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Special Weather Statement, NWS Rapid City, SD

July 3, 2016Custer County, South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2016, 4:21 PM MDT for Custer 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

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The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2016, 4:21 PM MDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2016, 4:45 PM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Rapid City, SD

County Custer 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 3, 1:39 PM MDT, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 1:39 PM MDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 4:17 AM MDT, 12 hours 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
417 AM MDT SUN JUL 3 2016

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-072>074-WYZ054>058-071-041400-
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-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL-
SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-WESTERN CROOK-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-WESTON-
NORTHEASTERN CROOK-
417 AM MDT SUN JUL 3 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 TO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
OVER FAR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING NEAR DAILY CHANCES OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS 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

SDZ046-047-049-041400-
MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-
517 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING NEAR DAILY CHANCES OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS 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, Jul 3, 3:25 PM MDT, 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:42 PM MDT, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:00 PM MDT, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:15 PM MDT, 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:18 PM MDT, 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:21 PM MDT, 0 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 3, 11:54 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Pennington	36 min
Jul 3, 12:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Pennington	35 min
Jul 3, 12:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Pennington	57 min
Jul 3, 12:43 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	UNR	Pennington	2 hr
Jul 3, 12:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Pennington	53 min
Jul 3, 1:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Pennington	52 min
Jul 3, 1:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Pennington	30 min
Jul 3, 2:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	51 min
Jul 3, 2:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Pennington	49 min
Jul 3, 2:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Pennington	32 min
Jul 3, 2:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	UNR	Pennington	6 hr
Jul 3, 3:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Pennington	31 min
Jul 3, 3:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	52 min
Jul 3, 3:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Pennington	64 min
Jul 3, 3:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Perkins	33 min
Jul 3, 3:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade, Pennington	22 min
Jul 3, 4:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Meade	45 min
Jul 3, 4:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Pennington	41 min
Jul 3, 4:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Fall River	30 min
Jul 3, 4:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Perkins	27 min
Jul 3, 4:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	37 min
Jul 3, 4:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Perkins	59 min
Jul 3, 4:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Fall River, Oglala Lakota	53 min
Jul 3, 4:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Oglala Lakota, Pennington	59 min
Jul 3, 5:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Perkins	45 min
Jul 3, 5:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Oglala Lakota	46 min
Jul 3, 5:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Perkins, Ziebach	34 min
Jul 3, 5:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Oglala Lakota	28 min
Jul 3, 5:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Perkins, Ziebach	31 min
Jul 3, 5:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Oglala Lakota	49 min
Jul 2, 7:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Crook	44 min
Jul 2, 7:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Crook	40 min

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