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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Aberdeen, SD

July 10, 2008Traverse County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2008, 8:14 AM CDT for Traverse County, Minnesota. It was in force for 16 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: Jul 10, 2008, 8:14 AM CDT (13:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2008, 8:30 AM CDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Traverse County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:15 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
Jul 10, 7:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

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 Jul 10, 8:02 AM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 8:02 AM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 4:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
456 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2008

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-111000-
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-
456 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2008 /356 AM MDT THU JUL 10 2008/

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

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY ACROSS MOST OF THE
AREA WITH THE EXCEPTION TO JONES AND LYMAN COUNTY. A SLOW MOVING
FRONT THIS MORNING IS PROVIDING FOCUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF SOUTH DAKOTA. DO NOT EXPECT
THESE TO BECOME SEVERE THIS MORNING...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS MAYBE POSSIBLE. LATER THIS AFTERNOON...A SHORT WAVE WILL
RIDE ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER AND WILL
PROVIDE FOR AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME
OF THESE MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN FORECAST
AREA WITH THE GREATEST THREAT BEING CONFINED TO MINNESOTA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOCATION
NORTH OF HIGHWAY 14.

SD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 10, 7:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
700 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2008

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

0700 AM     HAIL             S BRENTFORD             45.16N 98.32W
07/10/2008  E0.75 INCH       SPINK              SD   PUBLIC

&&

ATG

Local storm report, Jul 10, 8:09 AM CDT, 5 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Corson	44 min
Jul 9, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Corson	64 min
Jul 10, 2:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Lyman	55 min
Jul 10, 6:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Spink	32 min
Jul 10, 6:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Spink	15 min
Jul 10, 8:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Day	23 min
Jul 10, 9:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Codington, Deuel, Grant	28 min
Jul 10, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Corson	44 min
Jul 10, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Campbell, Corson, Walworth	46 min
Jul 10, 7:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Traverse	33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.