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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Rapid City, SD

May 31, 2020Custer County, Pennington County, South Dakota; Weston County, Wyoming

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2020, 3:45 PM MDT for Custer County, Pennington County, South Dakota; Weston County, Wyoming. It was in force for 25 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
May 31, 2020, 3:45 PM MDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2020, 4:10 PM MDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Custer County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Weston County, WY

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Rapid City, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 2:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRWeston33 min
May 31, 3:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRWeston26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2020Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wyoming, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.