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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2006, 7:57 PM CDT for Day County, Roberts County, South Dakota. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 5, 2006, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2006, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Day County, SD, Roberts County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 89 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 5, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
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 Jun 5, 3:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 3:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 330 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT CONCERNS CENTER AROUND CONVECTION OCCURRING NOW INTO THIS EVENING...AND CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT. UPPER WAVE CURRENTLY SPINNING OVER NWRN ND AND SRN SASK...WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS NRN MINNESOTA...INTO ERN ND AND SOUTH CENTRAL SD. BOUNDARY LOOKS TO BE JUST TO THE EAST OF KABR...AND STRETCHING SOUTHWEST THROUGH HAND COUNTY TO JUST WEST OF K9V9. CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CWA. SPC MESO PAGE SUGGESTING CLOSE TO 2000 J/KG OR CAPE...WITH NEARLY 100-200 J/KG OF 0-3KM CAPE ACROSS BIG STONE AND TRAVERSE COUNTIES. SHEAR VALUES NOT LOOKING THE BEST...BUT DO HAVE 0-6KM SHEAR VALUES AROUND 30KT. LOW LEVEL SHEAR VALUES OFF THE KABR SOUNDING SHOWING BETTER DIRECTIONAL SHEAR...THAN SPEED SHEAR. EXPECT -TRW CHANCES TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE EAST INTO MID EVENING...WITH SOME LINGERING STORMS POSSIBLE INTO LATE EVENING. HOWEVER...EXPECT FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO CLEAR THE AREA QUICKLY WITH CLEARING SKIES INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TORNADO THREAT STILL A POSSIBILITY ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CWA...WHERE SHEAR VALUES...AND MOISTURE INDICES LOOK A LITTLE BETTER. LCL HEIGHTS DOWN AROUND 1000M OR SLIGHTLY LOWER...SO EXPECT CLOUD BASES LOW ENOUGH FOR TORNADIC POTENTIAL. AS THIS SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION...SFC HIGH PRESS AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA FOR TUESDAY. UPPER RIDGING SHOULD REMAIN FAIRLY DOMINANT INTO WEDNESDAY. BEGIN TO SEE A WEAK UPPER WAVE TRAVEL THROUGH TOP OF THE RIDGE LATER WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...WITH SFC LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES. GFS/NAM DISAGREE SOMEWHAT ON THIS SYSTEM...AND ITS STRENGTH. NAM KEEPS THE UPPER RIDGING DOMINANT...WITH THE WAVE REMAINING TO THE NORTH OF THE CWA. GFS BREAKS DOWN THE RIDGE SOMEWHAT...AND BRINGS THE SYSTEM MORE INTO SOUTH DAKOTA. HAVE STUCK WITH THE CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WITH THIS SYSTEM THAT WERE CURRENTLY IN THE FORECAST...BUT WILL HAVE TO MONITOR AS CHANGES MAY BE NEEDED DEPENDING ON THE STRENGTH AND TIMING OF THAT WAVE BECOME MORE CERTAIN. ONLY WENT WITH SLIGHT CHANCES...AS NAM HAS BEEN SHOWING SLIGHTLY BETTER CONTINUITY WITH THIS SYSTEM. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY BIGGEST CHALLENGES FOCUS ON PCPN PROBABILITIES FOR THE WEEKEND WITH TEMPS LATE IN THE EXTENDED. CURRENTLY MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT ON OVERALL UPPER PATTERN. UPPER RIDGE ACROSS REGION ON FRIDAY SLOWLY SHIFTS EAST AND WEAKENS AS STRONG LOW/TROF BEGINS TO DIG INTO THE NWRN CONUS BY MID-WEEKEND. BY END OF EXTENDED...GOOD CAA REGIME SET-UP ACROSS CWA WITH TEMPS AT 7H FALLING FROM +10 TO +12 ON FRIDAY...TO ZERO OR SLIGHTLY BELOW BY 00Z TUESDAY. ON FRIDAY...MODELS HINT THAT MOST OF CWA WILL BE WARM SECTORED WITH 7H CAPPING TEMPS IN PLACE. BOUNDARY HAS LIFTED TO THE ND/SD BORDER BY 00Z SATURDAY WITH OUR NRN COUNTIES STANDING THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING CONVECTION. HOWEVER...HAVE HELD OFF ON ADDING ANY PCPN FOR FRIDAY AS CANADIAN ENSEMBLES STILL POINT TOWARD BEST AREA BEING NORTH OF BORDER. SFC LOW AND FRONT MAKE A SLOW PROGRESSION ACROSS CWA DURING THE WEEKEND. SATURDAY LOOKS LIKE A GOOD DAY FOR PCPN POTENTIAL WITH 7H THETA-E RIDGE STILL NOSING INTO ERN CWA AND CAP WEAKENING. HAVE LEFT INHERITED WX GRIDS FOR SATURDAY IN PLACE. SOME CONCERN ABOUT PCPN CHANCES FOR SUNDAY. CURRENTLY HAVE CWA BROAD-BRUSHED WITH PCPN ON SUNDAY. MODELS ARE SUGGESTING THAT FRONT WILL BE EAST OF CWA WITH DRY NW FLOW PUNCHING IN BEHIND FRONT. WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE APPEARS TO STAY NORTH OF CWA AND DOWNGLIDE SEEN IN THE 7H THETA-E FIELD. CANADIAN ENSEMBLES ARE STILL SAYING A 20% PROBABILITY OF UP TO 2MM PCPN FOR SUNDAY. HAVE OPTED TO LEAVE WX GRIDS AS ARE. TEMP WISE...LOWERED TEMPS ON MONDAY AS COOL AIR STILL FILTERS INTO CWA AND 7H TEMPS FALL BELOW ZERO AND 85H TEMPS DROP INTO THE LOWER SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. && .ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. MN...NONE. && ALBRECHT/HINTZ
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 5:14 AM CDT, 14 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 514 AM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 SDZ003>007-009>011-015>019-033>037-045-048-051-061015- CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY- DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND- JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- 514 AM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 /414 AM MDT MON JUN 5 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. ALSO...TORNADOS WILL BE POSSIBLE...AS WELL AS LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY SPARKING SOME THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. MNZ039-046-SDZ008-020>023-061015- TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-ROBERTS-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- 514 AM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. ALSO...TORNADOS WILL BE POSSIBLE...AS WELL AS LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY SPARKING SOME THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BY THIS AFTERNOON. KNUTSVIG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
311 PM CDT MON JUN 05 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0305 PM HAIL 6 S SAINT LAWRENCE 44.43N 98.94W
06/05/2006 M0.88 INCH HAND SD EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
NWSLocal storm report, Jun 5, 3:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:48 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
348 PM CDT MON JUN 05 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0346 PM HAIL 9 SSW WESSINGTON 44.33N 98.77W
06/05/2006 M0.88 INCH HAND SD EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
NWSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Marshall | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Edmunds, Marshall | 80 days |
| Jun 5, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Marshall | 13 min |
| Jun 5, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Roberts | 29 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.