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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Aberdeen, SD

July 14, 20136 counties in South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2013, 1:59 AM CDT for 6 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 61 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 14, 2013, 1:59 AM CDT (06:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2013, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Campbell County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Potter County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:59 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 14, 1:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2013-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2013-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-214 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2287 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 14, 12:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 12:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 4:05 AM CDT, 21 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
405 AM CDT SAT JUL 13 2013

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-140915-
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-
405 AM CDT SAT JUL 13 2013 /305 AM MDT SAT JUL 13 2013/

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

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY WITH THE
MAIN THREAT BRING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATER TONIGHT. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED
FOR THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR LATER TONIGHT AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 12:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1224 AM CDT SUN JUL 14 2013

SDZ003-004-009-015-140630-
CAMPBELL-CORSON-DEWEY-WALWORTH-
1124 PM MDT SAT JUL 13 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN
CORSON...NORTHEASTERN DEWEY...WESTERN CAMPBELL AND WESTERN WALWORTH
COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM MDT/130 AM CDT/...

AT 1119 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF
MCLAUGHLIN TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF LITTLE EAGLE TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WHITE HORSE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE MAHTO...PROMISE...WAKPALA...
KENEL...GRAND RIVER CASINO...INDIAN MEMORIAL REC AREA...MOBRIDGE...
INDIAN CREEK REC AREA...POLLOCK...GLENHAM...SWAN CREEK REC AREA...
SELBY...MOUND CITY...HERREID AND AKASKA.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

TDK
Local storm report, Jul 14, 1:18 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 14, 1:48 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Corson, Dewey, Walworth59 min
Jul 14, 2:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSully44 min
Jul 14, 2:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRMcPherson61 min
Jul 14, 8:51 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABRClark, Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin, Roberts6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.