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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Aberdeen, SD

July 27, 1997Jones County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1997, 4:36 AM CDT for Jones County, South Dakota. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 27, 1997, 4:36 AM CDT (09:36 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 1997, 5:25 AM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area: Whole counties

County Jones County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 26, 8:46 PM CDT, 7 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 8:46 PM CDT, 7 hours 50 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 6:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Codington, Hamlin	48 min
Jul 27, 6:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABR	Codington, Deuel, Hamlin	3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 1997 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.