Rapid City, SD Hazardous Weather Outlook

Rapid City, South Dakota

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 520 AM MDT FRI JUL 25 2008
Expiration: 600 AM MST SAT JUL 26 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY...WITH THE BEST
CHANCE EXTENDING FROM NORTHEAST WYOMING INTO SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA.
SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING CONTAINING LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THE
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE FOR A MORE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER
OUTBREAK ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE AREA. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE
STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THERE
IS ALSO THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES. AT THIS TIME...THE GREATEST THREAT
FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXTENDS FROM NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH SOUTH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. STAY TUNED TO LATER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON SUNDAY...SOME OF WHICH
MAY BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY.