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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Rapid City, SD

March 29, 20164 counties in South Dakota; Campbell County, Crook County, Weston County, Wyoming

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this winter storm warning at Mar 29, 2016, 2:43 PM MDT for 4 counties in South Dakota; Campbell County, Crook County, Weston County, Wyoming. It took effect at Mar 29, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 16 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 29, 2016, 2:43 PM MDT (20:43 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 29, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT
Expired: Mar 30, 2016, 9:58 AM MDT
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Rapid City, SD

Counties Custer County, SD, Lawrence County, SD, Meade County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Campbell County, WY, Crook County, WY, Weston County, WY

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 29, 12:03 PM MDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 12:03 PM MDT, 2 hours 40 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
Mar 29, 2:43 PM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	UNR	Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Lawrence, Meade and 2 more	19 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in South Dakota, 2016 Winter Storm Warnings in Wyoming, 2016 Every winter storm 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.