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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Rapid City, SD

July 10, 2020Butte County, Meade County, South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2020, 7:32 AM MDT for Butte County, Meade County, South Dakota. It was in force for 2 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: Jul 10, 2020, 7:32 AM MDT (13:32 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2020, 9:33 AM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Rapid City, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Butte County, SD, Meade County, SD

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Jul 10, 5:17 AM MDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 5:17 AM MDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 5:03 AM MDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
503 AM MDT Fri Jul 10 2020

SDZ001-002-012>014-031-032-043-044-046-047-049-073-111300-
Harding-Perkins-Butte-Northern Meade Co Plains-Ziebach-
Pennington Co Plains-Haakon-Jackson-Bennett-Mellette-Todd-Tripp-
Southern Meade Co Plains-
503 AM MDT Fri Jul 10 2020 /603 AM CDT Fri Jul 10 2020/

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Severe thunderstorms are expected today. Large hail, damaging
winds, and isolated tornadoes will be possible with these storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Additional thunderstorms will be possible from Sunday night
through early next week.

.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

SDZ024>030-041-042-072-074-WYZ054-056>058-071-111300-
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-
Western Crook-Wyoming Black Hills-Weston-Northeastern Crook-
503 AM MDT Fri Jul 10 2020

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

Thunderstorms are expected today, some of which could be severe.
Large hail and damaging winds are possible from these storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Additional thunderstorms will be possible from Sunday night
through early next week.

.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

WYZ055-111300-
Southern Campbell-
503 AM MDT Fri Jul 10 2020

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...Saturday through Thursday

Additional thunderstorms will be possible from Sunday night
through much of next week.

.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, Jul 10, 5:39 AM MDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:08 AM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:11 AM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:13 AM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:36 AM MDT, 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:02 AM MDT, 30 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 9, 8:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Oglala Lakota	39 min
Jul 9, 8:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Fall River, Oglala Lakota	58 min
Jul 9, 10:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Lawrence, Meade	61 min
Jul 9, 11:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Butte	52 min
Jul 9, 11:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Meade	58 min
Jul 10, 12:35 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Haakon	55 min
Jul 10, 12:39 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Custer	51 min
Jul 10, 12:43 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer	35 min
Jul 10, 12:56 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Haakon, Meade, Pennington, Ziebach	64 min
Jul 10, 2:26 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	UNR	Custer, Fall River	17 hr
Jul 10, 3:24 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Bennett	51 min
Jul 10, 3:26 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Mellette	49 min
Jul 10, 4:20 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Bennett	40 min
Jul 10, 4:23 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Oglala Lakota	52 min
Jul 10, 5:10 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Jackson	50 min
Jul 10, 5:29 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Bennett	46 min
Jul 10, 5:34 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Meade	41 min
Jul 10, 5:39 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Meade	51 min
Jul 10, 6:08 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Jackson	52 min
Jul 10, 6:11 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Todd	49 min
Jul 10, 6:13 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Meade	47 min
Jul 10, 6:36 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Meade	39 min
Jul 10, 7:02 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Jackson	43 min
Jul 10, 7:49 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Todd	41 min
Jul 10, 8:01 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Meade	29 min
Jul 10, 8:28 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Todd	47 min
Jul 10, 8:30 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Haakon	45 min
Jul 10, 9:15 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Mellette, Todd	45 min
Jul 10, 9:57 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Mellette, Todd	48 min
Jul 10, 10:12 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Todd, Tripp	50 min
Jul 10, 11:29 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Todd	46 min
Jul 10, 1:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR		48 min
Jul 10, 2:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte	53 min
Jul 10, 2:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Lawrence	55 min
Jul 10, 3:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte, Lawrence, Meade	54 min
Jul 10, 3:48 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Lawrence, Meade	27 min
Jul 10, 3:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Lawrence, Meade, Pennington	61 min
Jul 10, 4:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Pennington	34 min
Jul 10, 4:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade, Pennington	40 min
Jul 10, 4:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Meade, Pennington	64 min
Jul 10, 5:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Pennington	33 min
Jul 10, 5:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Jackson, Oglala Lakota, Pennington	59 min
Jul 10, 5:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Pennington	49 min
Jul 9, 8:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Campbell	61 min
Jul 9, 8:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Campbell	32 min
Jul 9, 8:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Weston	41 min
Jul 9, 9:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Campbell, Crook	58 min
Jul 9, 9:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Crook	47 min
Jul 9, 9:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Crook	36 min
Jul 9, 9:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Campbell, Crook, Weston	45 min
Jul 10, 2:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Campbell, Crook	49 min

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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.