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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Rapid City, SD

June 9, 2012Haakon County, South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2012, 11:29 PM MDT for Haakon County, South Dakota. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2012, 11:29 PM MDT (05:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2012, 12:30 AM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Haakon County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 9, 9:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 9, 11:28 PM MDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 11:28 PM MDT, 1 minute before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 9, 10:49 PM MDT, 40 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 9, 10:59 PM MDT, 30 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 9, 11:02 PM MDT, 27 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 9, 11:20 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 11:20 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 11:25 PM MDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1125 PM MDT SAT JUN 9 2012

WYZ054-056-100615-
NORTHERN CAMPBELL WY-WESTERN CROOK WY-
1125 PM MDT SAT JUN 9 2012

AT 1123 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DOWNTOWN GILLETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WESTON...
  OSHOTO...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN WYOMING MILE MARKERS 122 AND
134...

&&

LAT...LON 4487 10536 4462 10484 4422 10545 4440 10575
TIME...MOT...LOC 0525Z 218DEG 40KT 4436 10551

JC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 6:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRLawrence38 min
Jun 9, 8:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington15 min
Jun 9, 9:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon, Meade, Pennington58 min
Jun 9, 9:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNR34 min
Jun 9, 9:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMeade, Pennington61 min
Jun 9, 9:16 PM MDTTornado WarningUNRHaakon, Pennington, Ziebach33 min
Jun 9, 9:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster, Pennington64 min
Jun 9, 9:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon, Jackson, Pennington58 min
Jun 9, 10:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon, Ziebach67 min
Jun 9, 10:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMeade, Pennington62 min
Jun 9, 10:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMeade, Pennington40 min
Jun 9, 10:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRZiebach40 min
Jun 9, 10:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon, Jackson48 min
Jun 9, 11:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRMeade25 min
Jun 10, 12:00 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRZiebach45 min
Jun 10, 12:28 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRMeade32 min
Jun 10, 1:05 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRPerkins55 min
Jun 10, 3:52 AM MDTWind AdvisoryUNRButte, Harding, Meade, Perkins, Ziebach32 hr
Jun 9, 11:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRCampbell50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2012Every severe thunderstorm 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.