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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Rapid City, SD

June 1, 2015Meade County, South Dakota

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2015-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 200 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2015-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
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

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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

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 6:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMeade57 min
Jun 1, 6:17 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningUNRMeade3 hr
Jun 1, 6:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRLawrence, Meade65 min
Jun 1, 7:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRLawrence, Meade, Pennington62 min
Jun 1, 7:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMeade, Pennington58 min
Jun 1, 8:11 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningUNRLawrence, Meade, Pennington3 hr
Jun 1, 8:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon, Meade, Pennington64 min
Jun 1, 9:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRButte44 min
Jun 1, 9:19 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningUNRLawrence, Meade, Pennington12 hr
Jun 1, 9:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon, Pennington37 min
Jun 1, 10:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRLawrence52 min
Jun 2, 9:03 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningUNRLawrence, Meade, Pennington48 hr
Jun 2, 4:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRPennington28 min
Jun 2, 4:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRPennington24 min
Jun 2, 4:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster, Fall River54 min
Jun 2, 5:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRPennington43 min
Jun 2, 5:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRPennington30 min
Jun 2, 5:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNROglala Lakota43 min
Jun 2, 5:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRPennington34 min
Jun 2, 3:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRWeston29 min
Jun 2, 4:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRWeston44 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in South Dakota, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015

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.