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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Rapid City, SD

April 6, 201613 counties in South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this wind advisory at Apr 6, 2016, 2:59 AM MDT for 13 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Apr 6, 2016, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2016, 2:59 AM MDT (08:59 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 6, 2016, 6:00 AM MDT
Expired
Apr 6, 2016, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD

Counties Bennett County, SD, Butte County, SD, Haakon County, SD, Harding County, SD, Jackson County, SD, Lawrence County, SD, Meade County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Perkins County, SD, Todd County, SD, Tripp County, SD, Ziebach County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Apr 5, 5:14 PM MDT, 9 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 5:14 PM MDT, 9 hours 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 4:31 AM MDT, 22 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
431 AM MDT TUE APR 5 2016

SDZ002-012>014-026-027-029>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-061045-
PERKINS-BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH-RAPID CITY-
SOUTHERN FOOT 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-
431 AM MDT TUE APR 5 2016 /531 AM CDT TUE APR 5 2016/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION
TODAY INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 40-50 MPH WITH GUSTS OF
60-70 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

ADDITIONALLY...THESE VERY STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH MINIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 15 PERCENT WILL CREATE CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM...WITH RAIN
MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SNOW TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

BREEZY WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
NORTHWESTERN SD. THESE WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE
DANGER THERE.

.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

SDZ001-025-WYZ054>056-058-071-061045-
HARDING-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-NORTHERN CAMBELL-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-
WESTERN CROOK-WESTON-NORTHEASTERN CROOK-
431 AM MDT TUE APR 5 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA...AND NORTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION
TODAY INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35-45 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR
60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.

RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM...WITH RAIN
MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SNOW TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

BREEZY WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
NORTHWESTERN SD. THESE WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE
DANGER THERE.

.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

SDZ024-028-WYZ057-061045-
NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-
431 AM MDT TUE APR 5 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE BLACK HILLS
OF SOUTH DAKOTA...AND NORTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION
TODAY INTO TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30-40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR
50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM...WITH RAIN
MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SNOW TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE NORTHERN HILLS COULD RECEIVE A COUPLE
INCHES OF SNOW BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 2:45 PM MDTWind AdvisoryUNRBennett, Butte, Custer, Haakon, Harding, Jackson and 8 more28 hr

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.