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Special Weather Statement, NWS Rapid City, SD
NWS Rapid City, SD issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2020, 9:10 PM MDT for Perkins County, South Dakota. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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- Issued
- Aug 6, 2020, 9:10 PM MDT (03:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2020, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Rapid City, SD
County Perkins County, SD
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NWS Rapid City, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 6, 5:19 PM MDT, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 5:19 PM MDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion For Western SD and Northeastern WY National Weather Service Rapid City SD 519 PM MDT Thu Aug 6 2020 .DISCUSSION...(This Evening Through Thursday) Issued at 245 PM MDT Thu Aug 6 2020 Upper ridging has moved across the central CONUS, with a trough now pushing onshore the Pac NW coast. An upper wave is pushing across the northern Rockies into central WY and the central Rockies. Deep southerly low level flow has persisted across the region, ahead of broad low pressure across Montana to Wyoming. Temperatures have risen into the 80s to low 90s. Dewpoints are in the 70s across south central SD, and 50s to 60 over western SD to northeast WY. Surface analysis shows a dryline just southwest of Campbell County, WY, where dewpoints are in the 30s on the other side of the boundary. This dryline is expected to push across northeast WY late this afternoon and into western SD in the evening/overnight hours. Strong instability extends across the CWA, but shear is marginal. Storms will push across northeast WY into far western SD late this afternoon into the evening hours, along and ahead of the dryline. A few storms may become severe, but lack of strong shear will limit organization. Some lingering storms are expected in the overnight hours; otherwise, quiet weather is expected through Friday morning. Warmer temperatures are expected, with highs in the upper 80s to around 100. A cold front is progged to push across the CWA Friday night as embedded waves within southwest flow aloft push across the CWA. This will bring isolated storms, mainly across northwest SD. Instability will be strong, but shear will be weak. The best forcing will be east of the CWA across the eastern Dakotas. Active southwest flow aloft will continue into Saturday, with several waves crossing the region. Friday night's cold front will become stationary across south central SD. Low pressure is expected to develop along the front. Strong instability and good shear on the warm side of the front will allow for strong to severe storms to develop in the afternoon and evening. The big question for the CWA will be the position of this frontal boundary as peak heating develops. Storm development may be over south central SD, but may quickly push east of the CWA by evening. Generally dry weather is expected through early next week. Highs will generally be near average. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS Through 00Z Friday Evening) Issued At 517 PM MDT Thu Aug 6 2020 VFR conditions are expected through most of the period. Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will move eastward from northeastern Wyoming and across western South Dakota until around 06Z this evening. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 245 PM MDT Thu Aug 6 2020 Near-critical fire weather conditions continue to look possible on Friday across portions of northeastern WY and southwestern SD. Limiting factor will be winds. Breezy conditions are expected on Sunday with near-critical relative humidity values. && .UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...None. WY...None. && DISCUSSION...13 AVIATION...10 FIRE WEATHER...13
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 4:26 AM MDT, 16 hours 44 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Rapid City SD 426 AM MDT Thu Aug 6 2020 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-071300- 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- 426 AM MDT Thu Aug 6 2020 /526 AM CDT Thu Aug 6 2020/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered thunderstorms are expected late this afternoon and evening. Isolated strong to severe storms will be possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Thunderstorms will be possible at times in the period. Isolated severe weather will be possible at times. .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
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Rapid City, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 6, 6:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Lawrence | 24 min |
| Aug 6, 6:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Lawrence | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 6:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Butte, Lawrence | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 6:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | UNR | Butte, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Butte | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 7:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Lawrence | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 8:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Butte, Harding, Meade, Perkins | 67 min |
| Aug 6, 8:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Lawrence | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 8:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Meade | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 9:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Meade, Pennington | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 11:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Haakon | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 4:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Lawrence | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 4:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 5:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Lawrence | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 5:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Lawrence | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 5:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Pennington | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 5:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Custer | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 6:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Campbell, Weston | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 6:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Crook | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Weston | 22 min |
| Aug 7, 2:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Campbell | 49 min |
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