade, Pennington60 min
Jun 22, 7:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRFall River66 min
Jun 22, 8:03 PM MDTTornado WarningUNRFall River42 min
Jun 22, 8:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCampbell, Crook54 min
Jun 22, 8:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNR66 min
Jun 22, 8:32 PM MDTTornado WarningUNRFall River58 min
Jun 22, 8:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRBennett, Jackson60 min
Jun 22, 8:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCampbell, Crook, Weston53 min
Jun 22, 9:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRButte57 min
Jun 22, 9:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCrook, Weston61 min
Jun 22, 9:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRBennett, Todd53 min
Jun 22, 9:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRLawrence, Pennington61 min
Jun 22, 10:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRButte, Lawrence, Meade58 min
Jun 23, 12:03 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRJackson, Pennington38 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 5:02 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson and 10 more118 min
Jun 22, 2:59 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGoshen, Laramie91 min
Jun 22, 3:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGoshen, Niobrara, Platte9 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Dakota, 2012Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wyoming, 2012Every severe thunderstorm watch in 2012

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.