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Special Weather Statement, NWS Rapid City, SD

June 21, 2016Perkins County, South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this special weather statement at Jun 21, 2016, 6:21 PM MDT for Perkins County, South Dakota. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2016, 6:21 PM MDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2016, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD

County Perkins County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2016-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1016 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2016-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1016 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3436 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 21, 5:22 PM MDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 5:22 PM MDT, 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 11:18 AM MDT, 7 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1118 AM MDT TUE JUN 21 2016

WYZ054>056-058-071-221300-
NORTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-WESTERN CROOK-WESTON-
NORTHEASTERN CROOK-
1118 AM MDT TUE JUN 21 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN
A PERIOD OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WITH A
PERIOD OF STRONGER NORTHWEST WINDS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF FAR NORTHEAST WYOMING. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...BUT GUSTY WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

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

SDZ001-002-012>014-031-032-043-046-047-049-073-221300-
HARDING-PERKINS-BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH-
PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-HAAKON-JACKSON-MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-
1118 AM MDT TUE JUN 21 2016 /1218 PM CDT TUE JUN 21 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN
CONCERNS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER THIS EVENING WITH A
PERIOD OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

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

SDZ024>030-041-042-044-072-074-WYZ057-221300-
NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-
SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS-
CUSTER CO PLAINS-FALL RIVER-OGLALA LAKOTA-BENNETT-
STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-
WYOMING BLACK HILLS-
1118 AM MDT TUE JUN 21 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS THE MAIN
CONCERNS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH LATER THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. A PERIOD OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS IS EXPECTED BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

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, Jun 21, 1:45 PM MDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 5:07 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
507 PM MDT TUE JUN 21 2016

SDZ031-032-073-212330-
PENNINGTON CO PLAINS SD-HAAKON SD-SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS SD-
507 PM MDT TUE JUN 21 2016

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 507 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
ELM SPRINGS...OR 39 MILES EAST OF RAPID CITY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELM SPRINGS AND CREIGHTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4420 10256 4438 10254 4442 10200 4415 10200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 276DEG 24KT 4429 10250

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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 6:21 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
621 PM MDT TUE JUN 21 2016

SDZ002-220045-
PERKINS SD-
621 PM MDT TUE JUN 21 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN PERKINS COUNTY UNTIL
645 PM MDT...

AT 621 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10
MILES NORTH OF MAURINE...OR 29 MILES WEST OF FAITH...MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
USTA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4505 10274 4529 10274 4540 10209 4505 10206
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 263DEG 32KT 4517 10260

MCKEMY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 6:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRHarding33 min
Jun 21, 7:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRJackson52 min
Jun 21, 7:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRMellette52 min
Jun 21, 8:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMellette, Todd, Tripp37 min
Jun 21, 8:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRJones11 min
Jun 21, 8:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon, Jackson, Mellette23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.