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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 10, 2006Clark County, Codington County, Hamlin County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2006, 7:56 PM CDT for Clark County, Codington County, Hamlin County, South Dakota. It was in force for 64 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, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2006, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Hamlin County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 10, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 2006-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 664 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 2006-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -52 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
664 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1931 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.0

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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, 3:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 3:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
325 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT
MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THROUGHOUT THE
PERIOD. 19Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE
WESTERN HIGH PLAINS FROM NORTHERN TEXAS TO WESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA...WITH A TROUGH EXTENDING FROM IT ACROSS TO NORTHEASTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA. STORMS ALREADY BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN THE FAR
NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE CWA.

AN UPPER RIDGE CURRENTLY OVER THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS WILL REMAIN IN
PLACE THROUGH FRIDAY...BEFORE IT BEGINS A SLOW PUSH TO THE EAST
FRIDAY NIGHT...FINALLY REACHING MINNESOTA BY SUNDAY NIGHT. A TROUGH
WILL PUSH ONTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST EARLY IN THE
PERIOD...WITH A COUPLE OF SHORTWAVES COMING OFF IT AND TRACKING OVER
THE RIDGE AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS.

AT THE SURFACE...BROAD HIGH PRESSURE CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM HUDSON
BAY TO THE GREAT LAKES...WITH AN ELONGATED TROUGH OVER THE ROCKIES.
BEST INSTABILITY TONIGHT WILL BE OVER THE WESTERN CWA. NICE BOUNDARY
CAN BE SEEN ON KABR RADAR...AND CURRENT STORMS APPEAR TO BE
DEVELOPING ON THIS BOUNDARY. WILL KEEP A CHANCE GOING OVER THE
ENTIRE CWA TONIGHT AS THERE ARE LIKELY SUBTLE BOUNDARIES STILL
AROUND FROM LAST NIGHTS CONVECTION. THE TROUGH OVER THE ROCKIES WILL
PUSH EAST OF THE ROCKIES ON FRIDAY...THEN TO THE WESTERN DAKOTAS
FRIDAY NIGHT. CONDITIONS STABILIZE NICELY ON FRIDAY...SO WILL LEAVE
THE DAY PERIOD DRY. A 40-50 KT LLJ SETS UP FRIDAY NIGHT OVER THE CWA
AND AN UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK BEGINS TO NOSE OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST.
INSTABILITY DOES NOT LOOK GREAT...BUT LAPSE RATES OF 7.5-9.0 DEGREES
IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE LLJ MAY BE ENOUGH TO SET OFF A FEW STORMS.
DECENT HEATING AGAIN ON SATURDAY WILL ALLOW FOR CONDITIONS TO
RAPIDLY DESTABILIZE...WITH MODELS INDICATING CAPES AROUND 3000 J/KG
AND LI/S AROUND -6 BY AFTERNOON. FRONT MOVES THROUGH PRETTY
SLOWLY...AND DOES NOT LOOK TO CLEAR THE REGION UNTIL SUNDAY
NIGHT...SO WILL KEEP TSTM CHANCE GOING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. HIGH
PRESSURE BEGINS TO NOSE INTO THE AREA AFTER THAT.

NO BIG CHANGES MADE TO TEMPERATURES. TEMPS WILL BE RIGHT AROUND
NORMAL ON FRIDAY...THEN DECENT WAA AHEAD OF INCOMING SYSTEM WILL
ALLOW FOR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS SATURDAY...THEN PRETTY GOOD COOLING IN
ASSOCIATION WITH THE SURFACE HIGH ON SUNDAY.

.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
NOT MUCH CHANCE TO THE EXTENDED. THINGS LOOK NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW
NORMAL TEMPWISE FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY...THEN A WARM UP FOR
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY IN RETURN FLOW OUT AHEAD OF COLD FRONT
APPROACHING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE MONDAY AND TUESDAY...KEPT THE
FORECAST DRY. PRECIP CHANCES REALLY PICK UP...THOUGH...BY LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AS GULF MOISTURE OVERTAKES THE
NORTHERN PLAINS IN SW FLOW ALOFT. INSERTED SLT CHANCE AND LOW-END
CHANCE POPS FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AS SUCH.

&&

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

PARKIN/DORN
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 5:26 AM CDT, 14 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
526 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2006

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-111030-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-
ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-
CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-
LYMAN-BUFFALO-
526 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 /426 AM MDT THU AUG 10 2006/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR NORTH OF A BOWDLE-WARNER-
WEBSTER LINE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE MAIN THREAT WITH
THESE STORMS IS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA LATER THIS
AFTERNOON. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES EXIST FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BECOME NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

TT

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand48 min
Aug 10, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBuffalo, Hyde58 min
Aug 10, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRJones67 min
Aug 10, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay31 min
Aug 10, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand58 min
Aug 10, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRLyman24 min
Aug 10, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSpink52 min
Aug 10, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark23 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.