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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 3, 20095 counties in South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2009, 8:15 PM CDT for 5 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 45 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: Aug 3, 2009, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2009, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Buffalo County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Lyman County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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
Aug 3, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 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 Aug 3, 2:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 2:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 4:47 AM CDT, 15 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
447 AM CDT MON AUG 3 2009

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-041000-
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-
447 AM CDT MON AUG 3 2009 /347 AM MDT MON AUG 3 2009/

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

A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA. ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ARE CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL
HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

OFF AND ON CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS EXIST BEGINNING TUESDAY NIGHT
AND LASTING THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE WEATHER PATTERN BECOMES A
BIT MORE ACTIVE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

TMT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 6:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 3, 6:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
633 PM CDT MON AUG 03 2009

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

0628 PM     HAIL             4 S COLUMBIA            45.56N 98.31W
08/03/2009  E1.50 INCH       BROWN              SD   PUBLIC

            HAIL QUARTER TO PING PONG BALL SIZE.

&&

SKEEFE

Local storm report, Aug 3, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 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
Aug 3, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hughes, Lyman, Stanley	54 min
Aug 3, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Buffalo, Hand, Hyde	46 min
Aug 3, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Buffalo, Hughes, Hyde, Lyman, Stanley	40 min
Aug 3, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Day, Marshall, Roberts	34 min
Aug 3, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Lyman	58 min
Aug 3, 9:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Lyman	27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2009 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.