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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Rapid City, SD

July 5, 2015Tripp County, South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2015, 9:10 PM CDT for Tripp County, South Dakota. It was in force for 35 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 5, 2015, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2015, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Rapid City, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Tripp County, SD

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 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
Jul 5, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

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 Jul 5, 6:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 6:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 4:10 PM CDT, 5 hours before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 4:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Bennett, Mellette, Todd	72 min
Jul 5, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Mellette, Todd, Tripp	56 min
Jul 5, 8:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Tripp	32 min
Jul 5, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Tripp	82 min
Jul 5, 10:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	UNR	Mellette, Tripp	12 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.