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Advisory
(Abbrev. ADVY)- Highlights special weather conditions that are less serious than a warning. They are for events that may cause significant inconvenience, and if caution is not exercised, it could lead to situations that may threaten life and/or property.
Watch
A watch is used when the risk of a hazardous weather or hydrologic event has increased significantly, but its occurrence, location, and/or timing is still uncertain. It is intended to provide enough lead time so that those who need to set their plans in motion can do so.
Warning
A warning is issued when a hazardous weather or hydrologic event is occurring, is imminent, or has a very high probability of occurring. A warning is used for conditions posing a threat to life or property.
Storm
Any disturbed state of the atmosphere, especially affecting the Earth's surface, and strongly implying destructive and otherwise unpleasant weather. Storms range in scale from tornadoes and thunderstorms to tropical cyclones to synoptic-scale extratropical cyclones.
Wind Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
459 PM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013
.GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
PLAINS LATE TONIGHT AND ON MONDAY BEHIND A DEEP LOW PRESSURE CENTER
OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS.
SDZ001-002-012-013-026-031-072-073-200700-
/O.EXT.KUNR.WI.Y.0018.130520T0600Z-130522T0100Z/
HARDING-PERKINS-BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-RAPID CITY-
PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...LEMMON...BISON...
BELLE FOURCHE...FAITH...RAPID CITY...WALL...STURGIS...
UNION CENTER
459 PM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013
...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM MDT
TUESDAY...
* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...THEN DECREASE MONDAY EVENING.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
* IMPACTS...SUDDEN WIND GUSTS CAN CAUSE DRIVERS TO LOSE
CONTROL... ESPECIALLY IN LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE BLOWING DUST...REDUCED VISIBILITY...AND
FLYING DEBRIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 30 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
Hold your car doors like you do when you visit Wyoming.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning, NorthEast of Sturgis, 5-27-2027
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
SDC019-093-272130-
/O.NEW.KUNR.SV.W.0094.130527T2033Z-130527T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
233 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RAPID CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL BUTTE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...
NORTH CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 330 PM MDT
* AT 231 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF
FAIRPOINT...OR 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN STURGIS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MUD BUTTE AND MAURINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
BEADLE BON HOMME BROOKINGS
CHARLES MIX CLAY DAVISON
DOUGLAS HANSON HUTCHINSON
KINGSBURY LAKE LINCOLN
MCCOOK MINER MINNEHAHA
MOODY SANBORN TURNER
UNION YANKTON
$$
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL PENNINGTON
COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM MDT...
AT 708 PM MDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. OVER 2 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF RAPID CITY OVER THE PAST HOUR. AN
ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY...HAYWARD...RAPID VALLEY AND ROCKERVILLE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...BOX ELDER
CREEK...RAPID CREEK...SOUTH CANYON...ROCKERVILLE GULCH...BATTLE
CREEK...SPRING CREEK...IRON CREEK...BILLOVER CREEK...ANTELOPE
CREEK...DRY CREEK...VICTORIA CREEK...RED ROCK CANYON AND CLEGHORN
CANYON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
Boy howdy there was a lot of rain in a little bit of time.
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