Alert archive / South Dakota / High Wind Warnings in 2014
High Wind Warning 14, NWS Rapid City, SD
NWS Rapid City, SD issued this high wind warning at Dec 21, 2014, 2:55 PM MST for Pennington County, South Dakota. It took effect at Dec 22, 2014, 8:00 AM MST. It was in force for 12 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
- Dec 21, 2014, 2:55 PM MST (21:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 22, 2014, 8:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2014, 7:49 PM MST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Rapid City, SD
County Pennington County, SD
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Dec 21, 10:28 AM MST, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 10:28 AM MST, 4 hours 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 2:35 PM MST, 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 235 PM MST SUN DEC 21 2014 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-221400- HARDING-PERKINS-BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH- NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY- SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS- CUSTER CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-HAAKON-FALL RIVER-SHANNON- JACKSON-BENNETT-MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS- SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL- SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-WESTERN CROOK-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-WESTON- NORTHEASTERN CROOK- 235 PM MST SUN DEC 21 2014 /335 PM CST SUN DEC 21 2014/ ...WINTER STORM WILL BRING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE ROCKIES INTO THE DAKOTAS TONIGHT. RAIN THIS AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS AND BEAR LODGE MOUNTAINS BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED OVER THE PLAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING AS THE STORM SYSTEM STALLS OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. PERSISTENT UPSLOPE- ENHANCED SNOWFALL OVER THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS AND BEAR LODGE MOUNTAINS WILL PRODUCE 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW FROM FOUR CORNERS... TO ONEIL PASS AND CHEYENNE CROSSING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. AN AREA OF 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...FROM PINE RIDGE TO WINNER. TWO TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND ONLY 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN FOOTHILLS AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AS A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT STRENGTHENS OVER THE REGION...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OVER NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. WINDS WILL GUST TO OVER 50 MPH DURING THE DAY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LIGHT SNOW MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MAY PRODUCE SNOW ON CHRISTMAS DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES... OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RAPIDCITY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Rapid City, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 3:13 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | UNR | Custer, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 12 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:55 PM MST | Wind Advisory | UNR | Custer, Fall River | 29 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:55 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | UNR | Bennett, Haakon, Jackson, Lawrence, Meade, Mellette and 4 more | 48 hr |
| Dec 21, 2:55 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | UNR | Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Harding and 10 more | 45 hr |
Nearby
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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.