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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 19, 2012Codington County, Deuel County, Grant County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2012, 3:43 AM CDT for Codington County, Deuel County, Grant County, South Dakota. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 19, 2012, 3:43 AM CDT (08:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2012, 4:10 AM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Codington County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:46 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
Jun 18, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3093 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

611 
WUUS53 KABR 190843
SVRABR
SDC029-039-051-190930-
/O.NEW.KABR.SV.W.0101.120619T0843Z-120619T0930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
343 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CODINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHERN DEUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT

* AT 300 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PING PONG SIZE HAIL IN WALLACE. ALSO...A
  THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST OF 61 MPH WAS MEASURED AT THE WATERTOWN
  AIRPORT AT 324 AM CDT. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WAVERLY...OR 13
  MILES NORTHEAST OF WATERTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STRANDBURG...STOCKHOLM...TUNERVILLE AND ALTAMONT AROUND 345 AM
  CDT...
  LA BOLT AROUND 350 AM CDT...
  REVILLO AND MORITZ AROUND 355 AM CDT...
  ALBEE AROUND 400 AM CDT...

THIS WARNING INCLUDES HIGHWAY 212 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 382 AND 412.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 4482 9700 4506 9703 4525 9645 4517 9644
      4482 9644
TIME...MOT...LOC 0840Z 252DEG 41KT 4500 9686
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$
DORN

2 follow-up statements

194 
WWUS53 KABR 190857
SVSABR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
357 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

SDC029-190907-
/O.CAN.KABR.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-120619T0930Z/
CODINGTON SD-
357 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CODINGTON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 4488 9667 4514 9674 4525 9645 4517 9644
      4482 9644
TIME...MOT...LOC 0857Z 252DEG 41KT 4507 9657

$$

SDC039-051-190930-
/O.CON.KABR.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-120619T0930Z/
GRANT SD-DEUEL SD-
357 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
DEUEL AND SOUTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CDT...

AT 355 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ALBEE...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF MILBANK...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN DEUEL AND SOUTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4488 9667 4514 9674 4525 9645 4517 9644
      4482 9644
TIME...MOT...LOC 0857Z 252DEG 41KT 4507 9657
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$
DORN

263 
WWUS53 KABR 190910
SVSABR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
410 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

SDC039-051-190920-
/O.CAN.KABR.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-120619T0930Z/
GRANT SD-DEUEL SD-
410 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DEUEL AND
SOUTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 4488 9667 4514 9674 4525 9645 4517 9644
      4482 9644
TIME...MOT...LOC 0910Z 252DEG 41KT 4512 9637

$$
DORN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 2:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant, Roberts	56 min
Jun 19, 2:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Brown, Edmunds, McPherson, Marshall	29 min
Jun 19, 2:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Brown, Edmunds, McPherson	39 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.