Thunderstorm Wind, Butte
- When
- June 21, 10:00 PM MST
- Where
- Butte County, 7 mi NW of Newell
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 44.792, -103.531
Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
A severe thunderstorm produced wind gusts around 60 mph northwest of Newell.
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The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm produced wind gusts around 60 mph northwest of Newell.
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 21, 7:31 PM MST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 831 PM MDT MON JUN 21 2010 .DISCUSSION...02Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEASTERN WYOMING WITH A TROUGH EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF KGCC INTO SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED NORTH AND EAST OF THE LOW THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER CURRENTLY LOCATED IN SERN MONTANA WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EASTWARD THIS EVENING INTO NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA FROM WYOMING AND NEBRASKA. THUNDERSTORM THREAT FOR NORTHEASTERN WYOMING FOR CAMPBELL AND WESTON COUNTIES IN WYOMING WILL END SHORTLY...CONTINUING FOR A COUPLE MORE HOURS IN FAR NORTHERN CROOK COUNTY. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING...ENDING IN ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO OR NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. AREAS OF MVFR CIGS MAY DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 130 PM MDT MON JUN 21 2010/ DISCUSSION...CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES TROF OVER EASTERN WYOMING WHILE RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE EASTERN CONUS. UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS PLACES COMPACT LOW OVER EASTERN MONTANA...BRINGING WEST/SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT TO THE AREA. A FEW STORMS ARE NOW DEVELOPING OVER THE BLACK HILLS. FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON/TONIGHT...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WITH THE ACTIVITY OVER THE BLACK HILLS...BUT THE BETTER CHANCE COMES MORE TOWARDS LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVE SPREADING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE CWFA. INSTABILITY CONTINUES TO BE STRONG OVER THE AREA...WITH THE GREATEST SHEAR OVER NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA INTO NORTHEAST WYOMING. LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WIND GUSTS CONTINUE TO BE THE GREATEST THREATS...THOUGH A TORNADO THREAT DOES EXIST LATE AFT/EARLY EVE INVOF SURFACE TROF OVER NE WYO PUSHING INTO THE BLKHLS/NWRN SODAK. STORMS WILL PUSH EAST THROUGH THE EVENING. ON TUESDAY...WEAK COOL FRONT SLIDES INTO THE AREA EARLY IN THE DAY...BRINGING COOLER TEMPS TO THE NORTHWESTERN CWFA. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO AGAIN DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON...WITH THE GREATEST SEVERE THREAT OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CWFA...WHERE MODELS BRING ABOUT 2-3 KJ/KG OF CAPE AND PLENTY OF SHEAR TO SUPPORT ROTATING STORMS. STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT. FOR WEDNESDAY...QUIETER WEATHER IS EXPECTED AS SHORTWAVE RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE AREA. EXTENDED...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL SLIDE EAST OF THE AREA THURSDAY...BRINGING A RETURN TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. DISTURBANCES IN THE UPPER FLOW WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS NEARLY EVERY DAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 80S. && .UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. WY...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 635 AM MDT MON JUN 21 2010 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-221300- 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- 635 AM MDT (735 AM CDT) MON JUN 21 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS LOOKS TO BE FROM FAR NORTHEASTERN WYOMING INTO NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM NORTHEASTERN WYOMING INTO NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. STORMS WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK ON WEDNESDAY...THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE AREA DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.
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</html>The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:02 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Dakota in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, June 2010
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 231935.