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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Rapid City, SD
NWS Rapid City, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2014, 6:07 PM MDT for Crook County, Wyoming. It was in force for 28 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 25, 2014, 6:07 PM MDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2014, 6:35 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Rapid City, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Crook County, WY
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 1:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 386 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1435 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jun 25, 5:37 PM MDT, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 5:37 PM MDT, 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
537 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014
.SHORT TERM...THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT
ISSUED AT 308 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014
CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY
OVER SOUTHEAST MT...THE BLACK HILLS AREA... SOUTHWEST SD...AND
NORTHERN NEB. A WEAK SURFACE LOW IS LOCATED ALONG THE BOUNDARY
OVER SOUTHEAST MT. UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS SHOWS WEAK RIDGING PASSING
TO THE EAST OF THE CWA...WITH WEST-SOUTHWEST FLOW WESTWARD TO THE
ROCKIES. KUDX RADAR SHOWS A FEW SHOWERS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
SD...WITH STORMS STARTING TO DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN WY...SOUTHEAST
MT...AND THE BLACK HILLS. TEMPS ARE IN THE 70S AND LOWER 80S WITH
BRISK SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS. THESE WINDS ARE BRINGING INCREASING LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE AREA...WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 50S AND
LOWER 60S IN MANY AREAS.
ACTIVE WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK AS WEATHER
PATTERN REMAINS RATHER STAGNANT WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE
AREA...AMPLE MOISTURE IN PLACE...AND WEST-SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT
BRINGING DISTURBANCES ACROSS THE REGION. THE BEST CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS FROM WEST TO EAST FOR TODAY AND THURSDAY. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS
WILL CONTINUE TO FEED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE AREA...WITH
DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S. THIS WILL HELP TO PRODUCE
CAPE VALUES OF 1500 TO 2500 J/KG IN MANY AREAS LATE TODAY AND 2000
TO 3000 J/KG LATE THURSDAY/THURSDAY EVENING. VEERING WINDS WITH
HEIGHT WILL PRODUCE SUFFICIENT SHEAR FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT...
WITH THE BEST SHEAR GENERALLY TO THE NORTH OF THE BLACK HILLS. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST WY AND FAR
WESTERN SD UNTIL 03Z. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA FOR LATE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY
NIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS
FROM SEVERE STORMS. HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES...NEAR OR ABOVE
150 PERCENT OF AVERAGE IN THE WATCH AREA... AND RELATIVELY SLOW
MOVING STORMS COULD LEAD TO SOME STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY AMOUNTS OF
RAIN OVER AREAS THAT REMAIN FAIRLY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN PLACE FOR FAR NORTHEAST WY AND MUCH OF
WESTERN SD. THE WATCH COULD BE EXPANDED FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST
DEPENDING ON STORM TRENDS LATER TODAY AND EVENTUAL POTENTIAL FOR
LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO NEAR
OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE ON THURSDAY FOR MOST OF THE AREA...WITH
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S AND 80S.
&&
.LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
ISSUED AT 308 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014
UPPER TROF WILL CONTINUE TO WORK EASTWARD THROUGH THE INTERMOUNTAIN
WEST BECOMING NEGATIVELY TILTED OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS BY FRIDAY.
A SHORTWAVE EJECTING FROM THE MAIN TROF WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT
THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BEST CHANCE FOR SVR
STORMS WILL BE OVER THE EASTERN ZONES...WHICH IS DEPENDENT ON THE
TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE. UNSETTLED WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE ON SATURDAY...THOUGH TO A LESSER EXTENT. THE MAIN UPPER
TROF AXIS PUSHES THROUGH SUNDAY BRINGING A DRIER PATTERN INTO THE
REGION THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK. TEMPS WILL BE GENERALLY
NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE.
&&
.AVIATION...FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY EVENING
ISSUED AT 537 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST
OVERNIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH EARLY EVENING. LOCAL
MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR STRONGER STORMS. ANOTHER
ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
ISSUED AT 308 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014
HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES...NEAR OR ABOVE 150 PERCENT OF
AVERAGE IN THE WATCH AREA... AND RELATIVELY SLOW MOVING STORMS
COULD LEAD TO SOME STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAIN OVER
AREAS THAT REMAIN FAIRLY SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN PLACE FOR FAR NORTHEAST WY AND MUCH
OF WESTERN SD. THE WATCH COULD BE EXPANDED FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST
DEPENDING ON STORM TRENDS LATER TODAY AND EVENTUAL POTENTIAL FOR
LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING.
&&
.UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR SDZ001-002-012-
013-024>026-028>031-072>074.
WY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR WYZ054-056-057-
071.
&&
SHORT TERM...26
LONG TERM...13
AVIATION...26
HYDROLOGY...26Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 6:08 AM MDT, 11 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 608 AM MDT WED JUN 25 2014 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-261300- 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- 608 AM MDT (708 AM CDT) WED JUN 25 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR FAR NORTHEAST WYOMING AND MUCH OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS...WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADO ALSO POSSIBLE. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS WEEK. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING. .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
Local storm report, Jun 25, 4:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
451 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0440 PM HAIL 7 SSE ROZET 44.18N 105.17W
06/25/2014 E1.50 INCH CAMPBELL WY TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
POJORLIELocal storm report, Jun 25, 5:13 PM MDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
513 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM HAIL 9 NE NEW HAVEN 44.84N 104.72W
06/25/2014 E1.00 INCH CROOK WY PUBLIC
&&
POJORLIELocal storm report, Jun 25, 5:41 PM MDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
541 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM HAIL 8 NNE KIRLEY 44.63N 101.25W
06/25/2014 E1.00 INCH HAAKON SD PUBLIC
&&
POJORLIELocal storm report, Jun 25, 5:53 PM MDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
553 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 PM HAIL 5 NW HULETT 44.73N 104.68W
06/25/2014 M1.00 INCH CROOK WY PUBLIC
&&
KCLARKLocal storm report, Jun 25, 5:54 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
554 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM HAIL 10 W MIDLAND 44.07N 101.35W
06/25/2014 E0.88 INCH HAAKON SD PUBLIC
&&
POJORLIELocal storm report, Jun 25, 6:01 PM MDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
601 PM MDT WED JUN 25 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0528 PM HAIL 13 NE PHILIP 44.18N 101.48W
06/25/2014 E1.00 INCH HAAKON SD PUBLIC
&&
POJORLIEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Rapid City, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 6:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Fall River | 62 min |
| Jun 25, 6:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Butte, Lawrence | 29 min |
| Jun 25, 6:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer, Fall River | 48 min |
| Jun 25, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer, Fall River, Pennington | 32 min |
| Jun 25, 8:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | UNR | Butte, Lawrence, Meade | 12 hr |
| Jun 25, 8:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | 25 min | |
| Jun 25, 10:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Ziebach | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 12:00 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Todd | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 5:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer, Pennington | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 4:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Campbell | 55 min |
| Jun 26, 4:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Campbell | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 4:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | UNR | Campbell | 21 min |
| Jun 26, 5:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Campbell | 52 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.