Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Aberdeen, SD

Issued

Jun 22, 1997, 4:54 AM MDT (10:54 UTC)

Expired

Jun 22, 1997, 5:40 AM MDT

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Aberdeen, SD

Area

Whole counties

Counties Dewey County, SD, Potter County, SD

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KABR 221054 RRA
SVRABR
SDC041-107-221140-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
554 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  WESTERN POTTER COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
  EASTERN DEWEY COUNTY - NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 640 AM CDT (540 AM MDT)
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  LA PLANT                            AROUND 605 AM CDT
  LAKE OAHE                           AROUND 610 AM CDT    
  GETTYSBURG                          AROUND 620 AM CDT
  LEBANON                             AROUND 635 AM CDT

* AT 550 AM CDT (450 AM MDT)...ABERDEEN DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF GETTYSBURG MOVING EAST AT
  35 MPH.

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

WCT/LVQ

NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 21, 8:27 PM MDT, 8 hours 27 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR CENTRAL/NORTH CENTRAL/NORTHEAST SD
AND FOR TRAVERSE/BIG STONE COUNTIES OF MN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
927 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1997

PER CURRENT TRENDS ON 88D AND SAT PIX DID UPDATE CWA TO TAKE OUT LATE AND
ADD PCPN WHERE NEEDED.  ACITIVITY OCCURRING OVER NORTHERN CWA ON THE WANE
ATMT BUT STRONG CELL CONTINUES IN SC SD.  THIS CELL MOVED SE RIGHT ALONG
AN OLD BOUNDARY THAT SHOWED UP WELL THIS AFTN IN CLOSE UP VIS PIX.  WATER
VAPOR PIX NICELY SHOWING RIDGE BUILDING OUT TO THE NE FROM THE GREAT BASIN
AS SYSTEM DIGS INTO NW US.  BNDRY OVER N KS SEEMS TO BE WASHING OUT AS UPPER
RIDGE BUILDS BUT STILL ENUF CONVERGENCE  PER NEWLY DEVELOPED TSRA SAID AREA.
LLJ STILL EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL BRING HIGHLY MOIST/UNSTABLE
AIR INTO SC AND CENTRAL SECTIONS SO WILL ADD SEVERE WORDING TO THIS AREA.  ONLY
HINDERANCE MIGHT BE EXPANDING CAP WHICH HAS KEPT THINGS UNDER FAIR CONTROL
OVER AREAS TO THE SW.

.ABR...NONE.
TDK

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

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