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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Aberdeen, SD

April 21, 2007Clark County, Codington County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 2007, 7:49 PM CDT for Clark County, Codington County, South Dakota. It was in force for 41 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
Apr 21, 2007, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 2007, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 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
Apr 21, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 2007-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1323 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 2007-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1323 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
965 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.6

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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 Apr 21, 3:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 3:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 21, 3:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
356 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2007

SDZ003-015-222100-
CORSON-DEWEY-
256 PM MDT SAT APR 21 2007

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS
MAY BE SEVERE WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

SDZ005>008-010-011-016>019-033>037-045-048-051-222100-
MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-EDMUNDS-DAY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-
CLARK-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
356 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2007 /256 PM MDT SAT APR 21 2007/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE
LIKELY TO BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN ON SUNDAY. A FEW OF
THEM MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

MNZ039-046-222100-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-
356 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE
STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN ON SUNDAY. A FEW OF
THEM MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

SDZ004-009-020>023-222100-
CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-
356 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2007

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE
LIKELY TO BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. AN
ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN ON SUNDAY. A FEW OF
THEM MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

PARKIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHamlin47 min
Apr 21, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington, Grant41 min
Apr 21, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDeuel, Grant42 min
Apr 21, 9:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRCodington, Grant, Hamlin3 hr
Apr 21, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDeuel, Hamlin44 min
Apr 22, 12:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRCodington, Hamlin3 hr
Apr 21, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBig Stone37 min

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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.