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High Wind Warning 8, NWS Rapid City, SD

February 16, 20144 counties in South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this high wind warning at Feb 16, 2014, 4:49 PM MST for 4 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 4 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
Feb 16, 2014, 4:49 PM MST (23:49 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2014, 9:00 PM MST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD

Counties Butte County, SD, Lawrence County, SD, Meade County, SD, Pennington County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Feb 16, 4:45 PM MST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 4:45 PM MST, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 1:15 PM MST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
115 PM MST SUN FEB 16 2014

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-171400-
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-
115 PM MST (215 PM CST) SUN FEB 16 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING...BRINGING A GOOD CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS TO MUCH OF NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.
PRECIPITATION WILL START OFF AS RAIN IN MOST AREAS...CHANGING OVER TO
SNOW RATHER QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND THE
BLACK HILLS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS A
GOOD PORTION OF NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS
AREA. STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF SHOWERS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 16, 4:26 PM MST, 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 16, 4:41 PM MST, 8 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 16, 4:48 PM MST, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 4:41 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementUNRLawrence, Meade94 min

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in South Dakota, 2014Every high wind warning in 2014

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.