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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Rapid City, SD

July 5, 2019Crook County, Wyoming

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2019, 3:24 PM MDT for Crook County, Wyoming. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2019, 3:24 PM MDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2019, 3:47 PM MDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Rapid City, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

County Crook County, WY

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 5, 1:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 816 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jul 5, 1:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 1:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 5:56 AM MDT, 9 hours 28 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
556 AM MDT Fri Jul 5 2019

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-061200-
Harding-Perkins-Butte-Northern Meade Co Plains-Ziebach-
Northern Black Hills-Northern Foot Hills-Rapid City-
Southern Foot Hills-Central Black 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-Northern Campbell-Southern Campbell-
Western Crook-Wyoming Black Hills-Weston-Northeastern Crook-
556 AM MDT Fri Jul 5 2019 /656 AM CDT Fri Jul 5 2019/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western South
Dakota and northeastern Wyoming.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

There is a chance of thunderstorms today. A few storms may be
strong to severe.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

There is a chance of showers and thunderstorms each day. Severe
thunderstorms are possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected 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, Jul 5, 2:47 PM MDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:03 PM MDT, 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 3:08 PM MDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 3:09 PM MDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 3:12 PM MDT, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 3:24 PM MDT, 0 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
Jul 4, 6:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Meade	38 min
Jul 4, 6:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	65 min
Jul 4, 6:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Lawrence, Meade	37 min
Jul 4, 6:58 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	UNR	Butte, Lawrence, Meade	24 hr
Jul 4, 7:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Ziebach	49 min
Jul 4, 7:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade	44 min
Jul 4, 8:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Fall River, Pennington	43 min
Jul 4, 8:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Lawrence, Pennington	32 min
Jul 4, 8:20 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Custer, Pennington	25 min
Jul 4, 8:21 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Lawrence, Pennington	24 min
Jul 4, 8:31 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	UNR	Lawrence, Meade	6 hr
Jul 4, 8:31 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Pennington	14 min
Jul 4, 8:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington	67 min
Jul 4, 8:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Meade	41 min
Jul 4, 8:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	UNR	Custer, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington	24 hr
Jul 4, 9:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade, Pennington	56 min
Jul 4, 9:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Oglala Lakota	46 min
Jul 4, 9:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	51 min
Jul 4, 10:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Haakon, Jackson, Oglala Lakota, Pennington	53 min
Jul 4, 10:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Fall River	52 min
Jul 4, 10:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Bennett, Haakon, Jackson, Mellette, Todd	49 min
Jul 4, 11:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Jackson, Oglala Lakota	44 min
Jul 4, 11:40 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	UNR	Fall River	11 hr
Jul 4, 11:57 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	UNR	Oglala Lakota, Pennington	11 hr
Jul 5, 7:55 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	UNR	Fall River	26 hr
Jul 5, 9:18 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	UNR	Haakon, Ziebach	53 hr
Jul 5, 12:40 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	UNR	Butte, Lawrence, Meade	22 hr
Jul 5, 12:46 PM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	UNR	Butte, Custer, Harding, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington and 1 more	7 hr
Jul 5, 1:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	48 min
Jul 5, 2:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Harding	52 min
Jul 5, 2:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Lawrence	52 min
Jul 5, 2:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Harding	63 min
Jul 5, 2:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Harding	53 min
Jul 5, 2:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Lawrence	61 min
Jul 5, 3:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Ziebach	42 min
Jul 5, 3:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Harding, Perkins	38 min
Jul 5, 3:38 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Lawrence	37 min
Jul 5, 3:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington	66 min
Jul 5, 3:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade, Perkins	62 min
Jul 5, 3:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Fall River	62 min
Jul 5, 4:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Harding	43 min
Jul 5, 4:38 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	UNR	Lawrence, Meade	4 hr
Jul 5, 4:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade	64 min
Jul 5, 4:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade, Perkins	54 min
Jul 5, 5:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	41 min
Jul 5, 5:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Pennington	42 min
Jul 5, 5:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade, Pennington	66 min
Jul 5, 5:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Ziebach	45 min
Jul 5, 5:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Meade	39 min
Jul 4, 6:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Campbell	41 min
Jul 4, 6:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Campbell, Weston	59 min
Jul 4, 6:59 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Campbell, Weston	16 min
Jul 4, 7:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Weston	58 min
Jul 5, 12:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Campbell, Crook	66 min
Jul 5, 1:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Crook	64 min
Jul 5, 4:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Weston	49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.