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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Aberdeen, SD

May 29, 2006Hughes County, Stanley County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2006, 12:26 AM CDT for Hughes County, Stanley County, South Dakota. It was in force for 34 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
May 29, 2006, 12:26 AM CDT (05:26 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2006, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hughes County, SD, Stanley County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:28 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
May 28, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 28, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2006-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1280 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 2006-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
1280 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-340 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 May 28, 3:50 PM CDT, 8 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 3:50 PM CDT, 8 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
350 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2006

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT
STRONG COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAS MOVED INTO NORTHEAST SD LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND WILL STALL OUT BY THIS EVENING. WARM CAP ALOFT HAS
BEEN HOLDING OFF ANY CONVECTION FIRING ALONG IT BUT THAT WILL
CHANGE. WATER VAPOR LOOP AND MODELS SHOW A SHORT WAVE/JET STREAK
LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. AS
THIS OCCURS...THE LLJ WILL BE INCREASING THIS EVENING AND
INTERSECTING THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WITH PLENTY OF CAPE ALONG WITH
DECENT WIND SHEAR...EXPECT TSRAS TO DEVELOP ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
SURFACE BOUNDARY THIS EVENING AND SPREAD NORTHEAST THROUGH THE
NIGHT. COULD SEE SOME SEVERE STORMS. THUS...HAVE A PRETTY GOOD POP
ACROSS THE CWA FOR TONIGHT AND MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE FRONT WILL
THEN PUSH ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE CWA AS THE SHORT WAVE/JET STREAK
MOVE BY BRINGING COOLER AND DRIER AIR TO ALL OF THE CWA ON MONDAY.
THE MODELS INDICATE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD REMAIN OVER THE CWA
THROUGH THE REST OF THE SHORT TERM WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 70S WITH
GENERALLY WEST WINDS DURING THE DAY AND LIGHT WINDS AT NIGHT. THE
MODELS STILL INDICATE A SHORT WAVE COMING OVER THE AREA EITHER
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. JUST
PUT IN A SLIGHT CHANCE POP FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT FOR NOW.

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
MODELS STILL SHOWING UNCERTAINTY IN THE EXTENDED IN REGARDS TO
PATTERN EVOLUTION AND STRENGTH/TIMING OF A COUPLE SHORTWAVES THAT
MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS. HAVE MADE LITTLE CHANGES TO THE
FORECAST WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RAISING MAX TEMPS A FEW DEGREES
TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD. AT THE START OF THE PERIOD MODELS
SHOW A SYSTEM DEPARTING TO THE EAST AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS IN
FOR FRIDAY. TIMING OF THIS FEATURE STILL IN QUESTION AND IF MODELS
SLOW THIS FEATURE DOWN PRECIP MAY NEED TO BE ADDED FOR THURSDAY BUT
FOR NOW HAVE LEFT DRY. ANOTHER SYSTEM LOOKS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA
FOR THE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY RANGE BUT WILL AWAIT FURTHER
CONFIDENCE IN MODELS RUNS BEFORE ADDING PRECIP.

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

MOHR/TARVER
Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 8:00 AM CDT, 16 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
800 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2006

MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-018>023-291300-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK-
CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-
800 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL TRAVEL THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS
TODAY INTO TONIGHT...WITH AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT SLIDING INTO
EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THIS FRONT THIS
EVENING INTO LATE TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
EVENING INTO TONIGHT...WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT...WITH AN
ISOLATED TORNADO POSSIBLE AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING OR LATE TONIGHT.

SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-033>037-045-048-051-291300-
CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-
STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
800 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 2006 /700 AM MDT SUN MAY 28 2006/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL TRAVEL THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS
TODAY INTO TONIGHT...WITH AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT SLIDING INTO
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THIS
FRONT THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE...WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT...WITH AN ISOLATED
TORNADO POSSIBLE AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 28, 11:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1103 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2006

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

1100 PM     HAIL             OKATON                  43.89N 100.89W
05/28/2006  M1.00 INCH       JONES              SD   COUNTY OFFICIAL

&&

SDOERI
Local storm report, May 28, 11:48 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1148 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2006

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

1148 PM     HAIL             2 W MURDO               43.89N 100.75W
05/28/2006  E0.88 INCH       JONES              SD   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

SDOERI
Local storm report, May 28, 11:55 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1155 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2006

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

1153 PM     HAIL             PIERRE                  44.37N 100.32W
05/28/2006  M1.00 INCH       HUGHES             SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SDOERI
Local storm report, May 29, 12:14 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 10:43 PM CDTTornado WarningABRHand, Hyde, Jones88 days
May 28, 11:22 PM CDTTornado WarningABRHand, McPherson, Stanley88 days
May 28, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRJones52 min
May 28, 11:40 PM CDTTornado WarningABRCorson, Edmunds, Hughes, McPherson, Stanley, Sully88 days
May 29, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRLyman41 min
May 29, 12:09 AM CDTTornado WarningABRHand, Sully88 days
May 29, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk, Hyde, Potter33 min
May 29, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand, Hyde47 min
May 29, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Edmunds, McPherson45 min
May 29, 2:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington, Day, Grant, Roberts31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.