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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Rapid City, SD

January 31, 20174 counties in South Dakota; Crook County, Weston County, Wyoming

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this winter storm warning at Jan 31, 2017, 11:49 AM MST for 4 counties in South Dakota; Crook County, Weston County, Wyoming. It was in force for 23 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: Jan 31, 2017, 11:49 AM MST (18:49 UTC)
Expired: Feb 1, 2017, 11:00 AM MST
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Rapid City, SD

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

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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 Jan 30, 4:40 PM MST, 19 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 4:40 PM MST, 19 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 2:26 PM MST, 21 hours 23 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
Jan 31, 11:49 AM MST	Winter Weather Advisory	UNR	Custer, Fall River, Lawrence, Meade, Oglala Lakota, Pennington	23 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in South Dakota, 2017 Winter Storm Warnings in Wyoming, 2017 Every winter storm warning in 2017

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.