Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Aberdeen, SD

Issued

Jul 1, 1997, 5:13 AM MDT (11:13 UTC)

Expired

Jul 1, 1997, 6:15 AM MDT

In force

62 min

Issued by

NWS Aberdeen, SD

Area

Whole counties

County Dewey County, SD

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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SVRABR
SDC041-011215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
613 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 1997

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

* UNTIL 615 AM MDT (715 AM CDT)
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  TIMBER LAKE                         AROUND 600 AM MDT
  GLENCROSS                           AROUND 610 AM MDT

* AT 511 AM MDT...ABERDEEN DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 19 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF DUPREE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! A TORNADO
WATCH IS IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PXRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING!

HG/DEE

NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 30, 8:20 PM MDT, 8 hours 53 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR CENTRAL/NORTH CENTRAL/NORTHEAST SD
AND FOR TRAVERSE/BIG STONE COUNTIES OF MN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
920 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 1997

SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDRIES FORM PREVIOUS MCS ARE MOVG THRU THE CWA
ATTM WHICH HAD TRIGGERED OFF A FEW TSTMS. THESE STORMS HAS WEAKEN
AND WILL BE ALL BUT GONE BY SUN SET. THIS SHUD LEAVE P/CLDY SKIES
FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT & WILL UPDATE TO REMOVE PRECIP.

.ABR...NONE

In the hours before

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-012055-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
428 AM CDT (252 AM MDT) TUE JUL 1 1997

...A TORNADO OUTBREAK ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL ARE
LIKELY ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY...

A POWERFUL SPRING LIKE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY.  AS IT
ENCOUNTERS A WARM AND MOIST EARLY SUMMER AIRMASS...LOOK FOR SEVERE
AND TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP.

A FEW OF THESE TORNADOES MAY BECOME VIOLENT ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA BETWEEN NOON AND 7 PM.

GO OVER YOUR TORNADO PREPAREDENESS PLANS AND KNOW WHAT TO DO.

THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN THE CENTER PART OF YOUR BASEMENT UNDERNEATH
A STURDY WORKBENCH.

ABANDON MOBILE HOMES FOR A BASEMENT.

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A BASEMENT...THEN THE BEST PLACE IS IN THE
INNERMOST ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE LIKELY BY LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.

KEEP TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WATCHES
AND WARNINGS.

HG

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.