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SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1154 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

THUNDERSTORMS TRACKED FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
RUSHMORE STATE OVERNIGHT...BRINGING A LARGE SWATH OF QUARTER INCH TO
INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM NEAR WINNER TO THE ABERDEEN AREA. THE
HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTAL REPORTED WAS 1.53 INCHES AT AN AUTOMATED SITE
IN PARMELEE. THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE SAW INCREASING CLOUDS.
OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WERE RELATIVELY WARM WITH SUCH A HUMID
AIRMASS IN PLACE AND CLOUDS OVER THE STATE. THE LOW TEMPERATURES
RANGED FROM 48 IN CUSTER...TO 65 IN SIOUX FALLS.

AT 11 AM CDT/10 AM MDT...MID TO HIGH LEVELS CLOUDS WITH AREAS OF
FILTERED SUNSHINE COVERED THE STATE DUE TO DECAYING SHOWERS ACROSS
THE REGION. WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WERE GENERALLY IN
THE 5 TO 15 MPH RANGE AND OUT OF THE SOUTH. THE EXCEPTION WAS MORE
TOWARD THE WINNER AREA WHERE WINDS WERE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH
AND GUSTING TO 35 MPH DUE TO AN APPROACHING TROUGH. ELSEWHERE ACROSS
THE STATE...WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM
60 IN CUSTER...TO 75 IN BROOKINGS.

SHOWERS AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE
STATE TONIGHT AND LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOW 50S
WEST...TO THE MID 60S EAST...WITH 40S IN THE BLACK HILLS.

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