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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Rapid City, SD

June 14, 2021Campbell County, Wyoming

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2021, 5:16 PM MDT for Campbell County, Wyoming. It was in force for 29 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 14, 2021, 5:16 PM MDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2021, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Campbell County, WY

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 217 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 214 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2021-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 234 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2021-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
234 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-457 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1503 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 14, 2:19 PM MDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:19 PM MDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 4:44 AM MDT, 12 hours 32 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
444 AM MDT Mon Jun 14 2021

SDZ012-024>031-041-042-044-072>074-WYZ054>058-071-151300-
Butte-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-Southern Campbell-
Western Crook-Wyoming Black Hills-Weston-Northeastern Crook-
444 AM MDT Mon Jun 14 2021

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

There is a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms later this
afternoon and evening with large hail and damaging winds possible.

Elevated fire weather conditions are expected this afternoon over
northeast Wyoming where gusty southeast winds will combine with
minimum relative humidities in the upper teens to mid 20s.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

High temperatures Tuesday afternoon will be in the 90s to 103.

.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

SDZ001-002-013-014-032-043-046-047-049-151300-
Harding-Perkins-Northern Meade Co Plains-Ziebach-Haakon-Jackson-
Mellette-Todd-Tripp-
444 AM MDT Mon Jun 14 2021 /544 AM CDT Mon Jun 14 2021/

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Isolated thunderstorms are possible tonight, but organized severe
thunderstorms are not expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

High temperatures Tuesday afternoon will be in the 90s.

.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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRBennett, Todd62 min
Jun 13, 9:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRFall River29 min
Jun 13, 11:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRMellette30 min
Jun 14, 12:07 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRTripp53 min
Jun 14, 12:48 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRTripp57 min
Jun 13, 6:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRWeston44 min
Jun 14, 2:40 PM MDTFire Weather WatchUNRCampbell, Crook, Weston12 hr
Jun 14, 5:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCampbell48 min
Jun 14, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCampbell46 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.