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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Rapid City, SD
NWS Rapid City, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2013, 9:30 PM CDT for Todd County, South Dakota. It was in force for 30 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
- May 27, 2013, 9:30 PM CDT (02:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2013, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Rapid City, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Todd County, SD
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 12:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1053 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.9
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 May 27, 7:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 7:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 611 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2013 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 607 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2013 HAVE REMOVED THE SEVERE TSTM THREAT FROM NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND FAR NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE REST OF WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN SEEM TO BE THE MAIN THREATS. && .SHORT TERM...THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT ISSUED AT 257 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2013 LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER ERN CO/WRN KS WITH AN TROUGH EXTENDING NORTHWARD NEAR THE WY/SD BORDER. SAT AND SFC OBSERVATIONS SHOW A DRY SLOT PUSHING EASTWARD ACROSS SRN WYOMING AND ARCING TOWARD OUR NE WY ZONES. CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HAS DEVELOPED INTO A N/S ORIENTED LINE FROM NORTHWESTERN TOWARD THE NRN BLKHLS...MOVING EASTWARD. WV SAT SHOWS A VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST...WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEASTERN WYOMING NEAR THE NOSE OF THE DRY PUSH AT THE SFC. MESO MODELS INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING AND DEVELOPING INTO A N/S ORIENTED LINE THAT WILL CROSS THE FORECAST AREA FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. SEVERE STORMS ARE PROBABLE. TUESDAY...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE/OUTFLOW FROM TONIGHT/S CONVECTION WILL PUSH MAIN SURFACE BOUNDARIES TO THE NE/SD BORDER. THIS WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR NEW STORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE TSRA GIVEN FORECAST HODOGRAPHS/SOUNDINGS. TEMPERATURES NEAR GUIDANCE. && .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISSUED AT 257 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2013 LARGE WESTERN UPPER TROF WILL CROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES MID-WEEK BRINGING CONTINUED CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. SEVERE THREAT WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY WITH AMPLE INSTABILITY AND SHEAR EXPECTED. BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...UPPER TROF WILL ENTER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WITH CLOSED LOW OVER THE DAKOTAS. THIS WILL BRING CONTINUED PRECIP CHANCES...MAINLY RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPS. UPPER TROF WILL SHIFT EAST BY THE WEEKEND...WITH DRIER AND MORE MILD CONDITIONS RETURNING. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 608 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2013 SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. SOME SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE THIS EVENING AS THE STORMS MOVE OFF TO THE EAST. && .UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. WY...NONE. && UPDATE...10 SHORT TERM...10 LONG TERM...7 AVIATION...10
Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 4:36 AM CDT, 16 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 336 AM MDT MON MAY 27 2013 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-281300- 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- 336 AM MDT (436 AM CDT) MON MAY 27 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH DAMAGING WINDS ALSO POSSIBLE. IN ADDITIONAL TO THE SEVERE WEATHER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEK. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA TUESDAY...AND THEN OVER WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED 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
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</html>Local storm report, May 27, 8:49 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
749 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0620 PM HAIL 1 S PRINGLE 43.59N 103.59W
05/27/2013 E1.25 INCH CUSTER SD PUBLIC
0700 PM HAIL 10 SW DOWNTOWN HOT SPRI 43.33N 103.62W
05/27/2013 E1.75 INCH FALL RIVER SD PUBLIC
&&
POJORLIELocal storm report, May 27, 8:58 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
758 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 PM HAIL 4 WSW WANBLEE 43.54N 101.72W
05/27/2013 E1.00 INCH JACKSON SD TRAINED SPOTTER
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POJORLIEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Rapid City, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Haakon, Jackson | 71 min |
| May 27, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Fall River | 38 min |
| May 27, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer, Fall River | 48 min |
| May 27, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Jackson | 72 min |
| May 27, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Fall River | 63 min |
| May 27, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Jackson, Mellette | 64 min |
| May 28, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Custer | 37 min |
| May 28, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Fall River | 25 min |
| May 28, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Oglala Lakota | 36 min |
| May 28, 6:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Lawrence | 33 min |
| May 28, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Lawrence | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.