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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 10, 2006McPherson County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2006, 4:04 AM CDT for McPherson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 10, 2006, 4:04 AM CDT (09:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2006, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County McPherson County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:07 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2006-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2927 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2006-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2927 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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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 Aug 10, 3:38 AM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 3:38 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
338 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2006

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT
CONVECTION ONGOING THIS MORNING ALONG THE ND/SD BORDER IN
ASSOCIATION WITH WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS ACTIVITY IS SLOWLY
SAGGING SOUTH AND WILL AFFECT MCPHERSON AND NORTHERN BROWN COUNTIES
DURING THE NEXT HOUR. DO NOT EXPECT CONVECTION TO LAST DEEP INTO THE
MORNING HOURS AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM PREVIOUS CONVECTION HAS
STABILIZED ATMOSPHERE. WILL SEE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ONCE AGAIN
THIS AFTERNOON AS SHORT WAVE CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER MT MOVES SE INTO
THE DAKOTAS. SVR PARAMETERS LOOK GOOD ACROSS CENTRAL SD THIS
AFTERNOON AND HAVE INCLUDED POSSIBLE SEVERE IN GRIDS/ZONE WORDING.
HI RES NAM HAS DONE FAIRLY WELL NAILING DOWN CONVECTION PAST COUPLE
NIGHTS AND FOR THIS AFTERNOON...IT SHOWS CONVECTION BEGINNING
SOMEWHERE ACROSS NW SD/SW ND AND MOVES ACTIVITY SE TOWARDS CENTRAL
SD. PATTERN ACTUALLY LOOKS FAIRLY ACTIVE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM WITH
SEVERAL WAVES MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. NEXT WAVE OF SIGNIFICANCE
MOVES THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. HAVE
INCREASED POPS ACROSS THE WESTERN COUNTIES FOR FRIDAY NIGHT.
TEMPERATURES WERE COOLED JUST A COUPLE DEGREES...MAINLY ACROSS THE
SW COUNTIES. THINKING THAT SLIGHTLY INCREASED CLOUD COVER ASSOCIATED
WITH SHORTWAVES WILL KEEP TEMPS DOWN A TAD.

.LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MAIN FCST CHALLENGE IN THE EXTENDED DEALS WITH PCPN CHANCES
EARLY...THEN LATE IN THE EXTENDED.

MODELS ARE BEGINNING TO SHOW A RATHER UNSETTLED PATTERN TAKING
SHAPE...WITH TROUGHING IN THE WEST WITH SW FLOW ALOFT SETTING UP
OVER THE CWA. GULF BEGINS TO OPEN UP ALLOWING AMPLE MOISTURE TO
FINALLY FLOW NORTHWARD. THE 00Z GFS SFC SOLN AT 12Z SUNDAY SHOWS
FRONTAL BOUNDARY PARALLEL TO 5H FLOW...WHICH MATCHES THE 00Z
CANADIAN SOLN AS WELL. THE 00Z NAM SOLN HAS A MORE PERPENDICULAR
FLOW. GIVEN DIGGING NW SYSTEM...AM MORE INCLINED TO BUY INTO THE GFS
SOLN. RESULT IS BETTER TSRA CHANCES DURING THE DAY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY
NIGHT AS FROPA PASSES THRU. ALSO UPPED DWPTS A BIT MORE DURING THE
DAY SUNDAY.

DRY AND COOL WEATHER PREVAILS THEN FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH. HEIGHTS BEGIN TO REBOUND A BIT MORE BY
WEDNESDAY WITH SW FLOW REGIME TAKING SHAPE AGAIN. IF THIS PATTERN
REMAINS...MAY HAVE TO ADD TSRA CHANCES TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON PERIOD
WITH NEXT WAVE EJECTING OUT OF BASE OF TROF AND INTO CWA.

TEMP WISE...CURRENT GRIDS HAVE DECENT HANDLE ON THINGS. DID NUDGE
TEMPS DOWN JUST A TAD FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY GIVEN CAA PATTERN
BEHIND EXITING FRONT.

&&

.ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
&&

TT/DH
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 9:55 AM CDT, 18 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
955 AM CDT WED AUG 9 2006

SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-034-036-037-051-101500-
CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-
SULLY-HYDE-HAND-BUFFALO-
955 AM CDT WED AUG 9 2006 /855 AM MDT WED AUG 9 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO
THE EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE
MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED AFTER 4PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON.

SDZ033-035-045-048-101500-
STANLEY-HUGHES-JONES-LYMAN-
955 AM CDT WED AUG 9 2006 /855 AM MDT WED AUG 9 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL BE IN THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY
THIS AFTERNOON.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO
THE EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE
MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED AFTER 4PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON.

MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-018>023-101500-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK-
CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-
955 AM CDT WED AUG 9 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...WITH
SOME OF THE STORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREATS
FROM THE STORMS ARE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...AS
WELL AS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED AFTER 7PM CDT THIS EVENING.

KNUTSVIG/HINTZ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 9, 10:09 PM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1009 PM CDT WED AUG 09 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0855 PM     HAIL             1 S PRESHO              43.89N 100.06W
08/09/2006  E1.75 INCH       LYMAN              SD   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TRUCKS BLOWN OVER ON INTERSTATE 90 JUST SOUTH OF PRESHO.

0905 PM     HAIL             10 NE HOSMER            45.68N 99.33W
08/09/2006  E1.75 INCH       MCPHERSON          SD   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

NWS
Local storm report, Aug 9, 11:08 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRMcPherson45 min
Aug 9, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRLyman52 min
Aug 9, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds, McPherson47 min
Aug 9, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRMcPherson30 min
Aug 9, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRMcPherson31 min
Aug 9, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds, Faulk39 min
Aug 9, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk27 min
Aug 9, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Marshall51 min
Aug 9, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk45 min
Aug 9, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay, Marshall60 min
Aug 10, 1:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Codington26 min
Aug 10, 2:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRMcPherson61 min
Aug 10, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson30 min
Aug 10, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson46 min
Aug 10, 4:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRCorson3 hr
Aug 10, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRPotter33 min
Aug 10, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey43 min
Aug 10, 5:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRDewey3 hr
Aug 10, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRPotter, Sully43 min
Aug 10, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRWalworth20 min
Aug 10, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey28 min
Aug 10, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSully45 min
Aug 10, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRMarshall57 min
Aug 10, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay55 min
Aug 10, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHyde38 min
Aug 10, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

Sources

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.