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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Rapid City, SD

May 27, 2013Todd County, South Dakota

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 27, 12:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2013-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 317 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2013-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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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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

&&

POJORLIE
Local 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

&&

POJORLIE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon, Jackson71 min
May 27, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRFall River38 min
May 27, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster, Fall River48 min
May 27, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRJackson72 min
May 27, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRFall River63 min
May 27, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRJackson, Mellette64 min
May 28, 5:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRCuster37 min
May 28, 5:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRFall River25 min
May 28, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementUNROglala Lakota36 min
May 28, 6:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRLawrence33 min
May 28, 6:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRLawrence35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.