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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 12, 2007Hughes County, Stanley County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2007, 1:56 PM CDT for Hughes County, Stanley 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
Jun 12, 2007, 1:56 PM CDT (18:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2007, 2:22 PM CDT
In force
26 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 18:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 12:00Z, 6.9 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 12:00Z on 2007-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1009 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 12:00Z on 2007-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -82 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
1009 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-226 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1002 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 Jun 12, 11:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 11:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 5:56 AM CDT, 8 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
556 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007

SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-033>037-045-048-051-131100-
CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-
STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
556 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007 /456 AM MDT TUE JUN 12 2007/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY INTO
TONIGHT BRINGING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE MAIN
SEVERE THREATS WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND FLASH
FLOODING...ALTHOUGH THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL OR AN ISOLATED
TORNADO ALSO EXISTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STILL EXISTS INTO
WEDNESDAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE
POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

SDZ006-007-011-018-019-131100-
BROWN-MARSHALL-DAY-SPINK-CLARK-
556 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE THROUGH THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT BRINGING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO A PORTION OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THERE IS
A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE DAMAGING
WINDS AND FLASH FLOODING...ALTHOUGH THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL
OR AN ISOLATED TORNADO ALSO EXISTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STILL EXISTS INTO
WEDNESDAY ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THE POSSIBILITY FOR
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT.

MNZ039-046-SDZ008-020>023-131100-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-ROBERTS-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-
556 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT
BRINGING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO EXTREME
NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE MAIN
THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WILL BE FLASH
FLOODING...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...WITH MUCH OF THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL REMAINING JUST TO THE WEST OF THE AREA AT
THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STILL EXISTS INTO
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAIN
WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT.

ALBRECHT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 12, 12:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1200 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007

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

0710 PM     HAIL             9 NNW ISABEL            45.52N 101.50W
06/11/2007  E0.75 INCH       CORSON             SD   PUBLIC

0720 PM     HAIL             ISABEL                  45.40N 101.43W
06/11/2007  E0.88 INCH       DEWEY              SD   PUBLIC

0750 PM     HAIL             BULLHEAD                45.77N 101.08W
06/11/2007  E0.88 INCH       CORSON             SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

0830 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 WSW TRAIL CITY        45.45N 100.81W
06/11/2007  E60.00 MPH       DEWEY              SD   PUBLIC

&&
CORRECTED THE TIME ON ALL REPORTS TO CDT.

WFO ABR
Local storm report, Jun 12, 12:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1202 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2007

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

1100 PM     HAIL             6 SE MCINTOSH           45.86N 101.26W
06/10/2007  E0.88 INCH       CORSON             SD   CO-OP OBSERVER

            ALSO 1.61 INCHES OF RAIN.

1145 PM     HAIL             WALKER                  45.91N 101.09W
06/10/2007  E0.88 INCH       CORSON             SD   PUBLIC

1145 PM     TSTM WND GST     WALKER                  45.91N 101.09W
06/10/2007  E70.00 MPH       CORSON             SD   PUBLIC

            SHINGLES BLEW OFF OF ROOF

0100 AM     HAIL             7 ESE EUREKA            45.73N 99.49W
06/11/2007  E0.75 INCH       MCPHERSON          SD   PUBLIC

&&
UPDATED SUMMARY FOR LATE SUNDAY EVENING EVENT.

WFO ABR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson, Dewey46 min
Jun 11, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey57 min
Jun 11, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Corson, Walworth62 min
Jun 12, 2:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Hughes, Potter, Stanley, Sully, Walworth53 min
Jun 12, 3:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRBuffalo, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds, Faulk and 10 more6 hr
Jun 12, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson20 min
Jun 12, 5:32 PM CDTTornado WarningABRPotter28 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.