Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Aberdeen, SD

Issued

Aug 4, 2000, 9:33 PM CDT (02:33 UTC)

Expired

Aug 4, 2000, 10:15 PM CDT

In force

42 min

Issued by

NWS Aberdeen, SD

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Potter County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

000 
WUUS53 KABR 050234
SVRABR
SDC107-129-050315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
933 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  POTTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
  WALWORTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 933 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LOWRY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF
  SELBY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HOVEN AROUND 945 PM
  LEBANON AROUND 1005 PM
  GETTYSBURG AROUND 1010PM

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
ABERDEEN.

&&

LAT...LON 4545 9983 4532 10015 4494 9990 4505 9958

HARDING

NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 4, 9:14 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR CENTRAL/NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
915 PM CDT THU AUG 3 2000

CURRENT ZONE PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD. RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA
ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN. NO UPDATES MADE TO THE
ZONES.

.ABR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
       SOUTH DAKOTA AND BIG STONE AND TRAVERSE COUNTIES IN
       MINNESOTA.

ECKBERG
N

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
635 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....      x

0600 PM    EAGLE BUTTE               SD   .75 INCH HAIL
08/04/00   DEWEY

JH

N

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
734 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....      |

0710 PM    6 W RIDGEVIEW             SD   .88 INCH HAIL
08/04/00   DEWEY                          NICKLE SIZE HAIL.

JH

N

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
828 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 2000

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0800 PM    MISSION RIDGE             SD   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/04/00   STANLEY                        GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL COVERED
                                          THE GROUND.  1.4 INCHES OF
                                          RAIN.

JH

N

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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