Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Aberdeen, SD

Issued

Jun 22, 2002, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)

Expired

Jun 22, 2002, 9:30 PM CDT

In force

66 min

Issued by

NWS Aberdeen, SD

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Buffalo County, SD, Hand County, SD

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

000 
WUUS53 KABR 230124
SVRABR
SDC017-059-230230-
/NEW.KABR.SV.W.0078.230125-230230/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
825 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BUFFALO COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
  HAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEES CORNER...OR ABOUT 5
  MILES NORTH OF FORT THOMPSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AMES AROUND 915 PM CDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE SHELTER NOW

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.
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 4418 9951 4400 9932 4421 9896 4440 9928
          4419 9929

HINTZ

NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 22, 3:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR CENTRAL/N-EAST SD AND W-CENTRAL MN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
335 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002

FORECAST PROBLEM TONIGHT WILL CONCERN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS
CWA. SHT WV MOVG NORTHEAST INTO CWA...WEAKENING CAP. 700 TEMPS
COOLING. PLENTY OF MSTR WITH DP MID 60S SOUTHWEST TO MID 70S
NORTHEAST. PWS IN 1.7 IN RANGE. STORMS ALREADY FORMING WEST
RIVER...EXPECT CONT DEVELOPMENT. ETA SOUNDING SHOWS FRZ LVL
15K...WITH WBZ 14K. COULD BE DIFFICULT GETTING HAIL TO GROUND.

WITH SFC BOUNDARY TO WEST COULD SEE SOME ACTIVITY THROUGH DAY
TOMORROW. NEXT WV WILL MOVE THRU TOMORROW EVENING FOR ANOTHER SPATE
OF STORMS...WITH ACTIVITY ENDING EARLY MON MORNING AS SYSTEM MOVES
OFF TO EAST WITH FLOW TURNING NORTHWEST AS HIGH BLDS IN FROM WEST.

.EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
NOT MUCH WILL CHANGE FOR THE EXTENDED FORECAST AS THE AVN...EXTENDED
AVN AND THE ECMWF SHOW 50H RIDGING BUILDING OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST.
THE S/W MOVG DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIDGE ON TUES NIGHT SHOULD BE
FAR ENOUGH E TO KEEP ANY PRECIP OUT OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE CWA.
THE EXTENDED AVN WANTS TO BRING A S/W THROUGH THE RIDGE FRI AND FRI
NIGHT BRINGING SOME PRECIP. DONT BELIEVE THIS WILL BE THE CASE AT
THIS POINT AND WILL LEAVE IT DRY THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD FOR
NOW. TEMPS SHOULD BE GENERALLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD
WITH CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.

.ABR...NONE

MARSHALL/MOHR

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.