Thunderstorm Wind, Meade
- When
- July 3, 9:30 PM MST
- Where
- Meade County, 1 mi ENE of Mud Butte
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 45.005, -102.861
A thunderstorm briefly became severe over northwestern Meade County, producing wind gusts around 60 mph near Mud Butte.
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The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.
A thunderstorm briefly became severe over northwestern Meade County, producing wind gusts around 60 mph near Mud Butte.
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 Jul 3, 4:00 PM MST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion For Western SD and Northeastern WY National Weather Service Rapid City SD 500 PM MDT Tue Jul 3 2018 .DISCUSSION...(This Evening Through Tuesday) Issued at 151 PM MDT Tue Jul 3 2018 With an upper trough over the Pac NW, upper flow is southwesterly over the northern plains. Skies across the CWA are partly cloudy. The surface low sits over south central SD, with the cool front/stationary boundary stretching westward into WY. Winds are light and variable, and temperatures are rising into the 80s. This evening, a shortwave associated with the upper trough will slide into the region. Best 0-6 km shear (40-50 kts) will be across the western half of the CWA, while best instability (MLCAPE of 2-3 kJ/kg) will be across the eastern half. Nonetheless, decent overlapping of each, combined with the upper-level forcing and low- level boundary, should provide a good environment for the development of strong to severe thunderstorms and allow the cap to be broken. CAMs are showing storms moving into northeastern WY around 23-00Z as multicells and supercells, spreading across western SD during the evening while turning into a LLJ-enhanced MCS, and finally exiting the CWA around midnight. Expecting wind and hail to be the main threats initially, changing into more of a wind threat as the evening progresses. Also cannot rule out tornadoes, especially along the boundary. A drier pattern will begin Wednesday, along with a warming trend, as an upper ridge builds over the western and central states. Highs will be in the upper 70s to upper 80s Wednesday and Thursday, warming into the 90s for Friday and the weekend. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS Through 00Z Wednesday Evening) Issued At 500 PM MDT Tue Jul 3 2018 Scattered TSRA will cross the area this evening into the overnight period. Some of the TSRA will be strong to severe, with gusty winds the primary concern. Brief MVFR/IFR cigs and vsbys will also be possible in the strongest storms. MVFR cigs may linger behind the storms across northeast WY before conditions improve by morning. Gusty northwest winds will also develop overnight and continue through early Wednesday. && .UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...None. WY...None. && DISCUSSION...Pojorlie AVIATION...Sherburn
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Rapid City SD 414 AM MDT Tue Jul 3 2018 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-072>074-WYZ054>058-071-041300- 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-Sturgis/Piedmont Foot Hills- Southern Meade Co Plains-Hermosa Foot Hills-Northern Campbell- Southern Campbell-Western Crook-Wyoming Black Hills-Weston- Northeastern Crook- 414 AM MDT Tue Jul 3 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwestern South Dakota...southwestern South Dakota...the Black Hills of South Dakota...northeast Wyoming...and the Black Hills of Wyoming. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered thunderstorms are expected late this afternoon into tonight. Some storms may be severe, with large hail and damaging winds possible. .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 updates...or check our web site at weather.gov/rapidcity SDZ046-047-049-041300- Mellette-Todd-Tripp- 514 AM CDT Tue Jul 3 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central South Dakota. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered thunderstorms are expected late this afternoon into tonight. Some storms may be severe, with large hail and damaging winds possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday There is a chance of thunderstorms Wednesday. Some thunderstorms may be strong. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed today. && Stay tuned to NOAA weather radio for further updates...or check our web site at weather.gov/rapidcity
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</html>The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:29 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Dakota in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, July 2018
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 761441.