1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Rapid City, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 11, 2:00 PM MST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 300 PM MDT TUE JUL 10 2001 LATEST SFC ANALYSIS REVEALS LEE TROF EXTENDING FM NRN MT THROUGH ERN WY. SFC LOW NOTED OVER SRN KS WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING N INTO SRN NEB. SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW MID/HIGH CLOUDS LEFTOVER FROM LAST NIGHTS CONVECTION OVER MUCH OF DAKOTAS. CU IS NOTED OVER AREAS OF WRN SD/SE MT/NE WY WHERE SUNSHINE WASN'T BLOCKED. OROGRAPHIC INITIATED CONVECTION NOTED ON AREA RADARS OVER BIG HORNS...BLACK HILLS AND FRONT RANGE...APPEARS TO BE MOVING ONTO SURROUNDING PLAINS AND DISSIPATING. MODELS INITIALIZE WELL AND SHOW ABOUT AS GOOD AGREEMENT AS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THIS PATTERN...NUMEROUS WEAK S/WVS MOVING IN SW FLOW AROUND UPPER HIGH OVER TX. THIS RIDGE BUILDS A LITTLE INTO FRIDAY OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS...HOPEFULLY THIS WILL TAKE TRACK OF S/WV ENERGY MORE N AND W OF CWFA. SOME MID LEVEL DRYING IS ANTICIPATED THIS EVE...COMBINED WITH LOSS OF HEATING AND NO APPARENT VORT MAX...ISOLD EARLY EVE CONVECTION CURRENTLY NOTED OVER WRN ZONES SHOULD DIMINISH QUICKLY. WITH WEAK SHEAR PROFILES TODAY...DO NOT ANTICIPATE SEVERE TSTMS. EXPECT ATMO TO REMAIN FAIRLY HOMOGENEOUS OVER CWFA THROUGH THE EXTENDED. MOISTURE WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE AND THE ATMO MILDLY UNSTABLE. WILL ANTICIPATE WEAK WAVES COOPERATING WITH DAYTIME HEATING TO GET MAINLY OROGRAPHIC DIURNAL CONVECTION GOING. R GUIDANCE TEMPS LOOK GOOD. HAVE LEANED TO THE WARMER NGM NUMBERS. POPS OVERDONE...ESPECIALLY EARLY PERIODS. .UNR...NONE. 99
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several people reported "tremendous" winds as the storm passed Harding. Several tree branches were downed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Dakota in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, July 2001
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