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South Dakota, Butte

Tornado Watch

Statement as of 6:40 PM MDT on May 25, 2013



Tornado Watch 217 remains valid until 10 PM MDT /11 PM CDT/ this
evening for the following areas

In South Dakota this watch includes 15 counties

In northwest South Dakota

Butte Harding Perkins

In south central South Dakota

Mellette Todd

In southwest South Dakota

Bennett Custer Fall River
Jackson Shannon

In west central South Dakota

Haakon Lawrence Meade
Pennington Ziebach

This includes the cities of... Belle Fourche... Bison... Buffalo...
Custer... Deadwood... Dupree... Edgemont... Faith... Hermosa...
Hill city... Hot Springs... Kadoka... Kyle... lead... Lemmon...
Martin... mission... Philip... Pine Ridge... Rapid City... Spearfish...
Sturgis... Union Center... wall and White River.



Areal Flood Advisory

Statement as of 3:24 PM MDT on May 25, 2013

Expires 11:30 PM EDT on May 25, 2013


The National Weather Service in Rapid City has issued a

* small stream Flood Advisory for...
south Central Butte County in northwestern South Dakota...
west central Meade County in west central South Dakota...

* until 930 PM MDT

* at 322 PM MDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated
thunderstorms with heavy rainfall across the advisory area. Doppler
radar estimated up to 3 inches of rainfall has fallen... especially
near the Vale area.

* Runoff from this excessive rainfall will cause minor flooding to
occur... especially along small streams and near low water
crossings. Some locations that will experience minor flooding
include... Bear Butte State Park... Newell... Nisland and Vale.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
Bear Butte creek... Horse Creek... Belle Fourche river... Willow
Creek... Indian Creek... stinkingwater creek... Whitewood creek... Owl
Creek... Ninemile creek... Elm Creek and Fourmile creek.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

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.


Lat... Lon 4476 10308 4447 10308 4446 10357 4477 10357


Johnson



Special Statement

Statement as of 6:03 PM MDT on May 25, 2013

Expires 8:45 PM EDT on May 25, 2013


... Significant weather advisory for northwestern Lawrence and
southwestern Butte counties until 645 PM MDT...

At 558 PM MDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar was tracking a
strong thunderstorm near downtown Belle Fourche... moving northeast at
20 mph.

Hail up to the size of nickels and wind gusts up to 40 mph are
expected with this storm.

Locations near the path of this storm include...
downtown Belle Fourche...
Fruitdale...
Belle Fourche Reservoir...

This storm may intensify... .and a Tornado Watch is in effect for this
area. Be certain to monitor local radio and TV stations... as well as
local cable TV outlets... .for additional information and possible
warnings from the National Weather Service.



Lat... Lon 4498 10366 4480 10342 4454 10396 4462 10405
time... Mot... loc 0003z 227deg 17kt 4466 10388


Schild


Local Storm Report



05/25/2013 0330 PM

Vale, Butte County.

Hail e1.75 inch, reported by public.





05/25/2013 0258 PM

2 miles W of Vale, Butte County.

Hail m1.75 inch, reported by public.






05/25/2013 0134 PM

1 miles S of downtown Belle, Butte County.

Hail e1.00 inch, reported by trained spotter.


            Reported on the south side of Belle Fourche... time
            estimated from radar



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