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SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
835 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 2012
A PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKY PREVAILED OVER SOUTH DAKOTA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDED FROM
WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE STATE. BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AGAIN IN THE WESTERN AND
SOUTHERN PARTS OF SOUTH DAKOTA. THE STORMS IN THE WEST MOVED IN FROM
EASTERN WYOMING...WHILE THE ONES IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF SOUTH
DAKOTA WERE MAINLY ASSOCIATED WITH SOME GRASS FIRES THAT STARTED IN
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...AND DEVELOPED INTO THUNDERSTORMS THAT
DRIFTED NORTHEAST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE STORMS IN THE
WEST PRODUCED MORE RAIN...SOME LARGE HAIL...AND A FEW STRONG WIND
GUSTS. MEANWHILE...THE SOUTH CENTRAL STORMS HAD VERY LITTLE
RAIN...AND LOTS OF LIGHTNING.
SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHWEST AND BLACK HILLS SECTIONS
OF SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WERE STRONG ENOUGH TO
REACH SEVERE LIMITS. SOME OF THE SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS INCLUDED:
210 PM MDT 1.00 INCH HAIL GALENA
330 PM MDT 1.00 INCH HAIL TILFORD
335 PM MDT 1.25 INCH HAIL 2 MILES EAST TILFORD
530 PM MDT 1.00 INCH HAIL 9 MILES SOUTHWEST SPEARFISH
540 PM MDT 1.75 INCH HAIL 13 MILES SOUTHEAST DEADWOOD
600 PM MDT 1.00 INCH HAIL NEMO
RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA IN THE PAST 24 HOURS HAS BEEN
SPOTTY AND RATHER MINIMAL. SOME OF THE BLACK HILLS AREA RECEIVED
BETWEEN A QUARTER AND SIX TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL. RAINFALL IN
THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE STATE OCCURRED THIS MORNING.
SOME REPORTS FROM AROUND THE STATE INCLUDED:
CUSTER 0.54
MOBRIDGE 0.28
RAPID CITY ARPT 0.26
PHILIP 0.12
KENNEBEC 0.10
LEAD 0.10
ARDMORE 0.07
BOWDLE 0.06
ABERDEEN 0.04
TIMBER LAKE 0.02
HURON 0.01
PIERRE 0.01
PINE RIDGE 0.01
RAPID CITY WFO 0.01
SISSETON 0.01
WATERTOWN 0.01
INTERIOR TRACE
MADISON TRACE
MITCHELL TRACE
WINNER TRACE
HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON VARIED FROM THE
MID AND UPPER 80S IN THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL SECTIONS...TO
THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 105 IN MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE
STATE. ONE OF THE HOTTEST PLACES THIS AFTERNOON WAS WINNER...
REACHING 105 DEGREES. PINE RIDGE WAS ALMOST AS WARM...WITH 103.
SISSETON MISSED MUCH OF THE HEAT...ONLY WARMING TO 84 DEGREES.
MADISON WAS JUST A BIT WARMER...WITH 86. THE BLACK HILLS AREA
CLIMBED INTO THE LOW AND MID 90S BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED IN.
CUSTER REPORTED A MAXIMUM OF 91 DEGREES.
AT 8 PM CDT...THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN THIRDS OF SOUTH DAKOTA WERE
PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. MEANWHILE...THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE STATE
WAS MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES HAD COOLED INTO THE 80S TO MID 90S AT
MOST LOCATIONS. SOME PLACES IN THE BLACK HILLS WERE MUCH COOLER...
LIKE CUSTER...ALREADY DOWN TO 64 DEGREES IN LIGHT RAIN. OTHERWISE...
EXTREMES ACROSS THE PLAINS RANGED FROM 80 DEGREES AT ABERDEEN...
SISSETON...AND WATERTOWN...TO 98 AT PINE RIDGE. WINDS ACROSS THE
NORTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF SOUTH DAKOTA VARIED FROM NORTHEAST TO
SOUTHEAST AT 6 TO 18 MPH. HOWEVER...THE SOUTHWEST...BLACK HILLS...
AND SOME OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL HAD NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BREEZES AT
9 TO 21 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 28 MPH AT PHILIP.
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