A large upper level low pressure system pushed across the Northern Plains, bringing heavy rain to the northern Black Hills. Embedded thunderstorms produced additional heavy rain, with four to six inches of rain falling over a 24 hour period.
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The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.
A large upper level low pressure system pushed across the Northern Plains, bringing heavy rain to the northern Black Hills. Embedded thunderstorms produced additional heavy rain, with four to six inches of rain falling over a 24 hour period. Runoff caused minor flooding along the Belle Fourche River and its tributaries. Several county roads were closed or washed out and culverts were damaged.
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 1, 2:21 AM MST, 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 321 AM MDT SAT JUN 1 2013 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT ISSUED AT 310 AM MDT SAT JUN 1 2013 WATER VAPOR SHOWS UPPER LOW OVER SWRN MN WITH DRY AIR QUICKLY MOVING SWD ACRS WRN/CNTRL ND. RADAR ECHOES HAVE EITHER TRENDED DOWN OR ENDED ACROSS NWRN SD...BUT UPSLOPE PCPN CONTINUES TO FALL IN THE NRN BLKHLS. AT THE SURFACE...TIGHT PRESSURE GRADS EXIST BETWEEN LOW OVER SERN MN AND HIGH BUILDING INTO CNTRL MT. FOR TODAY...SHOWERS WILL END RATHER QUICKLY THIS MRNG AS DRY AIR FILTERS SWD FROM ND...WITH MANY AREAS SEEING SUNSHINE BY THIS AFTN. NW WINDS WILL REMAIN QUITE GUSTY THROUGH THE MRNG HOURS...THEN SLOWLY RELAX AS THE AFTN PROGRESSES. CHILLY TEMPS EXPECTED WITH HIGH IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S...SOME 40S IN THE BLKHLS. EVEN WITH THE ENDING OF THE RAIN...FLOODING ISSUES WILL STILL BE AN ISSUE ESPECIALLY ACROSS CROOK COUNTY AND THE NRN BLKHLS INTO BUTTE AND WRN MEADE COUNTIES. SUNDAY...SHORT WAVE RIDGE CROSSES THE NRN PLAINS LEADING TO DRY WX ALONG WITH WARMER TEMPS. SURFACE LOW MOVES INTO ERN WY SUNDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF UPPER LOW MOVING INTO MT. AS LLJ/THETA-E ADVECTION INCREASES SUNDAY NIGHT...SOME LATE NIGHT TSTMS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ON THE SD PLAINS. && .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISSUED AT 310 AM MDT SAT JUN 1 2013 RIDGE PUSHES TO THE EAST TO START THE WORK WEEK AS COMPACT UPPER LOW SLIDES OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND SLOWLY WORKS INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. MODELS CONTINUE TO AGREE IN KEEPING THE TRACK AND HEAVIEST PRECIP NORTH OF THE CWA...THOUGH WITH THE GENERALLY UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL KEEP POPS IN THROUGH MID-WEEK WITH NEAR AVERAGE TEMPS. LOW PUSHES EAST MID-WEEK THOUGH ACTIVE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE IN ITS WAKE BRINGING OCCASIONAL WEAK DISTURBANCES THROUGH THE FLOW...SO WILL KEEP OCCASIONAL POPS IN FOR THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY MORNING ISSUED AT 310 AM MDT SAT JUN 1 2013 SHRA WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF THIS MORN. WIDESPREAD MVFR WITH LCL IFR CIGS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING WITH CONDITIONS IMPROVING THIS AFTERNOON. MOST LOCATIONS WILL IMPROVE TO VFR BY TONIGHT. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONT THRU MID-DAY WITH IMPROVEMENT BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVE. && .UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. WY...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JOHNSON LONG TERM...77 AVIATION...77
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 741 PM MDT FRI MAY 31 2013 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-011300- 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- 741 PM MDT (841 PM CDT) FRI MAY 31 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT STRONG LOW PRESSURE CROSSING SOUTH DAKOTA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING RAIN AND WIND TO MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE BEAR LODGE MOUNTAINS INTO THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE AREAS OF FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES... OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RAPIDCITY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Redwater River, Crow Creek, and several small creeks and streams experienced flooding. Water reached the edge of a house along the Redwater River and some low water crossings were flooded.
Redwater River, Spearfish Creek, False Bottom Creek, and other streams in the Spearfish area experienced flooding. Minor flooding occurred in the Spearfish City Park. Red Hill Road at Crow Creek, Sanford Road into Beulah, and Homestake Road at the Bear Creek Bridge were flooded and several culverts were damaged.
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