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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Rapid City, SD

May 24, 2016Haakon County, Jackson County, Mellette County, South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2016, 8:27 PM MDT for Haakon County, Jackson County, Mellette County, South Dakota. It was in force for 33 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
May 24, 2016, 8:27 PM MDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2016, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
33 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, Mellette County, SD

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Rapid City, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 24, 8:17 PM MDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 8:17 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 2:11 PM MDT, 6 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
211 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-251300-
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-MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-
STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-
HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-
WESTERN CROOK-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-WESTON-NORTHEASTERN CROOK-
211 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016 /311 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THERE IS A
MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A DAILY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH
MONDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 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...
OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RAPIDCITY

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 6:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 24, 6:26 PM MDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, May 24, 6:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 24, 6:49 PM MDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 24, 7:29 PM MDT, 58 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 24, 7:37 PM MDT, 50 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 6:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRBennett, Oglala Lakota54 min
May 24, 6:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRJones24 min
May 24, 6:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon, Jackson39 min
May 24, 7:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRJackson, Mellette59 min
May 24, 10:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRTodd26 min
May 25, 12:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRPennington22 min
May 25, 1:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon, Jackson, Pennington57 min
May 25, 1:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRPennington22 min
May 25, 1:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon, Jackson, Pennington56 min
May 25, 1:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRPennington35 min
May 25, 2:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon44 min
May 25, 3:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRTodd29 min
May 25, 3:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRTripp37 min
May 25, 4:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRTripp36 min
May 25, 5:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRTripp26 min
May 24, 8:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCampbell45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.