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Special Weather Statement, NWS Rapid City, SD

August 6, 2020Perkins County, South Dakota

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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The facts

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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What forecasters said that day

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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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 6, 8:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 6:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRLawrence24 min
Aug 6, 6:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRLawrence36 min
Aug 6, 6:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRButte, Lawrence45 min
Aug 6, 6:54 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningUNRButte, Lawrence3 hr
Aug 6, 7:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRButte45 min
Aug 6, 7:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRLawrence40 min
Aug 6, 8:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRButte, Harding, Meade, Perkins67 min
Aug 6, 8:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRLawrence40 min
Aug 6, 8:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMeade40 min
Aug 6, 9:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRMeade, Pennington49 min
Aug 6, 11:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRHaakon28 min
Aug 7, 4:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRLawrence29 min
Aug 7, 4:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRLawrence, Meade, Pennington37 min
Aug 7, 5:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRLawrence29 min
Aug 7, 5:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRLawrence25 min
Aug 7, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRPennington46 min
Aug 7, 5:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRCuster44 min
Aug 6, 6:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCampbell, Weston43 min
Aug 6, 6:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRCrook45 min
Aug 6, 6:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRWeston22 min
Aug 7, 2:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRCampbell49 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.