Alert archive / South Dakota / High Wind Warnings in 2012
High Wind Warning 3, NWS Rapid City, SD
NWS Rapid City, SD issued this high wind warning at Feb 25, 2012, 3:09 PM MST for 7 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Feb 26, 2012, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 5 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2012, 3:09 PM MST (22:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 26, 2012, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2012, 9:52 AM MST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Rapid City, SD
Counties Butte County, SD, Haakon County, SD, Harding County, SD, Meade County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Perkins County, SD, Ziebach County, SD
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 5:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 10 Nw Deerfield, SD | BLIND PARK SNOTEL SITE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 1113 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 344 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 375 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
378 WWUS73 KUNR 252209 NPWUNR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 309 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...VERY WINDY ACROSS THE SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY AND SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...VERY GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS. SDZ012-031-073-260615- /O.CAN.KUNR.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120226T0100Z/ /O.UPG.KUNR.WI.Y.0011.120226T1500Z-120227T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KUNR.HW.W.0003.120226T1300Z-120227T0100Z/ BUTTE-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLE FOURCHE...WALL...UNION CENTER 309 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RAPID CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND BECOME VERY GUSTY. WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS 40 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 60 MPH... ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SDZ030-042-044-252315- /O.CAN.KUNR.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120226T0100Z/ CUSTER CO PLAINS-SHANNON-BENNETT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOLSOM...PINE RIDGE...KYLE...MARTIN 309 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RAPID CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WESTERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY OVERNIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY. $$ SDZ001-002-260615- /O.UPG.KUNR.WI.Y.0011.120226T1500Z-120227T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KUNR.HW.W.0003.120226T1300Z-120227T0100Z/ /O.CON.KUNR.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120226T0100Z/ HARDING-PERKINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...LEMMON...BISON 309 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RAPID CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DIMINISHING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND BECOME VERY GUSTY. WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS 40 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 60 MPH... ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 30 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SDZ013-014-032-260615- /O.UPG.KUNR.WI.Y.0011.120226T1500Z-120227T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KUNR.HW.W.0003.120226T1300Z-120227T0100Z/ /O.CON.KUNR.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120226T0100Z/ NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH-HAAKON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAITH...DUPREE...PHILIP 309 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RAPID CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DIMINISHING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND BECOME VERY GUSTY. WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS 40 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 60 MPH... ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 30 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SDZ043-260615- /O.EXB.KUNR.WI.Y.0011.120226T1300Z-120227T0100Z/ /O.CON.KUNR.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120226T0100Z/ JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KADOKA 309 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RAPID CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING AND BECOME VERY GUSTY. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 30 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SDZ025-026-072-260615- /O.EXT.KUNR.WI.Y.0011.120226T1300Z-120227T0100Z/ NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPEARFISH...RAPID CITY...STURGIS 309 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING AND BECOME VERY GUSTY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 30 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SDZ046-047-049-260100- /O.CON.KUNR.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120226T0100Z/ MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITE RIVER...MISSION...WINNER 409 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL DIMINISHING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 30 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$
6 follow-up statements
733 WWUS73 KUNR 252223 NPWUNR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 323 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...VERY WINDY ACROSS THE SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY AND SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...VERY GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS. SDZ001-002-260630- /O.CON.KUNR.HW.W.0003.120226T1300Z-120227T0100Z/ /O.CON.KUNR.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120226T0100Z/ HARDING-PERKINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...LEMMON...BISON 323 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DIMINISHING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND BECOME VERY GUSTY. WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL ALSO DEVELOP BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF LOWER VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS 40 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 60 MPH... ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 30 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SDZ013-014-032-260630- /O.CON.KUNR.HW.W.0003.120226T1300Z-120227T0100Z/ /O.CON.KUNR.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120226T0100Z/ NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH-HAAKON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAITH...DUPREE...PHILIP 323 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DIMINISHING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND BECOME VERY GUSTY. WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS 40 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 60 MPH... ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 30 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SDZ012-031-073-260630- /O.CON.KUNR.HW.W.0003.120226T1300Z-120227T0100Z/ BUTTE-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLE FOURCHE...WALL...UNION CENTER 323 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND BECOME VERY GUSTY. WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS 40 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 60 MPH... ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SDZ043-260630- /O.CON.KUNR.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120226T0100Z/ /O.CON.KUNR.WI.Y.0011.120226T1300Z-120227T0100Z/ JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KADOKA 323 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. * SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING AND BECOME VERY GUSTY. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 30 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SDZ046-047-049-260100- /O.CON.KUNR.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-120226T0100Z/ MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITE RIVER...MISSION...WINNER 423 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL DIMINISHING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 30 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SDZ025-026-072-260630- /O.CON.KUNR.WI.Y.0011.120226T1300Z-120227T0100Z/ NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPEARFISH...RAPID CITY...STURGIS 323 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING AND BECOME VERY GUSTY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 30 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$
374 WWUS73 KUNR 260139 NPWUNR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 639 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...VERY WINDY ACROSS THE SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS ON SUNDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...VERY GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS. SDZ001-002-260945- /O.CON.KUNR.HW.W.0003.120226T1300Z-120227T0100Z/ HARDING-PERKINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...LEMMON...BISON 639 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. * NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND BECOME VERY GUSTY. WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL ALSO DEVELOP BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF LOWER VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS 40 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 60 MPH... ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 30 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SDZ012>014-031-032-073-260945- /O.CON.KUNR.HW.W.0003.120226T1300Z-120227T0100Z/ BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS- HAAKON-SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLE FOURCHE...FAITH...DUPREE...WALL... PHILIP...UNION CENTER 639 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. * NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND BECOME VERY GUSTY. WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS 40 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 60 MPH... ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SDZ025-026-043-072-260945- /O.CON.KUNR.WI.Y.0011.120226T1300Z-120227T0100Z/ NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-JACKSON- STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPEARFISH...RAPID CITY...KADOKA... STURGIS 639 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. * NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE SUNDAY MORNING AND BECOME VERY GUSTY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 30 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$
644 WWUS73 KUNR 260352 NPWUNR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 852 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...VERY WINDY ACROSS THE SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS ON SUNDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...VERY GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. SDZ001-002-261200- /O.EXT.KUNR.HW.W.0003.120226T1200Z-120227T0100Z/ HARDING-PERKINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...LEMMON...BISON 852 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND BECOME VERY GUSTY. WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL ALSO DEVELOP BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF LOWER VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS 40 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 60 MPH... ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SDZ012>014-031-032-073-261200- /O.EXT.KUNR.HW.W.0003.120226T1200Z-120227T0100Z/ BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS- HAAKON-SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLE FOURCHE...FAITH...DUPREE...WALL... PHILIP...UNION CENTER 852 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND BECOME VERY GUSTY. WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS 40 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 60 MPH... ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SDZ027-030-041-042-044-046-047-049-074-261200- /O.EXB.KUNR.WI.Y.0011.120226T1200Z-120227T0100Z/ SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-CUSTER CO PLAINS-FALL RIVER-SHANNON-BENNETT- MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOT SPRINGS...FOLSOM...EDGEMONT... PINE RIDGE...KYLE...MARTIN...WHITE RIVER...MISSION...WINNER... HERMOSA 852 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 /952 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ TO 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RAPID CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /6 AM CST/ TO 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ SUNDAY. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND BECOME VERY GUSTY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 30 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SDZ025-026-043-072-261200- /O.EXT.KUNR.WI.Y.0011.120226T1200Z-120227T0100Z/ NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-JACKSON- STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPEARFISH...RAPID CITY...KADOKA... STURGIS 852 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND BECOME VERY GUSTY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 30 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$
524 WWUS73 KUNR 260526 NPWUNR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1026 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...VERY WINDY ACROSS THE SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA. AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...VERY GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REST OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. SDZ001-002-261330- /O.CON.KUNR.HW.W.0003.120226T1200Z-120227T0100Z/ HARDING-PERKINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...LEMMON...BISON 1026 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND BECOME VERY GUSTY. WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL ALSO DEVELOP BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF LOWER VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS 40 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 60 MPH... ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SDZ012>014-031-032-073-261330- /O.CON.KUNR.HW.W.0003.120226T1200Z-120227T0100Z/ BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS- HAAKON-SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLE FOURCHE...FAITH...DUPREE...WALL... PHILIP...UNION CENTER 1026 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND BECOME VERY GUSTY. WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS 40 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 60 MPH... ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SDZ027-041>044-046-047-049-261330- /O.EXT.KUNR.WI.Y.0011.120226T0526Z-120227T0100Z/ SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-FALL RIVER-SHANNON-JACKSON-BENNETT-MELLETTE- TODD-TRIPP- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOT SPRINGS...EDGEMONT...PINE RIDGE... KYLE...KADOKA...MARTIN...WHITE RIVER...MISSION...WINNER 1026 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 /1126 PM CST SAT FEB 25 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ SUNDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ SUNDAY. * STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...THEN WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST NORTHWEST EARLY SUNDAY MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT. * WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 30 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SDZ025-026-030-072-074-261330- /O.CON.KUNR.WI.Y.0011.120226T1200Z-120227T0100Z/ NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-CUSTER CO PLAINS- STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPEARFISH...RAPID CITY...FOLSOM... STURGIS...HERMOSA 1026 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND BECOME VERY GUSTY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 30 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$
793 WWUS73 KUNR 261039 NPWUNR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 339 AM MST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...VERY WINDY ACROSS THE SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS TODAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. BEHIND IT...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE PLACE FOR TODAY. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST TODAY ACROSS THE SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...WHERE GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SDZ001-002-261900- /O.CON.KUNR.HW.W.0003.120226T1200Z-120227T0100Z/ HARDING-PERKINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...LEMMON...BISON 339 AM MST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING AND BECOME VERY GUSTY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW SHOWERS WILL ALSO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND LOWER VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS 40 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 60 MPH... ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SDZ012>014-031-032-073-261900- /O.CON.KUNR.HW.W.0003.120226T1200Z-120227T0100Z/ BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS- HAAKON-SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLE FOURCHE...FAITH...DUPREE...WALL... PHILIP...UNION CENTER 339 AM MST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING AND BECOME VERY GUSTY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE LOWER VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN SOME AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS 40 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 60 MPH... ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SDZ025-026-030-072-074-261900- /O.EXT.KUNR.WI.Y.0011.120226T1039Z-120227T0100Z/ NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-CUSTER CO PLAINS- STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPEARFISH...RAPID CITY...FOLSOM... STURGIS...HERMOSA 339 AM MST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE VERY GUSTY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AREA THIS MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND LOWER VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 30 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SDZ027-041>044-046-047-049-261900- /O.CON.KUNR.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120227T0100Z/ SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-FALL RIVER-SHANNON-JACKSON-BENNETT-MELLETTE- TODD-TRIPP- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOT SPRINGS...EDGEMONT...PINE RIDGE... KYLE...KADOKA...MARTIN...WHITE RIVER...MISSION...WINNER 339 AM MST SUN FEB 26 2012 /439 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. * STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING BY LATE AFTERNOON. * SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 30 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$
929 WWUS73 KUNR 261652 NPWUNR URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 952 AM MST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...VERY WINDY ACROSS THE SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS TODAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. BEHIND IT...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE PLACE FOR TODAY. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST TODAY ACROSS THE SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON...WHERE GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SDZ031-032-270100- /O.CAN.KUNR.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120227T0100Z/ /O.EXA.KUNR.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120227T0100Z/ PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-HAAKON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALL...PHILIP 952 AM MST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RAPID CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING BY LATE AFTERNOON. * SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 30 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SDZ001-002-012>014-073-270100- /O.CAN.KUNR.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120227T0100Z/ /O.EXA.KUNR.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120227T0100Z/ HARDING-PERKINS-BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH- SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...LEMMON...BISON... BELLE FOURCHE...FAITH...DUPREE...UNION CENTER 952 AM MST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RAPID CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING BY LATE AFTERNOON. * SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND LOWER VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 30 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SDZ026-027-030-041>044-046-047-049-074-270100- /O.CON.KUNR.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120227T0100Z/ RAPID CITY-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-CUSTER CO PLAINS-FALL RIVER- SHANNON-JACKSON-BENNETT-MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAPID CITY...HOT SPRINGS...FOLSOM... EDGEMONT...PINE RIDGE...KYLE...KADOKA...MARTIN...WHITE RIVER... MISSION...WINNER...HERMOSA 952 AM MST SUN FEB 26 2012 /1052 AM CST SUN FEB 26 2012/ ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. * STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING BY LATE AFTERNOON. * SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 30 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$ SDZ025-072-270100- /O.CON.KUNR.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120227T0100Z/ NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPEARFISH...STURGIS 952 AM MST SUN FEB 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE VERY GUSTY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND LOWER VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 30 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Feb 25, 2:39 PM MST, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 2:39 PM MST, 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
239 PM MST SAT FEB 25 2012
.DISCUSSION...
LONG WAVE RIDGE ABOUT 140W BEING FLATTENED BY STRONG SHORT WAVE
TROF. LONG WAVE TROF NEAR 85W. WAVE LENGTH IS INCREASING
SUGGESTING LIKELY DEVELOPMENT OF ANOTHER LONG WAVE AND MODELS SHOW
THIS WITH NEW TROF DEVELOPING NEAR THE WEST COAST. RAPIDLY MOVING
SHORT WAVE TROF IS APPROACHING OUR CWA THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL
CROSS OUR AREA TONIGHT. 500 MB Q VECTOR CONVERGENCE IS SHOWN BY
NAM SLIDING ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF OUR AREA. THIS COMBINED
WITH UPSLOPE FLOW WILL RESULT IN A FAIRLY LONG PERIOD OF SNOW OVER
THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND WEST FACING SLOPES OF BLACK HILLS WITH
ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SNOW ELSEWHERE ACROSS OUR NORTH. STRONG
PRESSURE RISES WILL MOVE QUICKLY EASTWARD BEHIND UPPER VORT
MAX...SHIFTING OUR WINDS TO THE WEST QUICKLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.
FOR SUNDAY...UPPER TROF/WEAK CLOSED LOW...ALONG WITH SURFACE LOW
PRESSURE...WILL SHIFT EAST INTO MINNESOTA. BEHIND THE LOW...VERY
STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS. STRONG
COLD ADVECTION ALONG WITH STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL EASILY
MIX DOWN 50+ KNOT WINDS TO THE SURFACE. WILL ISSUE HIGH WIND
WARNING FOR THIS AREA. WESTERLY COMPONENT TO THE WIND SHOULD KEEP
FOOTHILLS AREAS WITHIN ADVISORY CRITERIA WINDS. ALONG WITH THE
HIGH WINDS...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWEST
SOUTH DAKOTA...WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. IN THE
NORTHERN BLACK HILLS AND BEAR LODGE MOUNTAINS...UPSLOPE SNOWS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE FINALLY DIMINISHING LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
SHORTWAVE RIDGING ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY AS UPPER TROF DIGS ACROSS
THE GREAT BASIN. LOW LEVEL EAST-SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL KEEP
TEMPERATURES COOL...AS STRONG 850-700MB WAA OVERRIDES THE AREA. WITH
WEAK LIFT AND AMOUNT OF SATURATION IN QUESTION...WILL TRIM BACK ON
POPS ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF FORECAST AREA. FORECAST SOUNDINGS
SUGGEST SOME POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOW STRATUS AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IN
UPSLOPE AREAS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA DURING THE DAY MONDAY. WILL
LEAVE THE MENTION OF FREEZING DRIZZLE OUT OF THE FORECAST FOR NOW.
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW UPPER
TROF CROSSING THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND CLOSING OFF OVER THE PLAINS.
ECMWF/GFS/GEFS SHOW SOME SMALL DIFFERENCES IN TRACK/SPEED OF
700-500MB LOWS...WHILE NAM IS MUCH FURTHER NORTH. ALL OF THE GEFS
MEMBERS HAVE MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION LATE MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY.
12Z ECMWF IS SLOWER AND SLIGHTLY FURTHER SOUTH THAN 12Z GFS...WITH
12Z ECMWF VERY CLOSE TO 00Z ECMWF. WITH A GFS/ECMWF BLEND AND
GEFS...THERE IS A HIGH CONFIDENCE IN SNOWFALL ACROSS THE AREA. GOING
WITH CONSERVATIVE VALUES OF MODEL QPF...WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
OF 6+ INCHES IS POSSIBLE. WILL ISSUE WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THIS
EVENT. BASED ON SREF FORECAST SOUNDINGS...WILL ADD SOME FREEZING
RAIN/ICE PELLETS TO THE FORECAST FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA.
NEXT UPPER TROF TO SWING THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY...BRINGING A
CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
&&
.AVIATION...00Z TAFS
STRONG WINDS WILL DOMINATE THE FORECAST THROUGH SUNDAY. GUSTY
SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS
EVENING. MEANWHILE...SOUTHWEST WINDS OVER NORTHEAST WYOMING WILL
SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA EVENING. AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE WILL TRACK ALONG THE ND/SD BORDER OVERNIGHT...WITH STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. THE STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE PLAINS NORTH
AND EAST OF THE BLACK HILLS. A FEW -SHRA/-SHSN POSSIBLE THIS EVENING
ACROSS NORTHEAST WYOMING AND NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. IFR VSBY EXPECTED WITH SNOW
SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS AND BEAR LODGE
MOUNTAINS.
&&
.UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM MST
SUNDAY FOR CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN BLACK HILLS.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING FOR BUTTE-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-CUSTER CO PLAINS-FALL
RIVER-HAAKON-HARDING-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-JACKSON-NORTHERN
BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-
PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-PERKINS-RAPID CITY-SHANNON-SOUTHERN
BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-
STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-ZIEBACH.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR HAAKON-
HARDING-JACKSON-MELLETTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-PERKINS-
TODD-TRIPP-ZIEBACH.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY FOR JACKSON-NORTHERN
FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS.
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MST SUNDAY FOR BUTTE-HAAKON-
HARDING-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-
PERKINS-SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH.
WY...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM MST
SUNDAY FOR WYOMING BLACK HILLS.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN CROOK-NORTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN
CAMPBELL-WESTERN CROOK-WESTON-WYOMING BLACK HILLS.
&&
SHORT TERM...15 AND BARBER
LONG TERM....07
AVIATION...07Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 25, 10:20 AM MST, 4 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1020 AM MST SAT FEB 25 2012 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-261400- 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- 1020 AM MST (1120 AM CST) SAT FEB 25 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA ON SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE AREA LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...BRINGING RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO THE AREA. THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE ACROSS FAR NORTHEASTERN WYOMING...THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS...AND NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...WHERE UP TO AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THIS SYSTEM SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL GUST TO OVER 50 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW TO THE AREA LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THERE IS STILL A GOOD DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE TRACK AND TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM...BUT IT COULD BRING GREATER THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL TO A GOOD PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA BY TUESDAY NIGHT. .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 25, 10:06 AM MST | Wind Advisory | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Haakon, Harding, Jackson and 8 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:54 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Harding and 10 more | 47 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:54 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Custer, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 24 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.