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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2013, 11:07 PM CDT for Jones County, Stanley County, South Dakota. It was in force for 38 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 5, 2013, 11:07 PM CDT (04:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2013, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Jones County, SD, Stanley County, SD
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:08 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 Aug 5, 9:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 9:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 901 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2013 .UPDATE... A COUPLE OF CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO A POTENT SHORTWAVE WORKING ACROSS MONTANA THIS EVENING. THE FIRST CUSTER OF STORMS IS ACROSS NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AND ANOTHER LINE OF STORMS IS CURRENTLY SITUATED ACROSS NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA...TRACKING EAST SOUTHEAST. THE CURRENT TRACK AND TIMING OF THESE STORMS WILL BRING PRECIPITATION INTO OUR FAR NORTHWEST CWA IN AN HOUR OR SO...AND POTENTIALLY INTO THE KMBG AND KPIR AREAS BY AROUND MIDNIGHT IF THE LINE HOLDS TOGETHER. RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THE STRONGEST STORMS /CURRENTLY PRODUCING SEVERE WIND GUSTS/ WILL REMAIN WEST OF OUR CWA. ADJUSTED POPS TO REFLECT THE CURRENT TIMING OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE THE FORECAST REMAINS ON TRACK TONIGHT. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT A COUPLE SHORT WAVES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALONG WITH A COUPLE SURFACE COOL FRONTS. FOR TONIGHT...THE FIRST SHORT WAVE WAS SHOWN WELL BY SATELLITE AND RADAR IN SOUTHERN CANADA MAKING ITS WAY TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WAS ALREADY OCCURRING WITH THIS SYSTEM IN CANADA AND MT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WITH PLENTY OF MUCAPE AND GOOD DEEP LAYER SHEAR ALONG WITH LIFT FROM THE SHORT WAVE AND SURFACE COOL FRONT...EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MAY AFFECT THE WESTERN CWA BY LATE THIS EVENING. THESE WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE CWA THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. HAVE IN GOOD CHANCES AT THIS TIME FOR THE CWA STARTING OUT WEST. ALSO...THE SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN PUSHED EASTWARD TO THE MISSOURI RIVER FOR TONIGHT. EXPECT NEW SHOWER/STORM DEVELOPMENT AGAIN MAINLY EAST IN THE CWA ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON MOVING EAST DURING THE EVENING. CANADIAN SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH IN BEHIND THIS BRINGING DRIER AIR...BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AGAIN FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE CWA. THE MODELS THEN SHOW ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TROUGH SLIDING INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT BRINGING BACK CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND STORMS TO THE CWA. .LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY THURSDAY STARTS OFF WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY DROPPING SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION. MODELS AGREE FAIRLY WELL WITH THIS AND DECENT CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS LOOK TO ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT. 12Z RUNS OF THE GFS AND EC SHOW SFC DEWPOINTS REACHING THE LOW TO MID 60S OVER THE SOUTHEAST CWA BY AFTERNOON...WHICH IS WHEN THE FRONT COMES THROUGH. MODELS ACTUALLY AGREE FAIRLY WELL WITH THE TIMING OF THIS FRONT. THEREFORE...BEST CHANCES FOR CONVECTION LOOK TO BE OVER THE EASTERN/SOUTHEASTERN CWA. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...PROVIDING FOR MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH...GFS/EC ARE SHOWING A MID LEVEL IMPULSE CROSSING THE DAKOTAS FRIDAY NIGHT...MAINLY AFFECTING WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA SO HAVE LEFT IN ALLBLEND POPS FOR THIS TIME FRAME. DEPENDING ON THE SPEED OF THIS WAVE...COULD STILL BE DEALING WITH THE AFFECTS OF THE SYSTEM ON SATURDAY AS WELL SO DID NOT STRAY TOO FAR FROM ALLBLEND POPS ON SATURDAY. SUNDAY AND MONDAY SHOW LITTLE MODEL AGREEMENT AS 12Z EC IS SHOWING SFC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION BUT 12Z GFS REMAINS A BIT UNSETTLED. FOR NOW HAVE GONE WITH DRY CONDITIONS UNTIL BETTER MODEL AGREEMENT IS REACHED. && .AVIATION... 00Z TAFS FOR THE KABR...KATY...KPIR AND KMBG TERMINALS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IN COINCIDENCE WITH A SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS AIDING IN THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA AND WYOMING THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE NIGHT...AND MAY BE ENHANCED BY A LOW LEVEL JET NOSING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA OVERNIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND THE KMBG AND KPIR TAFS SITES BY AROUND 06Z...AND VCTS ARE MENTIONED IN THE TAFS FOR BOTH SITES. UNCERTAIN HOW FAR STORMS WILL PROPAGATE EAST...SO DID NOT MENTION THUNDER IN THE KABR OR KATY TAF SITE AT THIS TIME...BUT WILL MONITOR AND MAKE APPROPRIATE TAF AMENDMENTS AS THE STORMS NEAR. ALSO...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT AROUND TO THE WEST AND THEN NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT. THE WIND SWITCH WILL OCCUR BY THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AT KMBG/KPIR AND WILL FOLLOW SUIT AT THE KABR/KATY TAF SITES LATER IN THE DAY TUESDAY. && .ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. MN...NONE. && UPDATE...SERR SHORT TERM...MOHR LONG TERM...TMT AVIATION...SERR WEATHER.GOV/ABERDEEN
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 12:33 PM CDT, 10 hours 34 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Traverse | 21 min |
| Aug 6, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Traverse | 26 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.