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Red Flag Warning 15, NWS Rapid City, SD

July 23, 2016

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this red flag warning at Jul 23, 2016, 5:57 AM CDT. It took effect at Jul 23, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 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
Jul 23, 2016, 5:57 AM CDT (10:57 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 23, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 23, 2016, 9:36 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Jul 23, 4:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 4:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 6:29 AM CDT, 23 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
529 AM MDT FRI JUL 22 2016

SDZ001-002-012-013-025-026-031-072-073-231300-
HARDING-PERKINS-BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-
NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-
STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-
529 AM MDT FRI JUL 22 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH 98 TO 102 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY SATURDAY...WITH GUSTS REACHING
35 TO 45 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST AGAIN SUNDAY...BUT SEVERE STORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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

SDZ024-028-029-WYZ057-231300-
NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS-
WYOMING BLACK HILLS-
529 AM MDT FRI JUL 22 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH
DAKOTA AND WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST AGAIN SUNDAY...BUT SEVERE STORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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

WYZ054>056-058-071-231300-
NORTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-WESTERN CROOK-WESTON-
NORTHEASTERN CROOK-
529 AM MDT FRI JUL 22 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEASTERN WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING
FOR VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY LIGHTNING.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT ARE
NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST AGAIN SUNDAY...BUT SEVERE STORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

&&

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OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RAPIDCITY

SDZ014-032-043-044-046-047-049-231300-
ZIEBACH-HAAKON-JACKSON-BENNETT-MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-
529 AM MDT FRI JUL 22 2016 /629 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2016/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH 100 TO 107 THIS AFTERNOON.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST AGAIN SUNDAY...BUT SEVERE STORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...
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SDZ027-030-041-042-074-231300-
SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-CUSTER CO PLAINS-FALL RIVER-OGLALA LAKOTA-
HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-
529 AM MDT FRI JUL 22 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH 98 TO 102 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. ORGANIZED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST AGAIN SUNDAY...BUT SEVERE STORMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

&&

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OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RAPIDCITY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 12:39 AM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRZiebach25 min
Jul 22, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon, Jackson65 min
Jul 22, 10:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRZiebach32 min
Jul 22, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon, Jackson55 min
Jul 22, 10:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningUNRHaakon6 hr
Jul 22, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon, Jackson62 min
Jul 23, 12:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRFall River36 min
Jul 23, 12:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRButte56 min
Jul 23, 4:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRZiebach44 min
Jul 23, 5:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRZiebach29 min
Jul 22, 8:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRCampbell31 min

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.