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Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Rapid City, SD

May 22, 2012

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this red flag warning at May 22, 2012, 6:00 AM CDT. It took effect at May 22, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 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
May 22, 2012, 6:00 AM CDT (11:00 UTC)
In effect from
May 22, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 22, 2012, 7:58 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at May 22, 4:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 4:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 6:29 AM CDT, 23 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
529 AM MDT MON MAY 21 2012

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-221300-
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-
529 AM MDT (629 AM CDT) MON MAY 21 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING OVER CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE NOT EXPECTED.

THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL BE IN THE EXTREME CATEGORY OVER
FALL RIVER COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING EAST OF A LINE FROM FAITH TO PHILIP. DAMAGING
WIND WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...BUT LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE
ACROSS WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL BE IN THE EXTREME CATEGORY
OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.

.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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRTodd53 min
May 21, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRTodd40 min
May 22, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRHarding49 min

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in South Dakota, 2012Red Flag Warnings in Wyoming, 2012Every red flag warning 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.