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SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
830 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

WARM TEMPERATURES WERE COMMON THROUGHOUT THE STATE ON FRIDAY AS
SOUTHERLY WINDS AND PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES PREVAILED. SEVERE WEATHER
OCCURRED IN SOME WEST RIVER LOCATIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON. DAMAGING
WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND HAIL AS LARGE AS TENNIS BALLS ACCOMPANIED
SOME OF THESE SEVERE STORMS WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.

AFTERNOON HIGHS WERE MAINLY IN THE 70S TO MIDDLE 80S THROUGHOUT THE
RUSHMORE STATE. THE COOL SPOT WAS CUSTER WITH 69 DEGREES...WHILE
BOTH MITCHELL AND YANKTON SHARED THE WARM SPOT WITH 88 DEGREES.

AT MID EVENING...A COMPLEX OF SEVERE STORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. OTHERWISE SKIES WERE MOSTLY SUNNY EAST OF THE
JAMES RIVER VALLEY WITH CLOUDY SKIES ELSEWHERE AROUND THE STATE.
TEMPERATURES WERE MILD AS READINGS IN THE MIDDLE 60S TO UPPER 70S
PREVAILED WEST RIVER...FURTHER EAST 70S TO LOWER 80S WERE COMMON.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF THE
MISSOURI RIVER TONIGHT. CLOUDY SKIES AND MILD CONDITIONS ARE
ANTICIPATED WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 50S TO LOWER 60S.
THE UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE
STATE SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
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