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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Rapid City, SD

June 28, 2017Pennington County, South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2017, 4:46 PM MDT for Pennington County, South Dakota. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued: Jun 28, 2017, 4:46 PM MDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2017, 5:45 PM MDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Rapid City, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Pennington County, SD

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NWS Rapid City, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 28, 3:09 PM MDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 3:09 PM MDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 4:22 AM MDT, 12 hours 24 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
422 AM MDT Wed Jun 28 2017

SDZ024>030-041-042-072-074-WYZ054>058-071-291300-
Northern Black Hills-Northern Foot Hills-Rapid City-
Southern Foot Hills-Central Black Hills-Southern Black Hills-
Custer Co Plains-Fall River-Oglala Lakota-
Sturgis/Piedmont Foot Hills-Hermosa Foot Hills-Northern Campbell-
Southern Campbell-Western Crook-Wyoming Black Hills-Weston-
Northeastern Crook-
422 AM MDT Wed Jun 28 2017

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

Expected scattered thunderstorms today and tonight. Isolated
severe thunderstorms with marginally severe hail and damaging
winds are possible this afternoon and evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

Scattered thunderstorms will occur during the day Thursday, but
organized severe thunderstorms are not expected.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed today.

&&

Stay tuned to NOAA weather radio for further updates...or check
our web site at weather.gov/rapidcity

SDZ001-002-012>014-031-032-043-046-073-291300-
Harding-Perkins-Butte-Northern Meade Co Plains-Ziebach-
Pennington Co Plains-Haakon-Jackson-Mellette-
Southern Meade Co Plains-
422 AM MDT Wed Jun 28 2017 /522 AM CDT Wed Jun 28 2017/

This Hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central
South Dakota...and western South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Scattered thunderstorms will occur today, but organized severe
thunderstorms are not expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

Scattered thunderstorms will occur through sunset Thursday, but
organized severe thunderstorms are not expected.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed today.

&&

Stay tuned to NOAA weather radio for further updates...or check
our web site at weather.gov/rapidcity

SDZ044-047-049-291300-
Bennett-Todd-Tripp-
422 AM MDT Wed Jun 28 2017 /522 AM CDT Wed Jun 28 2017/

This Hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central
South Dakota...and western South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Scattered thunderstorms will occur today, but organized severe
thunderstorms are not expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

Scattered thunderstorms will occur Thursday. Isolated severe
thunderstorms with marginally severe hail and damaging winds are
possible Thursday afternoon and early evening.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed today.

&&

Stay tuned to NOAA weather radio for further updates...or check
our web site at weather.gov/rapidcity

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 28, 3:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 3:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 28, 3:48 PM MDT, 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 28, 4:15 PM MDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
415 PM MDT WED JUN 28 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0410 PM     TSTM WND GST     HULETT                  44.68N 104.60W
06/28/2017  M60 MPH          CROOK              WY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

KCLARK

Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:17 PM MDT, 29 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
417 PM MDT WED JUN 28 2017

SDZ027-029-030-074-282245-
Custer Co Plains SD-Hermosa Foot Hills SD-Southern Foot Hills SD-
Southern Black Hills SD-
417 PM MDT WED JUN 28 2017

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL CUSTER AND NORTHEASTERN
FALL RIVER COUNTIES...

At 417 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Wind Cave Visitors Center, or near Hot Springs, moving northeast at
30 mph.

Dime size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Hot Springs, Buffalo Gap, Wind Cave National Park, Cold Brook
Reservoir, Wind Cave Visitors Center and southeastern Custer State
Park.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

LAT...LON 4356 10358 4373 10326 4351 10302 4347 10318
      4348 10322 4345 10326 4340 10346
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 240DEG 28KT 4352 10343

JC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 6:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Haakon, Jackson, Meade, Mellette, Pennington	54 min
Jun 27, 8:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Butte	27 min
Jun 28, 2:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Pennington	31 min
Jun 28, 2:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR		27 min
Jun 28, 2:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer	42 min
Jun 28, 2:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Oglala Lakota	41 min
Jun 28, 3:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Fall River	34 min
Jun 28, 3:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Oglala Lakota	45 min
Jun 28, 3:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Fall River	27 min
Jun 28, 4:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	28 min
Jun 28, 4:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Oglala Lakota	26 min
Jun 28, 4:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	24 min
Jun 28, 5:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Pennington	54 min
Jun 28, 2:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Campbell, Crook	66 min
Jun 28, 3:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Crook	61 min
Jun 28, 5:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Campbell	55 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.