Hailstorm Sweeps Across Gillette

Written by Administrator Friday, 07 August 2009 15:46

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Gillette Hailstorm
A large thunderstorm swept across Gillette early Friday evening dumping penny-size and larger hail.  The National Weather Service office in Rapid City issued the following warning:

 

NORTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL
- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOWNTOWN GILLETTE AND WYODAK
423 PM MDT FRI AUG 7 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING THE AREA...

Hailstorm


AT 421 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH PENNY SIZED HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN GILLETTE...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DOWNTOWN GILLETTE... WYODAK...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN WYOMING MILE MARKERS 103 AND
139...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 1000 PM MDT.

 



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