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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Rapid City, SD

June 22, 2012Campbell County, Crook County, Wyoming

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2012, 8:06 PM MDT for Campbell County, Crook County, Wyoming. It was in force for 54 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 22, 2012, 8:06 PM MDT (02:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2012, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
2.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Campbell County, WY, Crook County, WY

The radar

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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 22, 5:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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 22, 5:03 PM MDT, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 5:03 PM MDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 11:15 AM MDT, 8 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1115 AM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-231300-
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-
1115 AM MDT (1215 PM CDT) FRI JUN 22 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FAITH TO
BELLE FOURCHE TO GILLETTE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL
BE THE MAIN THREATS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH THE THREAT FOR
LARGE HAIL CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

HOT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT WEEK WITH A DAILY CHANCE
FOR THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING ON MONDAY. SOME ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...
OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RAPIDCITY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 7:21 PM MDT, 45 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 7:33 PM MDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
733 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

WYZ054-230215-
NORTHERN CAMPBELL WY-
733 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CAMPBELL COUNTY
UNTIL 815 PM MDT...

AT 728 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF RECLUSE...OR 30 MILES NORTH OF
DOWNTOWN GILLETTE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 4500 10522 4465 10510 4455 10554 4477 10571
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 248DEG 25KT 4474 10551

BARDALAMAS
Local storm report, Jun 22, 7:45 PM MDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
745 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

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

0738 PM     HAIL             4 W EDGEMONT            43.30N 103.91W
06/22/2012  E4.25 INCH       FALL RIVER         SD   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GOLFBALL TO SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL

&&

JJOHNSON
Local storm report, Jun 22, 7:49 PM MDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
749 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

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

0700 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 SW HERMOSA            43.77N 103.29W
06/22/2012                   CUSTER             SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ROOF DAMAGE DUE TO STRAIGHT LINE WINDS

&&

JJOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 7:56 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
756 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

SDZ030-031-041-042-230245-
CUSTER CO PLAINS SD-FALL RIVER SD-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS SD-SHANNON SD-
756 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN FALL RIVER...
SOUTHEASTERN CUSTER...EXTREME SOUTHERN PENNINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN
SHANNON COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM MDT...

AT 751 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF RED
SHIRT TO SMITHWICK...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  ROCKYFORD...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 4338 10321 4374 10289 4370 10214 4368 10213
      4319 10277
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 275DEG 17KT 4362 10276 4335 10313

CALDERON

The office that day

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

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, 7:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRPerkins39 min
Jun 22, 7:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRLawrence51 min
Jun 22, 7:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNR42 min
Jun 22, 7:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRFall River66 min
Jun 22, 7:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNROglala Lakota49 min
Jun 22, 8:03 PM MDTTornado WarningUNRFall River42 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, 9:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRButte57 min
Jun 22, 9:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNROglala Lakota45 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 22, 10:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRHarding46 min
Jun 22, 10:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRBennett39 min
Jun 22, 10:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHarding30 min
Jun 23, 12:03 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRJackson, Pennington38 min
Jun 23, 12:30 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRTodd30 min
Jun 23, 12:57 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRBennett33 min
Jun 23, 1:49 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRBennett26 min
Jun 23, 3:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRCuster51 min
Jun 22, 7:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCampbell54 min
Jun 22, 8:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCampbell, Crook, Weston53 min
Jun 22, 9:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCrook, Weston61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.