Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2013, 12:57 AM CDT for Big Stone County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 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 21, 2013, 12:57 AM CDT (05:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2013, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Big Stone County, MN
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1271 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
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 21, 12:44 AM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 12:44 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 4:12 AM CDT, 20 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 412 AM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-210915- 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- 412 AM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 /312 AM MDT THU JUN 20 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 STRONG AND SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...ALTHOUGH TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT CANNOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM INTENSIFIES AND MOVES NORTHWARD...PUSHING A WARM FRONT NORTH ALONG WITH IT. THIS FEATURE WILL BE OVER THE REGION DURING PEAK HEATING HOURS ON FRIDAY. RAPID SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...WITH ALL SEVERE THREATS POSSIBLE. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWARD...HOWEVER THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS CONTINUES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SERR
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 20, 9:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
902 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM HAIL 1 SW POLLOCK 45.89N 100.30W
06/20/2013 E1.00 INCH CAMPBELL SD PUBLIC
MOSTLY DIME SIZE HAIL WITH A FEW THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
&&
EVENT NUMBER ABR1300552
NWS ABRLocal storm report, Jun 20, 9:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ...CORRECTED TIME...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
902 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0840 PM HAIL 1 SW POLLOCK 45.89N 100.30W
06/20/2013 E1.00 INCH CAMPBELL SD PUBLIC
MOSTLY DIME SIZE HAIL WITH A FEW THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
&&
EVENT NUMBER ABR1300552
NWS ABRSpecial weather statement, Jun 20, 10:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1021 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 SDZ008-210345- ROBERTS- 1021 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN ROBERTS COUNTY UNTIL 1045 PM CDT... AT 1019 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLAIRE CITY...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF SISSETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE CLAIRE CITY...NEW EFFINGTON...VICTOR...WHITE ROCK AND ROSHOLT. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. && HINTZ
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 11:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1115 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 MNZ039-046-SDZ008-210515- BIG STONE-ROBERTS-TRAVERSE- 1115 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWESTERN BIG STONE...ROBERTS AND WESTERN TRAVERSE COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT... AT 1112 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF VICTOR TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROWNS VALLEY TO RUDEBUSCH CORNER... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE PEEVER...ROSHOLT...BROWNS VALLEY...WHITE ROCK...BEARDSLEY AND YANKEETOWN. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. && TDK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey | 54 min |
| Jun 20, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 11:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Roberts | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin | 51 min |
| Jun 21, 10:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Jones | 57 min |
| Jun 21, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes, Jones, Lyman, Stanley | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 12:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes, Lyman, Stanley, Sully | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Lyman and 1 more | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Sully | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk, Hand, Spink | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 1:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Spink | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk, Hand, Hyde | 57 min |
| Jun 21, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Hand, Hyde, Spink | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 1:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Hand, Spink | 23 min |
| Jun 21, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Spink | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 2:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Spink | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Spink | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Codington | 51 min |
| Jun 21, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Hand, Spink | 19 min |
| Jun 21, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Spink | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 2:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Faulk, Hand, Hyde, Spink | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Clark, Spink | 37 min |
| Jun 21, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Spink | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 2:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Clark, Spink | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Clark, Hamlin | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Clark | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Codington, Hamlin | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Codington, Deuel, Hamlin | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Clark, Codington, Deuel, Hamlin | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin | 64 min |
| Jun 21, 4:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Codington | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Grant | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Grant, Roberts | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Grant, Roberts | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 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.