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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 5, 2008Buffalo County, Lyman County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2008, 2:47 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Lyman County, South Dakota. It was in force for 58 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, 2008, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2008, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Buffalo County, SD, Lyman County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 5, 10:51 AM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 10:51 AM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 11:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1145 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-018>023-061645-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK-
CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-
1145 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS
MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLE
TORNADOES. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS IS EXPECTED ALONG
AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS
ALSO LIKELY...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE THIS WEEKEND AND THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SDZ033>037-045-048-051-061645-
STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
1145 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 /1045 AM MDT THU JUN 5 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.  WIDESPREAD SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RE-DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...WITH RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES
POSSIBLE BY EARLY FRIDAY. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE THIS WEEKEND AND THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-061645-
CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-
1145 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 /1045 AM MDT THU JUN 5 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...ALONG
WITH SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE THIS WEEKEND AND THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

FOWLE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 2:43 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
243 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

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

0240 PM     HAIL             10 NW IONA              43.65N 99.57W
06/05/2008  E0.75 INCH       LYMAN              SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY SIZED HAIL ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

&&

FOWLE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 11:06 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningABRBuffalo, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Lyman and 2 more23 hr
Jun 5, 11:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchABRBrown, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Edmunds and 7 more11 hr
Jun 5, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRLyman24 min
Jun 5, 2:55 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningABRDewey, Potter19 hr
Jun 5, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBuffalo, Hand44 min
Jun 5, 4:42 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningABRDewey5 days

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2008Every 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.