1 tornado, 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 6, 9:15 AM MST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1015 AM MDT WED JUN 6 2001 LATEST SFC ANALYSIS PLACES LOW OVER SRN SD WITH A FAIRLY FLAT PRESS GRADIENT OVER WRN SD AND NE WY. WV IMAGES INDC COMPACT LITTLE S/WV THAT KICKED UP SOME PRE-DAWN SHRA AND TSTMS OVER NW SD HAS MOVED E OF CWFA. KUDX RADAR SHOWS DECREASING DBZ AND COVERAGE OF -SHRA OVER PERKINS AND BUTTE COUNTIES. SHOULD SEE SOME CU DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WITH AN ISOLATED SHOWER OVER THE HILLS...OTHERWISE SUBSIDENCE BEHIND S/WV WILL LIMIT PRECIP. HAVE TWEAKED CLOUDS AND TEMPS AND REMOVED MENTION OF PRECIP EXCEPT HILLS. REST OF PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD. .UNR...NONE. 99
SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-062015- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1130 AM MDT WED JUN 6 2001 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL 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. .DISCUSSION... A MID LEVEL TROUGH WILL COMBINE WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM FAITH TO PHILIP TO MARTIN. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING IN TODD...TRIPP AND MELLETTE COUNTIES WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE BLACK HILLS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THIS OUTLOOK ARE... TRIPP...BENNETT...JACKSON...ZIEBACH...PERKINS...MEADE...LAWRENCE... MELLETTE...TODD...HAAKON...CUSTER...AND PENNINGTON. GRZYWACZ
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 189 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:55 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado was on the ground for one minute, but caused no damage.
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 historyThe tornado archive for South Dakota, 2001Warnings in South Dakota, June 2001
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