Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
854 PM MDT FRI SEP 23 2016

SDZ001-002-013-240345-
HARDING SD-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS SD-PERKINS SD-
854 PM MDT FRI SEP 23 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL MEADE...EASTERN
HARDING AND PERKINS COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM MDT...

AT 854 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SHEEP BUTTES TO NEAR OPAL. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTH AT 50 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BISON...LODGEPOLE...SORUM...DATE...PRAIRIE CITY...OPAL...MAURINE...
ZEONA...OWEN LAKE...
SOUTHWESTERN SHADEHILL RESERVOIR AND SOUTHEASTERN SLIM BUTTES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4567 10224 4478 10246 4527 10305 4594 10299
      4595 10257
TIME...MOT...LOC 0254Z 186DEG 45KT 4528 10298 4490 10252

$$

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