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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Rapid City, SD

July 6, 20164 counties in South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 5:31 PM MDT for 4 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 59 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 6, 2016, 5:31 PM MDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2016, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Rapid City, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Haakon County, SD, Jackson County, SD, Oglala Lakota County, SD, Pennington County, SD

The radar

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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 6, 2:21 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

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 6, 5:16 PM MDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 5:16 PM MDT, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 11:45 AM MDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1145 AM MDT WED JUL 6 2016

SDZ031-032-042>044-046-047-049-073-071300-
PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-HAAKON-OGLALA LAKOTA-JACKSON-BENNETT-
MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-
1145 AM MDT WED JUL 6 2016 /1245 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM THE BLACK HILLS EAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE ARE PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PERIOD.
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED 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

SDZ012>014-024>030-041-072-074-WYZ056>058-071-071300-
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-
FALL RIVER-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-
WESTERN CROOK-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-WESTON-NORTHEASTERN CROOK-
1145 AM MDT WED JUL 6 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING AN ENHANCED RISK FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM THE BLACK HILLS EAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE ARE PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PERIOD.
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED 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

SDZ001-002-WYZ054-055-071300-
HARDING-PERKINS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-
1145 AM MDT WED JUL 6 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE
WEATHER IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE ARE PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PERIOD.
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED 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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 6, 5:10 PM MDT, 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 5:21 PM MDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 5:25 PM MDT, 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 5:26 PM MDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 5:31 PM MDT, 0 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, 6:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Fall River	41 min
Jul 5, 7:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Fall River	23 min
Jul 5, 7:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Oglala Lakota	48 min
Jul 5, 8:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Oglala Lakota	51 min
Jul 5, 8:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Bennett	35 min
Jul 5, 8:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	26 min
Jul 5, 9:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Bennett	46 min
Jul 5, 9:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Oglala Lakota	38 min
Jul 5, 9:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Oglala Lakota, Pennington	43 min
Jul 5, 9:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Haakon, Jackson, Pennington	53 min
Jul 5, 10:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Haakon, Jackson, Ziebach	60 min
Jul 6, 12:41 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Meade	34 min
Jul 6, 1:19 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Lawrence, Meade	56 min
Jul 6, 2:09 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade	66 min
Jul 6, 2:55 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade, Pennington	35 min
Jul 6, 1:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Meade	25 min
Jul 6, 2:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Butte	41 min
Jul 6, 2:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Lawrence	59 min
Jul 6, 2:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Meade	68 min
Jul 6, 3:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Lawrence, Meade, Pennington	53 min
Jul 6, 3:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Bennett	21 min
Jul 6, 3:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer	61 min
Jul 6, 3:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Haakon, Meade, Pennington, Perkins, Ziebach	56 min
Jul 6, 3:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Harding	50 min
Jul 6, 3:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Harding	63 min
Jul 6, 3:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Meade	44 min
Jul 6, 3:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Fall River	67 min
Jul 6, 4:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade, Pennington	38 min
Jul 6, 4:19 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Meade	26 min
Jul 6, 4:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Haakon, Meade, Pennington, Ziebach	64 min
Jul 6, 4:30 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Meade, Pennington	30 min
Jul 6, 4:40 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Meade, Pennington	20 min
Jul 6, 4:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Haakon, Meade, Pennington	43 min
Jul 6, 4:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Fall River, Oglala Lakota, Pennington	62 min
Jul 6, 5:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Haakon, Ziebach	70 min
Jul 6, 5:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Harding, Perkins	58 min
Jul 6, 12:40 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Crook	35 min
Jul 6, 1:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Crook	41 min
Jul 6, 2:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Crook	36 min
Jul 6, 2:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Weston	64 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.