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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 20, 2013Roberts County, South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2013, 12:29 AM CDT for Roberts County, South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. 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
Jun 20, 2013, 12:29 AM CDT (05:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2013, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Roberts County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 161 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2013-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 300 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2013-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
300 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2292 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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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 Jun 20, 12:28 AM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 12:28 AM CDT, 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 4:07 AM CDT, 20 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
407 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-200915-
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-
407 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 /307 AM MDT WED JUN 19 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

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...INITIALLY
DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND MOVING NORTHEAST.
THERE MAY BE ISOLATED STRONG STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER ROUND
OF STRONG STORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

AN UNSETTLED PATTERN CONTINUES THROUGH THIS WEEK...WITH SEVERAL
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE
ON THURSDAY AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SERR

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 10:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1035 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

SDZ006-010-200415-
BROWN-EDMUNDS-
1035 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN EDMUNDS
AND WESTERN BROWN COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

AT 1031 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WARNER...OR 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ABERDEEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE ABERDEEN...RICHMOND LAKE REC
AREA AND WESTPORT.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 TO 50 MPH ARE 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.

&&

TDK
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 10:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1049 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

SDZ008-021-200430-
GRANT-ROBERTS-
1049 PM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN GRANT
AND SOUTHEASTERN ROBERTS COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...

AT 1045 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MARVIN...OR 12 MILES WEST OF MILBANK...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE CORONA AND WILMOT.

SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 TO 50 MPH ARE 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.

&&

TDK
Local storm report, Jun 19, 10:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 11:50 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 20, 12:15 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant, Roberts63 min
Jun 20, 12:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRGrant, Roberts6 hr
Jun 20, 6:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRGrant, Roberts6 hr
Jun 20, 6:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay39 min
Jun 20, 6:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Codington, Day, Grant, Marshall, Roberts45 min
Jun 20, 8:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRMarshall, Roberts6 hr
Jun 20, 9:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningABRSpink77 days
Jun 20, 11:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchABRBrown, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant and 4 more68 hr
Jun 20, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2013Severe 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.