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Red Flag Warning 24, NWS Rapid City, SD

August 7, 2012

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this red flag warning at Aug 7, 2012, 2:19 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 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
Aug 7, 2012, 2:19 PM MDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2012, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
6 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 Aug 7, 11:11 AM MDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 11:11 AM MDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 6:18 AM MDT, 8 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
618 AM MDT TUE AUG 7 2012

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-081300-
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-
618 AM MDT (718 AM CDT) TUE AUG 7 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS AREA TODAY. THESE
STORMS WILL EXIT EAST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. ORGANIZED SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...THOUGH A FEW STORMS MAY
PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND DRY LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A DAILY CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY
ACROSS VARYING PARTS OF THE AREA. ALTHOUGH SOME STORMS MAY
PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS
NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 12:26 PM MDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1226 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2012

SDZ029-030-074-071930-
CUSTER CO PLAINS SD-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS SD-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS SD-
1226 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY UNTIL 130
PM MDT...

AT 1223 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A THUNDERSTORM NEAR CUSTER PARK GAME LODGE...OR 12 MILES EAST OF
DOWNTOWN CUSTER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
FAIRBURN AROUND 1235 PM MDT.
HERMOSA AROUND 1240 PM MDT.

&&

LAT...LON 4385 10290 4364 10295 4366 10346 4383 10350
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 267DEG 29KT 4376 10334

CLARK
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 12:59 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1259 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2012

SDZ029-030-074-071930-
CUSTER CO PLAINS SD-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS SD-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS SD-
1259 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY UNTIL 130
PM MDT...

AT 1257 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BLUE BELL...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DOWNTOWN CUSTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WIND CAVE VISITORS CENTER...
  FAIRBURN...
  BUFFALO GAP...

&&

LAT...LON 4369 10309 4349 10308 4348 10337 4363 10366
      4385 10345
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 305DEG 16KT 4367 10343

RUDGE
Local storm report, Aug 7, 1:46 PM MDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
146 PM MDT TUE AUG 07 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0120 PM     HAIL             2 NE PRINGLE            43.63N 103.56W
08/07/2012  E0.50 INCH       CUSTER             SD   PUBLIC

&&

KCLARK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 12:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRCuster64 min
Aug 7, 12:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRCuster31 min
Aug 7, 1:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster, Fall River44 min
Aug 7, 2:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRCuster48 min
Aug 7, 2:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRJackson43 min
Aug 7, 3:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRJackson, Pennington43 min
Aug 7, 3:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRBennett51 min
Aug 7, 3:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRJackson, Pennington21 min
Aug 7, 3:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRJackson51 min

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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.