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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Rapid City, SD

June 28, 2025Jackson County, Mellette County, Todd County, South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 2025, 7:14 PM MDT for Jackson County, Mellette County, Todd County, South Dakota. It was in force for 46 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 28, 2025, 7:14 PM MDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2025, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.75 in

Counties Jackson County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Todd County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 28, 5:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 262 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2025-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2696 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2025-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
2696 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1383 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
7.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 6:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatUNRHaakon, Jackson, Pennington65 min
Jun 28, 6:45 PM MDTTornado WarningUNRJackson, Mellette45 min
Jun 28, 7:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRBennett, Jackson46 min
Jun 28, 7:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatUNRMellette, Todd23 min
Jun 28, 8:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRBennett38 min
Jun 28, 9:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRTodd, Tripp48 min
Jun 28, 9:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNROglala Lakota41 min
Jun 28, 9:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRJackson46 min
Jun 28, 10:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNROglala Lakota49 min
Jun 28, 10:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatUNRBennett, Jackson, Oglala Lakota40 min
Jun 28, 10:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatUNRButte46 min
Jun 28, 11:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRBennett, Jackson, Mellette, Todd64 min
Jun 28, 11:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNROglala Lakota32 min
Jun 28, 11:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRButte, Lawrence, Meade57 min
Jun 29, 12:25 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRMeade35 min
Jun 29, 12:31 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRTodd, Tripp44 min
Jun 29, 12:56 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRMeade34 min
Jun 29, 1:16 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon, Meade, Pennington59 min
Jun 29, 2:15 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRHaakon45 min
Jun 29, 2:26 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRLawrence49 min
Jun 29, 5:32 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster, Pennington43 min
Jun 29, 5:57 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRPennington33 min
Jun 29, 6:09 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster, Pennington51 min
Jun 29, 7:03 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRCuster27 min
Jun 29, 1:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster, Pennington64 min
Jun 29, 2:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster, Pennington53 min
Jun 29, 3:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster, Fall River, Oglala Lakota66 min
Jun 29, 4:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster, Fall River66 min
Jun 29, 4:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNROglala Lakota63 min
Jun 29, 4:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRLawrence33 min
Jun 29, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatUNRBennett, Oglala Lakota60 min
Jun 29, 5:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRFall River62 min
Jun 28, 9:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCampbell, Crook59 min
Jun 28, 10:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCampbell, Crook50 min
Jun 29, 5:25 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRWeston35 min
Jun 29, 1:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementUNRWeston46 min
Jun 29, 3:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRWeston57 min

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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.