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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 25, 2013Corson County, Dewey County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2013, 5:47 PM MDT for Corson County, Dewey County, South Dakota. It was in force for 43 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 25, 2013, 5:47 PM MDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2013, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Corson County, SD, Dewey County, SD

The radar

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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 25, 5:39 PM MDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 5:39 PM MDT, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 25, 4:09 AM MDT, 13 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
509 AM CDT SUN AUG 25 2013

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-261015-
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-
509 AM CDT SUN AUG 25 2013 /409 AM MDT SUN AUG 25 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

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT ONCE AGAIN TODAY ACROSS THE
REGION. THE HIGHEST HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE READINGS WILL TOP OUT FROM
100 TO 105 DEGREES.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

HOT TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK
WITH HIGHS IN THE 90S. HEAT INDEX VALUES AT TIMES WILL BE AROUND
100 DEGREES OR HIGHER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

TMT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 25, 4:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
536 PM CDT SUN AUG 25 2013

SDZ003-252315-
CORSON-
436 PM MDT SUN AUG 25 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWESTERN
CORSON COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM MDT...

AT 435 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHAMBO RANCH...OR 38 MILES
NORTH OF FAITH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE SHAMBO RANCH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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.

&&

HINTZ
Local storm report, Aug 25, 5:07 PM MDT, 40 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 2:05 AM MDTHeat AdvisoryABRBrown, Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel and 6 more17 hr
Aug 25, 2:01 PM MDTHeat AdvisoryABRBrown, Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel and 10 more29 hr
Aug 25, 4:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson45 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.