1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 3, 1:55 PM MST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 255 PM MDT SUN JUN 3 2001 LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MOVING ACROSS CAMPBELL CO. WY NOW. EXPECT STORMS TO SLOWLY WEAKEN AS THEY PROGRESS EASTWARD LATE THIS AFT INTO MORE STABLE ATMOS IN W SD. WIDESPREAD AREAS OF RAIN AND IMBEDDED TSRA CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CWA AS PIECE OF ENERGY ROTATES AROUND UPPER LOW OVER SW MT. MODELS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT OVER NEXT 48 HRS...ONLY DIVERGE A BIT ON TRACK OF UPPER LOW. THE LOW WILL NOT MOVE MUCH OVER NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH UPPER HIGH OVER CENTRAL CANADA RETARDING ITS EASTWARD PROGRESS. MAIN PIECE OF ENERGY WILL PUSH IN TOMORROW WITH WIDESPREAD RAINFALL EXPECTED. E-SE FLOW AT LOW LEVELS AND S-SW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING IN ABUNDANT OVERRUNNING MOISTURE. QPF OF AROUND 2 INCHES ACROSS PARTS OF W SD FOR TODAY THRU MON NIGHT DOES NOT LOOK UNREASONABLE. INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN STRONGEST ACROSS NE WY AND SW SD WITH TSRA EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN TOMORROW ...BUT SEVERE THREAT DOES NOT LOOK AS GOOD AS TODAY. THE LOW WILL WEAKEN A BIT AND PUSH NORTH ON TUE AS IT GETS CAUGHT UP IN HIGH TO THE NORTH. EXPECT JUST MAINLY INSTABILITY SHOWERS AS SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER DEVELOP. FOR TEMPS...TENDED TO REMAIN CLOSER TO FWC WITH MAV AND FAN TOO COOL...ESPECIALLY DAYTIME. IN THE EXTENDED...UKMET SHOWS LOW WASHING OUT ACROSS SK ON WED WHILE MRF AND ECMWF SHOW IT BEING EJECTED QUICKLY EASTWARD BY BUILDING RIDGE TO S AND W. EITHER WAY...THINGS SHOULD IMPROVE ACROSS MUCH OF AREA BY WED WITH SLOW WARMING TREND INTO NEXT WEEKEND. AS RIDGE SLIDES EAST OF AREA OVER THE WEEKEND...SW FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPS AHEAD OF NEXT WEST COAST TROF...BRINGING A CHANCE OF STORMS BACK INTO THE PICTURE. .UNR...NONE. ST
SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-WYZ054>058-031930- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1045 AM MDT SUN JUN 3 2001 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND FAR SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HAIL LARGER THAN 3/4 INCH AND STRAIGHT LINE WINDS GREATER THAN 60 MPH. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER CAMPBELL AND WESTON COUNTIES IN NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DISCUSSION... STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL WYOMING WILL BRING MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE BLACK HILLS REGION TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM BELLE FOURCHE TO PINE RIDGE. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEASTERN WYOMING...WHERE ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY OCCUR. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL DIMINISH AFTER 900 PM MDT. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THIS OUTLOOK ARE...CUSTER...TRIPP...BENNETT... SHANNON...JACKSON...ZIEBACH...PERKINS...MEADE...BUTTE...HARDING... CROOK...CAMPBELL...LAWRENCE...MELLETTE...TODD...WESTON...HAAKON... FALL RIVER AND PENNINGTON. WCJIN-WYNE BUNKERS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A cooperative observer measured a non-thunderstorm wind gust 13 miles west of Cherry Creek.
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, June 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5253802.