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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Rapid City, SD

July 27, 2015Butte County, Lawrence County, Meade County, South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2015, 2:33 PM MDT for Butte County, Lawrence County, Meade County, South Dakota. It was in force for 57 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
Jul 27, 2015, 2:33 PM MDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2015, 3:30 PM MDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 70 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2015-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 237 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2015-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
237 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-666 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 27, 2:06 PM MDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 2:06 PM MDT, 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
206 PM MDT MON JUL 27 2015

.SHORT TERM...THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT
ISSUED AT 144 PM MDT MON JUL 27 2015

WATER VAPOR SHOWS INTENSE UPPER LOW OVER NRN ID WITH STRONG SHORT
WAVE EJECTING NEWD THRU WY. AT THE SFC...LOW CENTER IS OVER SERN
MT WITH TROF EXTENDING SWD THROUGH ERN WY...AND CDFNT LAGGING
BEHIND ABOUT 100NM. ELEVATED CONVECTION HAS BEEN ONGOING ACRS ERN
WY AND IS BEGINNING TO ROOT IN THE BL EARLY THIS AFTN.

THIS AFTN/TONIGHT...EXPECT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE FIRING ALONG SFC
TROF AS IT ADVANCES FROM ERN WY INTO WRN SD. CAP IS STILL IN PLACE
ACRS THE WRN SD PLAINS...BUT WILL ERODE AS THE AFTN PROGRESSES WHERE
MLCAPE IN THE 1000-2000J/KG IS EXPECTED AND EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR
RANGES FROM 30-50KTS. WHILE A FEW STRONG TO SVR STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN NERN WY...THE BEST CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS RESIDE OVER
WRN SD AND ESPECIALLY INTO NWRN SD. ACTIVITY WILL QUICKLY
PROGRESS THROUGH THE CWFA THIS EVENING AND END IN MOST PLACES BY
MIDNIGHT. AS THE CDFNT SURGES INTO THE CWFA LATE THIS
AFTN/EVE...EXPECT A PERIOD OF GUSTY NW WINDS GIVEN 4-8MB/3HR PRES
RISES. WINDS MAY BRIEFLY RISE INTO THE ADVISORY CATEGORY WHEN THE
CDFNT FIRST PUSHES THROUGH...BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO LAST VERY
LONG SO WILL NOT ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY AT THIS TIME.

TUESDAY...DRY AND MUCH COOLER AIR WILL WORK ACRS THE CWFA WITH
STACKED UPPER LOW TRACKING EWD ALONG THE CNDN/ND BORDER. 850MB
WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 40-50KT RANGE ACRS NWRN SD...WITH
GOOD MIXING RESULTING IN ADVISORY/WARNING TYPE WINDS AND WILL KEEP
THE HIGH WIND WATCH IN PLACE. HIGH TEMPS IN THE 70S TO LOWER
80S...GENERALLY 60S IN THE BLKHLS.

.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
ISSUED AT 144 PM MDT MON JUL 27 2015

REGION WILL REMAIN UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW FOR THE REST OF
THE WEEK AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE WESTERN CONUS...RESULTING IN
MAINLY DRY WEATHER AND A GRADUAL WARMING TREND. A COUPLE WEAK
DISTURBANCES MAY RESULT IN SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER THE
SOUTHERN CWA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HIGHS WILL BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY
ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

&&

.AVIATION...FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY
ISSUED AT 144 PM MDT MON JUL 27 2015

THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG
SYSTEM CROSSES THE REGION. MVFR CONDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH TS AS
WELL AS LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH
THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT WITH GUSTY NW WINDS DEVELOPING TONIGHT.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
ISSUED AT 144 PM MDT MON JUL 27 2015

A DEEP UPPER LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS MT/ND TNGT AND TUES. AHEAD OF
THE LOW...VERY WARM SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING DRIER
AIR INTO NERN WY. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS...HIGH TEMPERATURES...AND LOW
HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE RED FLAG CONDITIONS INTO THE EVNG. ISOLD-
SCT TSRA ALSO WILL CROSS THE AERA...AND COULD RESULT IN DRY
LIGHTNING BEFORE THEY MOVE INTO WRN SD. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP
ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT BRINGING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS.

.UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING
     FOR SDZ001-002-012>014-073.
WY...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR
     WYZ259-297-298.

&&

SHORT TERM...JOHNSON
LONG TERM...13
AVIATION...13
FIRE WEATHER...13
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 3:12 AM MDT, 11 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
312 AM MDT MON JUL 27 2015

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-281300-
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-
312 AM MDT MON JUL 27 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...
...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA TUESDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEASTERN
WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN MOVE ACROSS WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
STORMS ACROSS THE AREA...WITH AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE STORMS
OVER NORTHWESTERN INTO WEST-CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STORMS
SHOULD EXIT THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT.

TODAY ALSO WILL BE HOT...DRY...AND WINDY ACROSS NORTHEASTERN
WYOMING...AND THEN A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA EARLY
THIS EVENING. WHEN COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...THIS WILL LEAD TO
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR WILDFIRE GROWTH...AND THUS A RED FLAG
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE PLAINS OF NORTHEASTERN WYOMING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY
BEHIND A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHWESTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA...WHERE GUSTS TO 60 MPH MAY OCCUR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL 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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In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 2:23 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
223 PM MDT MON JUL 27 2015

SDZ024-025-072-073-272100-
NORTHERN FOOT HILLS SD-NORTHERN BLACK HILLS SD-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS SD-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS SD-
223 PM MDT MON JUL 27 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL LAWRENCE AND WEST CENTRAL
MEADE COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM MDT...

AT 223 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
CENTRAL CITY...OR OVER LEAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPEARFISH...STURGIS...LEAD...DEADWOOD...WHITEWOOD...SAINT ONGE...
CENTRAL CITY...BROWNSVILLE...GALENA...CHEYENNE CROSSING...SPEARFISH
CANYON...BEAR BUTTE STATE PARK...TERRY PEAK AND FORT MEADE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 IN SOUTH DAKOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9
AND 37.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 4441 10400 4461 10381 4461 10361 4460 10348
      4442 10328 4418 10372
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 219DEG 32KT 4436 10380

CALDERON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 6:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRTripp56 min
Jul 26, 6:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHarding, Perkins75 min
Jul 26, 7:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHarding, Perkins64 min
Jul 26, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRButte60 min
Jul 26, 7:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryUNRHarding6 hr
Jul 26, 8:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHarding, Perkins95 min
Jul 26, 9:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningUNRHarding, Perkins6 hr
Jul 26, 11:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRZiebach35 min
Jul 27, 2:46 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchUNRButte, Harding, Meade, Perkins, Ziebach24 hr
Jul 27, 2:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRLawrence37 min
Jul 27, 3:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRButte, Meade64 min
Jul 27, 3:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster, Pennington57 min
Jul 27, 3:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRButte, Meade33 min
Jul 27, 4:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster, Fall River59 min
Jul 27, 4:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster, Pennington65 min
Jul 27, 4:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMeade63 min
Jul 27, 5:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster, Meade, Pennington80 min
Jul 27, 5:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMeade64 min
Jul 27, 5:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMeade, Pennington65 min
Jul 27, 5:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster, Fall River, Pennington63 min
Jul 27, 5:59 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningUNRPennington3 hr
Jul 27, 2:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRCrook40 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.