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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Rapid City, SD

July 8, 2016Butte County, South Dakota; Crook County, Wyoming

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2016, 11:28 PM MDT for Butte County, South Dakota; Crook County, Wyoming. It was in force for 31 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 8, 2016, 11:28 PM MDT (05:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2016, 11:59 PM MDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Rapid City, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Butte County, SD, Crook County, WY

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 8, 11:07 PM MDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 11:07 PM MDT, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 3:44 AM MDT, 19 hours 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:13 PM MDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:50 PM MDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 10:29 PM MDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 11:21 PM MDT, 7 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 8, 8:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR		27 min
Jul 8, 11:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Butte	39 min
Jul 9, 4:00 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	UNR		42 hr
Jul 9, 2:11 PM MDT	Heat Advisory	UNR	Haakon, Jackson, Mellette, Todd, Tripp, Ziebach	28 hr
Jul 9, 2:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR		52 min
Jul 9, 3:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	31 min
Jul 9, 3:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	36 min
Jul 9, 4:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Butte	27 min
Jul 9, 4:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Harding	61 min
Jul 9, 4:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Meade	58 min
Jul 9, 5:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Harding, Meade, Perkins	64 min
Jul 9, 5:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Oglala Lakota	33 min
Jul 9, 5:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Harding, Perkins	66 min
Jul 8, 6:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Campbell	50 min
Jul 8, 9:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Campbell	43 min
Jul 8, 9:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Campbell	32 min
Jul 8, 9:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Crook	24 min
Jul 8, 9:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Crook	40 min
Jul 8, 9:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Crook	52 min
Jul 8, 10:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Crook	46 min
Jul 9, 4:00 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	UNR		16 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2016 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 2016 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.