A severe thunderstorm developed over northwestern Harding County, producing large hail and gusty winds before weakening over the central portion of the county.
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A severe thunderstorm developed over northwestern Harding County, producing large hail and gusty winds before weakening over the central portion of the 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 14, 1:32 PM MST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 631 AM MDT TUE JUN 14 2016 WYZ054-055-058-151245- NORTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-WESTON- 631 AM MDT TUE JUN 14 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ056-057- 071-151245- 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- OGLALA LAKOTA-JACKSON-BENNETT-MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP- STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS- HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-WESTERN CROOK-WYOMING BLACK HILLS- NORTHEASTERN CROOK- 631 AM MDT TUE JUN 14 2016 /731 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA...AND NORTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM MIDDAY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE BLACK HILLS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
346 PM MDT TUE JUN 14 2016
SDZ001-142230-
HARDING SD-
346 PM MDT TUE JUN 14 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN HARDING COUNTY UNTIL
430 PM MDT...
AT 346 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES WEST OF LADNER...OR 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUFFALO...MOVING
SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAMP CROOK AND LADNER.
LAT...LON 4564 10353 4552 10400 4575 10405 4591 10404
4595 10387 4595 10383
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 339DEG 16KT 4586 10393
CALDERONThe Rapid City radar (KUDX), 203 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:34 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail was mostly dime to quarter size, with a few as large as golf balls. Winds gusted to 50 to 55 mph.
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