Alert archive / South Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2018
Blizzard Warning 4, NWS Rapid City, SD
NWS Rapid City, SD issued this blizzard warning at Dec 31, 2018, 3:54 AM MST for Meade County, Pennington County, South Dakota. It was in force for 6 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
- Dec 31, 2018, 3:54 AM MST (10:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2018, 10:20 AM MST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Rapid City, SD
Counties Meade County, SD, Pennington County, SD
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:52 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 blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Dec 30, 4:27 PM MST, 11 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 30, 4:27 PM MST, 11 hours 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 30, 2:09 PM MST, 13 hours 45 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Rapid City SD 209 PM MST Sun Dec 30 2018 SDZ001-002-014-027-029-030-032-041>044-046-047-049-074-311400- Harding-Perkins-Ziebach-Southern Foot Hills-Southern Black Hills- Custer Co Plains-Haakon-Fall River-Oglala Lakota-Jackson-Bennett- Mellette-Todd-Tripp-Hermosa Foot Hills- 209 PM MST Sun Dec 30 2018 /309 PM CST Sun Dec 30 2018/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwestern South Dakota...south-central South Dakota...southwestern South Dakota...and the southern Black Hills. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight A winter weather advisory is in effect tonight through Monday for snow and blowing snow. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Strong northwest winds will lead to areas of blowing and drifting snow on Monday. Wind chills will be below zero through Monday night. Total snowfall of 2 to 6 inches is possible. .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 SDZ012-013-024>026-028-031-072-073-WYZ054>058-071-311400- Butte-Northern Meade Co Plains-Northern Black Hills- Northern Foot Hills-Rapid City-Central Black Hills- Pennington Co Plains-Sturgis/Piedmont Foot Hills- Southern Meade Co Plains-Northern Campbell-Southern Campbell- Western Crook-Wyoming Black Hills-Weston-Northeastern Crook- 209 PM MST Sun Dec 30 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwestern South Dakota...west-central South Dakota...the central and northern Black Hills...and northeastern Wyoming. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight A winter storm warning is in effect tonight through Monday for snow and blowing snow. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Strong northwest winds will lead to considerable blowing and drifting snow on Monday. Wind chills will be below zero through Monday night. Total snowfall of 4 to 8 inches is possible, with 8 to 12 inches possible over the northern Black Hills. .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 Bunkers
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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.