Special Weather Statement for Butte; Northern Black Hills; Northern Foothills +4 more
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What you need to know
- Applies to
- Butte, Central Black Hills, Northern Black Hills, Northern Foothills, Rapid City, Southern Meade Co Plains, Sturgis/Piedmont Foothills
- Effective
- Ended
- Official severity
- Moderate
- Official urgency
- Expected
- Official certainty
- Observed
What is happening
At 310 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms with windy outflow winds ahead of it extending from near Vale to over Mallo Camp, or extending from 18 miles northeast of Sturgis to 20 miles northeast of Newcastle, moving southeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts 40 to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar...
What the bulletin says to do
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions.
Full official description
Bulletin details
At 310 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms with windy outflow winds ahead of it extending from near Vale to over Mallo Camp, or extending from 18 miles northeast of Sturgis to 20 miles northeast of Newcastle, moving southeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts 40 to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Rapid City, southeastern Spearfish, Sturgis, Lead, Hill City, Rapid Valley, Ellsworth Air Force Base, northern Box Elder, Summerset, Black Hawk, Deadwood, Whitewood, Johnson Siding, Newell, Nemo, Nisland, Piedmont, Saint Onge, Vale and Central City. This includes Interstate 90 in South Dakota between Mile Markers 13 and 63.
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Official revisions
- Alert
Special Weather Statement issued July 30 at 3:10PM 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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