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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Rapid City, SD
NWS Rapid City, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2016, 2:38 PM MDT for Pennington County, South Dakota. It was in force for 32 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 3, 2016, 2:38 PM MDT (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2016, 3:10 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Rapid City, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Pennington County, SD
The radar
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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 3, 1:39 PM MDT, 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 1:39 PM MDT, 59 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 417 AM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-072>074-WYZ054>058-071-041400- 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- OGLALA LAKOTA-JACKSON-BENNETT-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS- SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL- SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-WESTERN CROOK-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-WESTON- NORTHEASTERN CROOK- 417 AM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA...WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST WYOMING...AND THE BLACK HILLS OF WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER FAR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING NEAR DAILY CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS 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... OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RAPIDCITY SDZ046-047-049-041400- MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP- 517 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING NEAR DAILY CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS 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... OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RAPIDCITY
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Local storm report, Jul 3, 1:02 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Rapid City, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 11:54 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Pennington | 36 min |
| Jul 3, 12:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Pennington | 35 min |
| Jul 3, 12:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Pennington | 57 min |
| Jul 3, 12:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | UNR | Pennington | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Pennington | 53 min |
| Jul 3, 1:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Pennington | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 1:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Pennington | 30 min |
| Jul 3, 2:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Lawrence | 51 min |
| Jul 3, 2:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Pennington | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 2:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | UNR | Pennington | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Pennington | 31 min |
| Jul 3, 3:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Lawrence | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 3:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Pennington | 64 min |
| Jul 3, 3:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Perkins | 33 min |
| Jul 3, 3:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Meade, Pennington | 22 min |
| Jul 3, 4:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Meade | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 4:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer, Pennington | 41 min |
| Jul 3, 4:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Fall River | 30 min |
| Jul 3, 4:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Perkins | 27 min |
| Jul 3, 4:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Custer | 24 min |
| Jul 3, 4:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Custer | 37 min |
| Jul 3, 4:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Perkins | 59 min |
| Jul 3, 4:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Fall River, Oglala Lakota | 53 min |
| Jul 3, 4:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer, Oglala Lakota, Pennington | 59 min |
| Jul 3, 5:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Perkins | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 5:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Oglala Lakota | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 5:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Perkins, Ziebach | 34 min |
| Jul 3, 5:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Oglala Lakota | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Perkins, Ziebach | 31 min |
| Jul 3, 5:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Oglala Lakota | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 7:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Crook | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 7:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Crook | 40 min |
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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.