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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 28, 2013Clark County, Spink County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2013, 6:39 AM CDT for Clark County, Spink County, South Dakota. It was in force for 51 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 28, 2013, 6:39 AM CDT (11:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2013, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Clark County, SD, Spink County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:41 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 28, 6:25 AM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 6:25 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 28, 4:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 28, 4:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 28, 4:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson48 min
Aug 27, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey59 min
Aug 27, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey56 min
Aug 27, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson52 min
Aug 27, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Potter61 min
Aug 27, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson, Dewey50 min
Aug 27, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson, Dewey51 min
Aug 28, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson, Dewey67 min
Aug 28, 1:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson, Dewey, Walworth52 min
Aug 28, 1:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey39 min
Aug 28, 2:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey58 min
Aug 28, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey64 min
Aug 28, 2:37 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryABRBrown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more16 hr
Aug 28, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey51 min
Aug 28, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey60 min
Aug 28, 3:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Potter, Walworth64 min
Aug 28, 4:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds, Faulk, Hand, Hyde, Potter, Sully57 min
Aug 28, 5:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk, Hand, Hyde46 min
Aug 28, 7:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Hamlin50 min
Aug 28, 2:37 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryABRBrown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.