Several non-supercell tornadoes, or landspouts, and funnels were reported over eastern Meade and northern Haakon County.
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Several non-supercell tornadoes, or landspouts, and funnels were reported over eastern Meade and northern Haakon County.
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 19, 10:22 AM MST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1122 AM MDT THU JUN 19 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 920 AM MDT THU JUN 19 2014 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A WAVE PUSHING INTO WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...PRODUCING A SWIRLING BAND OF STRATUS OVER THE BLACK HILLS REGION. LAPS DATA HAS 1000 J/KG SBCAPE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...AND WITH THE WAVE MOVING IN STILL THINK THERE MAY BE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED -TSRA LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. TEMPS ARE IN AND AROUND THE 60S WITH GENERALLY WESTERLY WINDS AROUND 10 KTS. TWEAKED SKY COVER TO REFLECT RECENT TRENDS. REST OF FORECAST LOOKS FINE FOR NOW. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT ISSUED AT 326 AM MDT THU JUN 19 2014 CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN SD...WITH FRONT NOW SOUTH AND EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA. UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS HAS LOW NOW CENTERED OVER FAR SOUTHWEST SASK...WITH TROF EXTENDING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS. REGIONAL RADARS SHOW BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND STORMS FROM CENTRAL NEB INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SD. STRONGER STORMS ARE WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA WHERE THE MORE SIGNIFICANT INSTABILITY IS NEAR AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. TEMPS ARE MOSTLY IN THE 50S AND LOWER 60S...WITH 40S OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST WY AND THE HIGHER BLACK HILLS. WINDS ARE MOSTLY LIGHT FROM THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST. A DRIER WEATHER PATTERN WILL BUILD IN FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...WITH ONLY LOW CHANCES FOR PCPN TODAY AND DRY WEATHER ANTICIPATED FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT SOUTH CENTRAL SD AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK...WITH MOSTLY SUNNY TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES FURTHER NORTHEAST INTO CANADA...THE MAIN SUPPORT FOR PCPN WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT NORTH AND EAST OF THE REGION. HOWEVER...ONE FINAL SHORTWAVE ...OVER CENTRAL WY NOW...WILL ROTATE THROUGH WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. DRIER AIR IS MOVING IN TO THE AREA AT LOW LEVELS WITH WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS. HOWEVER...THERE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AVAILABLE FOR AT LEAST ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AS THIS WAVE PASSES...MAINLY NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT A STRONG STORM WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL SD. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 70S AND LOWER 80S ACROSS THE PLAINS...WITH SOME 60S OVER THE BLACK HILLS. SKIES WILL CLEAR OUT AND ANY LINGERING SHOWERS WILL DISSIPATE BY EARLY EVENING. LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 40S AND 50S WITH LIGHT WINDS. FRIDAY LOOKS TO BE THE NICEST DAY OF THE WEEK BY FAR...WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID 70S TO MID 80S WITH LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST-NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY. WARMER AND MOISTER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE AREA LATER FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS FLOW TURNS SOUTHEASTERLY AND LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE NOSE OF THIS JET IS PROGGED TO PUSH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SD OVERNIGHT AND COULD PRODUCE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE...CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOWS IN THE 50S AND LOWER 60S. && .LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ISSUED AT 322 AM MDT THU JUN 19 2014 EASTERN PAC UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH THE WESTERN NOAM RIDGE BECOMING MORE DEFINED DOWNSTREAM. HUDSON BAY LOW AND WESTERN RIDGE TOPPING DISTURBANCES WILL SUPPORT SOUTHERN PROGRESSION OF LOWER HEIGHTS EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH THE ECMWF BEING THE MOST AGGRESSIVE PER THIS FEATURE. TRANSITION TO WESTERLY FLOW CAN BE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND WITH SMALL AMPLITUDE IMPULSES EXPECTED TO TRAVERSE THE NORTHERN PLAINS. LL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THESE IMPULSES AS LL SOUTHERLY FLOW DEEPENS...WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. BEST CHANCES FOR ACTIVITY LOOKS TO BE IN THE SUNDAY PERIOD WHEN A STRONGER NORTHERN STREAM IMPULSE AND ASSOCIATED BACKDOOR COLD FRONT SETTLES SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. GIVEN MID LEVEL FLOW AND INSTABILITY PROGS...A FEW SEVERE STORMS WOULD BE POSSIBLE BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LINGERING CHANCES FOR SHRA/TS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY...WITH PERHAPS A LULL IN ACTIVITY TUE OF NEXT WEEK BEFORE THE WESTERN NOAM RIDGE SHIFTS SLOWLY EAST SUPPORTING A POS THETA-E ADV REGIME MID NEXT WEEK. HAVE RETAINED GENERALLY LOW POP CHANCES THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD...WITH A STRONG CLIMO BIAS PER WAVE TRACK/TIMING/STRENGTH CONCERNS. TEMPS AT OR ABOVE SEASONAL NORMS LOOK LIKELY THIS WEEKEND /ESP SAT/...WITH A COOL DOWN EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK PER THE EXPECTED BACKDOOR FRONT. THE ECMWF REMAINS THE COOLER SOLUTION NEXT WEEK PER ITS STRONGER HUDSON BAY LOW HEIGHT INFLUENCE...A PERSISTENT SOLUTION. HENCE...FELT A STRONGER COOL BIAS WAS WARRANTED TO TEMPS EARLY NEXT WEEK...ESP MONDAY. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 1120 AM MDT THU JUN 19 2014 VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ISOLATED SHRA/TSRA WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST SD/FAR NORTHEAST WY THIS AFTERNOON WITH LOCAL MVFR CIGS/VSBYS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS...ALONG WITH SOME SMALL HAIL/GUSTY WINDS. && .UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. WY...NONE. && UPDATE...POJORLIE SHORT TERM...26 LONG TERM...JC AVIATION...HELGESON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 647 AM MDT THU JUN 19 2014 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-201300- 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- 647 AM MDT (747 AM CDT) THU JUN 19 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST WYOMING AND MUCH OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT A STRONG STORM OR TWO WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA FRIDAY NIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WIDESPREAD CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN OVER THE WEEKEND AND PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA ON SATURDAY. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WOULD BE THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES... OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RAPIDCITY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
949 AM MDT THU JUN 19 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 21 NW FAITH 45.23N 102.33W
06/19/2014 M3.46 INCH PERKINS SD COCORAHS
24 HOUR AMOUNT.
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 30 N FAITH 45.44N 102.03W
06/19/2014 M2.00 INCH PERKINS SD COCORAHS
24 HOUR AMOUNT
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DBARBERThe Rapid City radar (KUDX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:03 UTC.
3 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A very small tornado was observed. It caused no damage.
A very small tornado and a funnel cloud were reported.
A very small tornado was observed on the ground for five minutes. It caused no damage.
Several spotters watched a funnel cloud persist for almost 15 minutes near the intersection of US Highway 14 and SD Highways 34 and 63.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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