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SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
842 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

AFTER A PARTLY CLOUDY START TO THURSDAY ACROSS EASTERN PARTS OF SOUTH
DAKOTA...SKIES TURNED CLOUDY AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MADE THEIR
WAY NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA IN THE AFTERNOON. WEST RIVER LOCATIONS
HAS A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUN FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. HOWEVER SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN THE FAR WEST BY LATE AFTERNOON.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH EARLY EVENING VARIED FROM ONLY A FEW
HUNDREDTHS NORTH INTERSTATE 90...WITH NEARLY AN INCH AND A HALF
SOUTHWEST OF PLATTE ALONG THE NEBRASKA BORDER. OTHERWISE MOST EAST
RIVER LOCATIONS RECEIVED LESS THAN A THIRD OF AN INCH OF RAIN WHILE
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE SPARSE FURTHER TO THE WEST.

AT MID EVENING...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS WERE CONTINUING TO
DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. WHILE OUT WEST...A
COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS DROPPED SOUTHEAST FROM THE BLACK HILLS AREA
INTO FAR NORTHERN NEBRASKA AS SUNSET APPROACHED.

EXPECT THE UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN TO CONTINUE AROUND THE RUSHMORE
STATE DURING THE NIGHT. OTHERWISE THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF CLOUDS AS
LOW TEMPERATURES ONLY DIP IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S STATEWIDE.
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