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SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
812 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. BRIEF HEAVY
RAIN FELL IN STRONGER STORMS ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS WERE GENERALLY UNDER A
QUARTER INCH. WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA ENJOYED AMPLE SUNSHINE WHILE THE
CENTRAL AND FAR SOUTHEAST HAD LIMITED SUNSHINE.

HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 60S NORTHEAST OF A MOBRIDGE...SIOUX
FALLS LINE WITH ABERDEEN ONLY REACHING 59 DEGREES. 70S WERE COMMON
ACROSS THE NORTHWEST...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST...AND IN THE UPPER 70S
TO LOWER 80S SOUTHWEST PRAIRIES. ARDMORE WAS THE WARMEST AT 84
DEGREES.

SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS WERE QUITE BRISK ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND
EAST...AVERAGING 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 35 MPH WERE COMMON ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY AND
NEAR MITCHELL. SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE WEST AVERAGED 10 TO 20 MPH
BECAME NORTHWEST OR NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AT
BUFFALO AND RAPID CITY.

AT 8 PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED NORTH OF PHILIP NEAR
BRIDGER ON THE CHEYENNE RIVER. OTHERWISE SKIES WERE CLOUDY OVER THE
EAST AND MOSTLY CLEAR WEST. TEMPERATURES VARIED FROM 55 DEGREES AT
SISSETON TO 76 DEGREES AT PHILIP.


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