Special Weather Statement for Butte; Northern Black Hills; Northern Foothills +2 more
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What you need to know
- Applies to
- Butte, Northern Black Hills, Northern Foothills, Southern Meade Co Plains, Sturgis/Piedmont Foothills
- Effective
- Ended
- Official severity
- Moderate
- Official urgency
- Expected
- Official certainty
- Observed
What is happening
At 700 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong outflow winds extending from 6 miles southeast of Vale to near Beulah, or extending from 14 miles northeast of Sturgis to 10 miles southwest of Belle Fourche, moving south at 35 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated....
What the bulletin says to do
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions.
Full official description
Bulletin details
At 700 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong outflow winds extending from 6 miles southeast of Vale to near Beulah, or extending from 14 miles northeast of Sturgis to 10 miles southwest of Belle Fourche, moving south at 35 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Spearfish, Sturgis, southern Belle Fourche, Lead, northern Ellsworth Air Force Base, Summerset, Black Hawk, Deadwood, Whitewood, Nemo, Piedmont, Saint Onge, Vale, Central City, Galena, Brownsville, Tilford, Cheyenne Crossing and Apple Springs. This includes Interstate 90 in South Dakota between Mile Markers 1 and 52.
Lifecycle record
Official revisions
- Alert
Special Weather Statement issued August 11 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD
Official revision
Source and limitations
Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Rapid City SD. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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