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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Rapid City, SD
NWS Rapid City, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2019, 2:36 PM MDT for Bennett County, South Dakota. It was in force for 24 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
- Jun 29, 2019, 2:36 PM MDT (20:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2019, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Rapid City, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
County Bennett County, SD
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 322 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2861 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
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 Jun 29, 11:19 AM MDT, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 11:19 AM MDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 3:43 AM MDT, 10 hours 53 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Rapid City SD 343 AM MDT Sat Jun 29 2019 WYZ055-058-301300- Southern Campbell-Weston- 343 AM MDT Sat Jun 29 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday There is a chance of thunderstorms nearly every day. Severe thunderstorms are 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 SDZ014-032-043-046-047-049-301300- Ziebach-Haakon-Jackson-Mellette-Todd-Tripp- 343 AM MDT Sat Jun 29 2019 /443 AM CDT Sat Jun 29 2019/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western South Dakota. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Hot and humid weather will continue, with Heat Index values generally ranging from 95 to 105. There is a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening, with large hail and damaging wind gusts possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday There is a chance of thunderstorms nearly every day. Severe thunderstorms are 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 SDZ001-002-012-013-024>031-041-042-044-072>074-WYZ054-056-057-071- 301300- Harding-Perkins-Butte-Northern Meade Co Plains- Northern Black Hills-Northern Foot Hills-Rapid City- Southern Foot Hills-Central Black Hills-Southern Black Hills- Custer Co Plains-Pennington Co Plains-Fall River-Oglala Lakota- Bennett-Sturgis/Piedmont Foot Hills-Southern Meade Co Plains- Hermosa Foot Hills-Northern Campbell-Western Crook- Wyoming Black Hills-Northeastern Crook- 343 AM MDT Sat Jun 29 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwestern South Dakota...southwestern South Dakota...the Black Hills of South Dakota...northeast Wyoming...and the Black Hills of Wyoming. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight There is a slight chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Isolated severe thunderstorms are possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday There is a chance of thunderstorms nearly every day. Severe thunderstorms are 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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 2:27 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Rapid City SD 227 PM MDT Sat Jun 29 2019 SDZ044-292045- Bennett SD- 227 PM MDT Sat Jun 29 2019 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWESTERN BENNETT COUNTY... At 226 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Allen, or 12 miles northwest of Martin, moving northeast at 5 mph. Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Allen. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Very heavy rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4317 10193 4326 10206 4339 10191 4326 10174 TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 226DEG 4KT 4328 10193 JC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Rapid City, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Bennett | 18 min |
| Jun 29, 2:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | UNR | Bennett | 35 min |
| Jun 29, 3:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Bennett, Jackson | 42 min |
Nearby
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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.