Strong southwesterly winds developed across northeastern Wyoming during the morning and persisted into the evening. The strongest winds were noted across Campbell County, where winds gusted to 70 mph.
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The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.
Strong southwesterly winds developed across northeastern Wyoming during the morning and persisted into the evening. The strongest winds were noted across Campbell County, where winds gusted to 70 mph.
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 Jan 26, 10:30 PM MST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1030 PM MST SAT JAN 26 2008 UPDATED FOR HIGH WIND WATCH .DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS OVER ERN MT-WY INTO CO THIS EVENING WITH HIGH CLOUDS CROSSING THE AREA. SURFACE TROF LOCATED IN THE SAME AREA...AND IS PRODUCING GUSTY SW WINDS ACROSS NERN WY. WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES WARMER THAN TODAYS. WITH SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING OVER MT AND STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS WY...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OVER NERN WY AND NRN BLACK HILLS. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW 50-60 KT WINDS JUST OFF THE SURFACE. RIDGE MOVES EASTWARD AS LARGE UPPER TROF DEEPENS OVER WRN US AND REACHES THE NORTHERN PLAINS MONDAY...BRINGING ALONG AN ARCTIC FRONT AND MUCH COLDER TEMPS BEHIND IT. && .AVIATION...SKIES WL RMN MSTLY CLR EXCPT SOM HI CLDS DRIFTING ACRS REGION. SW WINDS WILL BE 25-30KT SUSTAINED W/ GUSTS 40-45KT ACRS NERN WY...BUT MUCH LGTR ACR THE WRN SD PLNS. WNDS WL INCRS AGAIN SUN EVNG. && .UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...HIGH WIND WATCH NRN BLK HLS-NRN FOOTHLS SUN EVEN-MON MRNG. WY...HIGH WIND WATCH SUN EVEN-MON MRNG. && SANDERS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 500 AM MST SAT JAN 26 2008 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-271400- 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- 500 AM MST (600 AM CST) SAT JAN 26 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL AGAIN GUST TO AROUND 45 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BLACK HILLS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...MUCH COLDER AIR...AND SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL INVADE THE AREA MONDAY...AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT RACES ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY...AND THE WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND LOW WIND CHILL VALUES MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE PLAINS NORTH AND EAST OF THE BLACK HILLS. THE COLD AIR IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. BUNKERS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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