Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 348, NWS Rapid City, SD

August 26, 2016Lawrence County, Meade County, South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2016, 4:16 PM MDT for Lawrence County, Meade County, 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
Aug 26, 2016, 4:16 PM MDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2016, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lawrence County, SD, Meade County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 Aug 26, 2:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 2:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 8:32 AM MDT, 7 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
832 AM MDT FRI AUG 26 2016

SDZ001-002-012-013-024>031-041-042-072>074-WYZ054>058-071-271300-
HARDING-PERKINS-BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-
NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-
SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS-
CUSTER CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-FALL RIVER-OGLALA LAKOTA-
STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-
HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-
WESTERN CROOK-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-WESTON-NORTHEASTERN CROOK-
832 AM MDT FRI AUG 26 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 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY...
ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...BEFORE ENDING
OVERNIGHT. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...MAINLY IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE
THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS 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

SDZ014-032-043-044-046-047-049-271300-
ZIEBACH-HAAKON-JACKSON-BENNETT-MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-
832 AM MDT FRI AUG 26 2016 /932 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF THE
AREA THIS MORNING...WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT
THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS 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

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 12:11 PM MDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 3:59 PM MDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
359 PM MDT FRI AUG 26 2016

SDZ012-024-025-WYZ057-262245-
NORTHERN FOOT HILLS SD-BUTTE SD-NORTHERN BLACK HILLS SD-
WYOMING BLACK HILLS WY-
359 PM MDT FRI AUG 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BUTTE...NORTHWESTERN
LAWRENCE AND SOUTHEASTERN CROOK COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM MDT...

AT 358 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
BEULAH...OR 12 MILES WEST OF SPEARFISH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPEARFISH...LEAD...DEADWOOD...SAINT ONGE...CENTRAL CITY...BEULAH...
SPEARFISH CANYON...CROW PEAK AND BRIDAL VEIL FALLS.

THIS INCLUDES...
 INTERSTATE 90 IN SOUTH DAKOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 22.
 INTERSTATE 90 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 199 AND 207.

LAT...LON 4460 10420 4460 10408 4457 10406 4460 10405
      4460 10365 4432 10368 4442 10423
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 275DEG 25KT 4451 10412

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 12:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRHarding64 min
Aug 26, 3:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRLawrence46 min
Aug 26, 5:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRPennington35 min
Aug 26, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRPennington46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2016Every 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.