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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Rapid City, SD
NWS Rapid City, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2016, 4:43 PM CDT for Mellette County, South Dakota. It was in force for 49 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 30, 2016, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2016, 5:32 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Rapid City, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Mellette County, SD
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 459 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 30, 3:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion For Western SD and Northeastern WY National Weather Service Rapid City SD 202 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2016 .SHORT TERM...(This Evening Through Tuesday Night) Issued at 124 PM MDT Mon May 30 2016 20Z sfc analysis shows low pressure centered to the east of the Black Hills with a sfc trough extending southward to west of Valentine Neb. Sfc cool front has moved into western SD. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are increasing in coverage and strength over northwestern SD and over and east of the Blkhls as the sfc low continues to move east. Dewpoints are in the upper 50s to lower 60s to the east of the low, providing ample moisture for deep convection this aftn/eve. Diurnal heating, lift along the many sfc boundaries and sfc moisture have combined to push MUCAPE to 1500-3000J/KG to the east of the sfc cool front this aftn. Shear is sufficient to produce supercellular thunderstorms with some large hail already reported over part of nwrn SD this aftn. Expect to see the convection eventually develop into a n-s oriented line over central SD moving rapidly east this evening. Later this evening, subsidence and drying push most precipitation out of the CWA although a few lingering showers or possibly thunderstorms are not out of the question as main bubble of vorticity wraps around upper low. Temperatures will be near guidance. On Tuesday, the upper low stacks up with surface low in ND with a secondary upper shear axis and subsequent surface trough move through CWA. 850mb winds 20-30kts, so gusty winds expected given deep mixing and weak cold air advection. Moisture will be limited, but steep lapse rates should contribute to pops in the north through east during peak heating. Temperatures will be near guidance. Tuesday night, surface high moves in bringing quieter weather. .LONG TERM...(Wednesday Through Monday) Issued at 124 PM MDT Mon May 30 2016 An upper level ridge will build over the western CONUS and the Northern Plains from mid week into next weekend. Mainly dry weather is expected through the extended period. Highs Wednesday will be in the 70s, warming to the 80s Thursday into next weekend. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS Through 18Z Tuesday) Issued At 124 PM MDT Mon May 30 2016 Strong to severe thunderstorms will move across western South Dakota this afternoon and evening. MVFR to IFR visibility and gusty winds are possible in/near any storms. Strong northwest winds of 20-30 kts with gusts near 40 kts will follow a cold front this evening. Strongest shower/storm activity will shift east of the area by 06Z tonight with VFR conditions expected through Tuesday morning. && .UNR Watches/Warnings/Advisories... SD...None. WY...None. && SHORT TERM...10 LONG TERM...15 AVIATION...15
Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 6:15 AM CDT, 10 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 515 AM MDT MON MAY 30 2016 WYZ054-055-058-311300- NORTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-WESTON- 515 AM MDT MON MAY 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY...BUT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .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 SDZ012-024>031-041-042-072>074-WYZ056-057-071-311300- BUTTE-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-WESTERN CROOK-WYOMING BLACK HILLS- NORTHEASTERN CROOK- 515 AM MDT MON MAY 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA...AND NORTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE THIS MORNING AND MOVE EAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH LARGE HAIL AS THE MAIN THREAT. AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY...BUT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. .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 SDZ001-002-013-014-032-043-044-046-047-049-311300- HARDING-PERKINS-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH-HAAKON-JACKSON- BENNETT-MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP- 515 AM MDT MON MAY 30 2016 /615 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...AND SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP MIDDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM 100 PM TO 700 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY...BUT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY MORNING INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. .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
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Everything else NWS Rapid City, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 30, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Perkins | 60 min |
| May 30, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Butte, Meade | 51 min |
| May 30, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Pennington | 49 min |
| May 30, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Perkins | 59 min |
| May 30, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Perkins, Ziebach | 65 min |
| May 30, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Haakon, Pennington | 60 min |
| May 30, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Meade, Perkins, Ziebach | 57 min |
| May 30, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Mellette | 49 min |
| May 30, 6:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Butte, Meade, Pennington, Perkins | 84 min |
| May 30, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Mellette | 65 min |
| May 30, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Weston | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.