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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Rapid City, SD
NWS Rapid City, SD issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2015, 7:07 PM MDT for Meade County, South Dakota. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 1, 2015, 7:07 PM MDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2015, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Rapid City, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Meade County, SD
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 291 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
- 200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1974 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Jun 1, 5:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 5:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 527 PM MDT MON JUN 1 2015 .SHORT TERM...THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT ISSUED AT 243 PM MDT MON JUN 1 2015 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS UPPER RIDGE AXIS MOVING INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST WITH ACTIVE SWRLY FLOW MOVING INTO THE NRN HIGH PLAINS. A SERIES OF EMBEDDED WAVES ACROSS PUSHING FROM THE GREAT BASIN INTO THE DAKOTAS. SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS DEEP SRLY FLOW ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS EAST OF A SURFACE LOW DRIFTING ACROSS SE MT/NE WY. TSTORM DEVELOPMENT EARLIER ACROSS THE NE FTHLS ENHANCED BY AN UPPER WAVE PUSHING THROUGH IS NOW DISSIPATING OVER SRN MEADE CNTY. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NCNTRL WY INTO NW SD THIS AFTN AND EVNG AHEAD OF THE NEXT WAVE WHICH IS NOW CROSSING CNTRL WY. PLENTY OF CAPE ACROSS THE CWA ATTM...WITH MLCAPE VALUES REACHING 2500 TO 3000 J/KG. SHEAR HOWEVER ISNT AS IMPRESSIVE...EXCEPT WHERE A BIT STRONGER OVER NE WY INTO NW SD WHICH IS WHERE THE BEST CHANCES FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE HEADING INTO THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREATS. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH EASTWARD INTO THE WRN SD PLAINS TONIGHT...WITH A FEW STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE...THEN EXITING THE CWA OVERNIGHT. SURFACE LOW WILL SLIDE INTO THE WRN DAKOTAS TUESDAY MORNING WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR MOVING INTO THE NW CWA BEHIND A COLD FRONT. HIGHS WILL REACH THE 80S ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA...EXCEPT MID TO UPPER 70S OVER NW SD AND NE WY. BEST INSTABILITY WILL THUS BE ACROSS THE SD PLAINS EAST OF THE BLKHLS. MLCAPE WILL REACH THE 2500 TO 3500 J/KG WITH THE HIGHER INSTABILITY OVER CNTRL SD. INSTABILITY IS STILL EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE BLKHLS AREA...BUT WILL LIKELY BE LIMITED TO 1000 TO 2000 J/KG. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE OVER THE ERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA...BUT CANT RULE OUT A FEW SEVERE STORMS NEAR THE BLKHLS. HAIL AND WIND WILL AGAIN BE MAIN THREATS. STORMS WILL MAKE THEIR WAY EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISSUED AT 243 PM MDT MON JUN 1 2015 MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD...WITH UPPER TROF ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS. SOUTHWEST FLOW SETS UP ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WITH EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES. THIS WILL RESULT IN SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHRA/TSRA THROUGH THE WEEK. NEAR AVERAGE TEMPERATURES EXPECTED. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 518 PM MDT MON JUN 1 2015 SCT TSRA THIS AFTN/EVNG ACRS NERN WY AND THE BLKHLS AREA...WITH MVFR/LCL IFR CONDITIONS IN HEAVIER PCPN. ELSEWHERE VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MRNG. && .UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. WY...NONE. && SHORT TERM...13 LONG TERM...7 AVIATION...JOHNSON
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 2:46 AM MDT, 16 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 246 AM MDT MON JUN 1 2015 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-020900- 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- 246 AM MDT MON JUN 1 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL OVER NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. HIGH STREAM FLOWS WITH SOME MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE BLACK HILLS AND THE ADJACENT PLAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER VARIOUS PARTS OF THE AREA EACH DAY FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ON TUESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ACROSS NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH AN ENHANCED RISK OVER CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MIGHT AGGRAVATE FLOODING CONDITIONS. .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
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Everything else NWS Rapid City, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 1, 6:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Meade | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 6:17 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | UNR | Meade | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Lawrence, Meade | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 7:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 7:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Meade, Pennington | 58 min |
| Jun 1, 8:11 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | UNR | Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Haakon, Meade, Pennington | 64 min |
| Jun 1, 9:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Butte | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 9:19 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | UNR | Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 12 hr |
| Jun 1, 9:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Haakon, Pennington | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 10:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Lawrence | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 9:03 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | UNR | Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 48 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Pennington | 28 min |
| Jun 2, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Pennington | 24 min |
| Jun 2, 4:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer, Fall River | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 5:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Pennington | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 5:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Pennington | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 5:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Oglala Lakota | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 5:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Pennington | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 3:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Weston | 29 min |
| Jun 2, 4:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Weston | 44 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.