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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Aberdeen, SD

July 18, 2001Corson County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2001, 11:43 PM MDT for Corson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 62 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 2001, 11:43 PM MDT (05:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2001, 12:45 AM MDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Corson County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 19, 12:07 AM MDTThunderstorm Wind 65 MMc Intosh, SD
Jul 19, 12:07 AM MDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EMc Intosh, SD
Jul 19, 12:07 AM MDTHail 1Mc Intosh, SD
Jul 19, 12:25 AM MDTThunderstorm Wind 61 EMc Laughlin, SDWinds to 70 mph along with quarter size hail broke many windows on the west side of buildings in McLaughlin. Alot of siding was also damaged along with shingles. Many vehicles were also dented along with some windshields broken out.
Jul 19, 12:25 AM MDTHail 1Mc Laughlin, SD

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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 18, 7:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jul 18, 7:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

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 18, 2:15 PM MDT, 9 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 2:15 PM MDT, 9 hours 28 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 18, 8:42 PM MDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN, SD
942 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2001

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

0834 PM    5 NE EUREKA               SD   TORNADO
07/18/01   MCPHERSON                      REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS

0837 PM    5 E HOVEN                 SD   TORNADO
07/18/01   POTTER
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 11:01 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 6:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds, Walworth64 min
Jul 18, 7:32 PM MDTTornado WarningABREdmunds28 min
Jul 18, 7:38 PM MDTTornado WarningABRMcPherson37 min
Jul 18, 7:43 PM MDTTornado WarningABRFaulk, Potter32 min
Jul 18, 7:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds31 min
Jul 18, 8:13 PM MDTTornado WarningABRFaulk, Potter32 min
Jul 18, 8:44 PM MDTTornado WarningABRFaulk31 min
Jul 18, 8:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds, Faulk47 min
Jul 18, 9:19 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABREdmunds, Faulk3 hr
Jul 18, 9:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRPotter31 min
Jul 18, 9:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds, Faulk45 min
Jul 18, 10:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson51 min
Jul 19, 12:34 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell41 min
Jul 19, 12:43 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson17 min
Jul 19, 1:14 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell31 min
Jul 19, 2:31 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds44 min
Jul 19, 2:57 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Faulk, Spink48 min
Jul 19, 3:50 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSpink40 min
Jul 19, 4:33 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSpink27 min
Jul 19, 2:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson, Dewey48 min
Jul 19, 5:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds, Walworth43 min
Jul 19, 5:43 PM MDTTornado WarningABREdmunds47 min
Jul 19, 5:54 PM MDTTornado WarningABRPotter36 min
Jul 19, 5:34 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRTraverse26 min

Nearby

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Sources

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.