Runoff from three inches of rain in the Badlands caused minor flooding along the White River.
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Runoff from three inches of rain in the Badlands caused minor flooding along the White River.
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 4, 4:42 PM MST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 542 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015 .SHORT TERM...THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT ISSUED AT 250 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015 CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS FRONTAL BOUNDARY WELL SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH SURFACE TROF OVER NORTHEAST WY. UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS SHOWS RIDGING OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS...WITH LOW OVER CA. ACTIVE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE ROCKIES AND HIGH PLAINS. SHORTWAVE OVER THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS HAS MOSTLY MOVED NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST SD. THE REST OF THE CWA IS MOSTLY DRY AT THIS POINT. REGIONAL RADARS SHOW ISOLATED STORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WY AT THIS TIME. SKIES ARE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. TEMPS ARE IN THE 60S AND LOWER 70S. SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT REMAINS OVER THE REGION INTO THE WEEKEND... KEEPING UNSETTLED PATTERN IN PLACE. ACTIVITY LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT SHOULD BE MOSTLY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED IN NATURE...WITH WEAK UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT BEHIND EXITING WAVE AND CLOUD COVER/COOLER TEMPS LIMITING INSTABILITY IN MANY AREAS. THE BEST CHANCES GENERALLY LOOK TO BE FROM NORTHEAST WY INTO SOUTHWEST SD. THIS IS WHERE THE SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SBCAPE VALUES OF 1000 TO AROUND 2000 J/KG ARE PROGGED FOR THE SLIGHT RISK AREA...WITH SUFFICIENT SHEAR FOR ISOLATED SUPERCELLS...ESPECIALLY TO THE EAST OF THE TROF. ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES MEAN LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY WITH ANY HEAVIER STORMS. ACTIVITY SHOULD TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT...WITH JUST LOW CHANCES FOR PCPN OVER MAINLY WESTERN AREAS. LOWS WILL BE IN THE 50S AND LOWER 60S. SKIES SHOULD BE MOSTLY CLOUDY IN MANY AREAS OVERNIGHT. WITH WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW AND AMPLE MOISTURE IN PLACE...HAVE ADDED PATCHY FOG TO MUCH OF THE WESTERN SD PLAINS FOR LATE TONIGHT. FRIDAY LOOKS TO BE WARMER WITH A BIT MORE SUNSHINE AND WAA EXPECTED. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S AND 70S. CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD BE RATHER LIMITED INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE A STRONGER SHORTWAVE MOVES NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA LATE IN THE DAY AND ESPECIALLY FRIDAY NIGHT. A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA LATE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING...AND ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA OVERNIGHT. THE RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS LOOKS MORE FAVORABLE FOR LATE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST WY AND SOUTHWEST SD. THE THREAT FOR MORE WIDESPREAD HEAVIER RAINFALL IS INCREASING BASED ON THE LATEST MODEL RUNS. WITH SATURATED SOILS AND MANY RIVERS AND CREEKS FLOODING OR RUNNING HIGH ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST WY AND SOUTHWEST SD...FLOOD WATCHES MAY BE NEEDED. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISSUED AT 250 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015 SPLIT UPPER FLOW DEVELOPS BY SATURDAY...WITH UPPER LOW SPINNING OVER THE SOUTHWEST US. LOW LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER WY/SD WITH SHORTWAVE ACTIVITY BRINGING SOME SHRA/TSRA...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE ACTIVE/SEVERE BUT NOT AS WIDESPREAD AS FRIDAY/S POTENTIAL SETUP. SYSTEM WEAKENS SUNDAY AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGE SLOWLY MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH DIMINISHING TSRA CHANCES AND WARMING TEMPERATURES. MODELS ARE SHOWING ACTIVE SOUTHWEST FLOW RETURNING FOR THE END OF NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY EVENING ISSUED AT 536 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015 UPSLOPE FLOW OVR FCST AREA WL KEEP MVFR CIGS THRU THE NIGHT...W/ AREAS OF FOG PRODUCING IFR VSBYS TWD MRNG. SML BAND OF TSTMS SOUTH OF D07 WL CONT TO MOVE SLOWLY EWD DURG THE EVEN. INCRSG SELY WNDS WL HELP LIFT CIGS FRI MRNG...AND INCRSG UNSTABLE AIR WL LEAD TO AFTN TSTMS. && .UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. WY...NONE. && SHORT TERM...26 LONG TERM...HELGESON AVIATION...55
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 336 AM MDT THU JUN 4 2015 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-050945- HARDING-PERKINS-BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH- NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY- SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS- CUSTER CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-HAAKON-FALL RIVER-SHANNON- JACKSON-BENNETT-MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS- SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL- SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-WESTERN CROOK-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-WESTON- NORTHEASTERN CROOK- 336 AM MDT THU JUN 4 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ACROSS NORTHEASTERN WYOMING...THE BLACK HILLS...AND SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY BE POSSIBLE. HIGH STREAM FLOWS WITH SOME MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON SOME CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE BLACK HILLS AND THE ADJACENT PLAINS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. SOME OF THE STORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...WHICH COULD AGGRAVATE FLOODING CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER VARIOUS PARTS OF THE AREA EACH DAY FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY...AND HEAVY RAIN MAY WORSEN FLOODING CONDITIONS. DRIER AND WARMER WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. .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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
325 PM MDT THU JUN 04 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0255 PM FLOOD 1 E WESTON 44.63N 105.31W
06/04/2015 CAMPBELL WY TRAINED SPOTTER
LITTLE POWER RIVER LARGE AND FLOODING OUT OF ITS BANKS.
&&
WFO UNRSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
514 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015
SDZ013-050000-
NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS SD-
514 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY UNTIL
600 PM MDT...
AT 514 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MARCUS...OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAITH...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARCUS AND HOWES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURING WITH THIS STORM. MINOR FLOODING AND PONDING
OVER ROADWAYS IS LIKELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS.
&&
LAT...LON 4461 10200 4460 10202 4463 10235 4476 10235
4484 10200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 265DEG 12KT 4469 10227
AWARDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
600 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015
SDZ013-014-050045-
ZIEBACH SD-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS SD-
600 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN MEADE AND SOUTHWESTERN
ZIEBACH COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM MDT...
AT 600 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
HOWES...OR 24 MILES SOUTH OF FAITH...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRIDGER AND HOWES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO MINOR FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 4454 10187 4453 10188 4458 10201 4461 10201
4460 10208 4464 10218 4476 10214 4476 10179
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 281DEG 15KT 4467 10207
AWARDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 720 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015 SDZ014-032-050215- HAAKON SD-ZIEBACH SD- 720 PM MDT THU JUN 4 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL HAAKON AND SOUTH CENTRAL ZIEBACH COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM MDT... AT 719 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MILESVILLE...OR 32 MILES NORTH OF PHILIP...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MILESVILLE AND BILLSBURG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4450 10186 4460 10170 4448 10144 4426 10172 TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 309DEG 11KT 4451 10174 AWARD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Agricultural land along the White River experienced minor flooding. Peak flows on the White River near Interior were over 11,000 cubic feet per second.
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