Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 6, 2005

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
235 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS NORTHEAST WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...

.SHORT TERM...CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
ACROSS NORTHEAST WYOMING WITH COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHWESTWARD
ACROSS WY AND WARM FRONT EXTENDING EASTWARD ACROSS THE BLACK HILLS
AREA AND INTO CENTRAL SD. BRISK SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE TO
BRING INCREASING MOISTURE INTO THE AREA. UPPER LOW LOCATED ACROSS
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST CONTINUES TO BRING SHORTWAVE ENERGY ACROSS THE
REGION.

ALL THE INGREDIENTS APPEAR TO BE IN PLACE FOR A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE
WX EVENT ACROSS SOUTHEAST MT...NORTHEAST WY... THE WESTERN
DAKOTAS...AND WESTERN NEB LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOW
PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST SD BY 00Z.
THE NEXT SHORTWAVE IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE INTO EASTERN WY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN ACROSS THE WESTERN DAKOTAS THIS EVENING. SB
AND MU CAPE WILL BE IN THE 2000 TO 3000 J/KG RANGE BY 00Z ACROSS THE
SD PLAINS. DIRECTIONAL AND SPEED SHEAR WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR
SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT ACROSS ALL OF THE CWA. CAP OVER THE AREA IS
BEGINNING TO ERODE NOW ACROSS NORTHEAST WY AND THE BLACK HILLS AREA.
EXPECTING STORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE HILLS AREA AND NEAR THE
SURFACE LOW BETWEEN NOW AND 23Z...WITH STORMS MOVING GENERALLY TO
THE NORTHEAST. RIGHT MOVING SUPERCELLS WILL MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST.
OTHER STORMS THAT DEVELOP FURTHER TO THE SOUTH WILL MOVE INTO THE
CWA THIS EVENING. BEST THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL STRETCH FROM
THE BLACK HILLS INTO NORTHWEST SD IN VICINITY OF LOW...BUT THREAT
EXISTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA LATE THIS AFT AND EVE. MAIN THREATS
FROM SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...BUT A
SMALLER THREAT DOES EXIST FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY ANY
STORMS NEAR THE TRIPLE POINT ACROSS NORTHWEST SD...LATE THIS AFT AND
EARLY THIS EVE. BULK OF SEVERE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA BY
MIDNIGHT.

TUESDAY LOOKS TO BE AN ACTIVE DAY AS WELL WITH SURFACE LOW AND FRONT
STALLING ACROSS CENTRAL SD AND NEB DURING THE DAY. MAIN SEVERE WX
THREAT SHOULD SHIFT A LITTLE FURTHER EAST...BUT CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
THE BLACK HILLS AREA EASTWARD DURING THE AFT AND EVE.

WILL KEEP AT LEAST SOME SLIGHT CHANCES FOR STORMS IN THE FORECAST
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS UPPER LOW REMAINS IN PLACE NORTH AND WEST
OF THE AREA. TEMPS FOR TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY WILL GENERALLY BE NEAR
TO SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE...COOLEST ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF CWA.

.LONG TERM...RATHER UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A SERIES OF UPR LOWS TRACK EWD
ACRS THE NRN TIER/SRN CANADA IN PROGRESSIVE WLY FLOW ALOF. IF THIS
PATTERN HOLDS...MOST ENERGY WILL REMAIN JUST NORTH OF THE CWFA SO
THAT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IS UNLIKELY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD ALSO
REMAIN FAIRLY STEADY NEAR CLIMO.

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.AVIATION...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON WILL KICK OFF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH A GOOD CHANCE
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR
SEVERE STORMS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...WILL BE OVER
SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA ...NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL
IMPROVE OVER THE RTES SOUTH AND WEST OF RAPID CITY BY 03Z...AND OVER
THE RTES EAST AND NORTH OF RAPID CITY BY 05Z.

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.UNR...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR ALL OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.
WY...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST WYOMING.

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ST/GR

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1019 AM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-071330-
BENNETT-BUTTE-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-CUSTER CO PLAINS-FALL RIVER-HAAKON-
HARDING-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-JACKSON-MELLETTE-NORTHEASTERN CROOK-
NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-
NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-PERKINS-RAPID CITY-
SHANNON-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-TODD-TRIPP-
WESTERN CROOK-WESTON-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-ZIEBACH-
1019 AM MDT (1119 AM CDT) MON JUN 6 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE AREA TODAY...CREATING A MODERATE RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

ALSO...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN
WYOMING AND MOST OF SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADO POSSIBLE IN THE
MODERATE RISK AREA OVER FAR NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ANOTHER STRONG DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS SOUTH DAKOTA ON TUESDAY. THERE
IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA ON TUESDAY.

ADDITIONAL CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST FROM
THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
539 PM MDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     TSTM WND GST     GILLETTE                44.28N 105.52W
06/06/2005  60 MPH           CAMPBELL           WY   ASOS

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WFO UNR STAFF