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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 21, 2013Jones County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2013, 10:48 AM CDT for Jones County, South Dakota. It was in force for 57 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, 10:48 AM CDT (15:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2013, 11:45 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Jones County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 21, 9:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2013-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1809 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2013-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1809 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.1

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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 21, 6:20 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 6:20 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 5:08 AM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
508 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-221015-
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-
508 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013 /408 AM MDT FRI JUN 21 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

ALL THE INGREDIENTS WILL BE IN PLACE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
TODAY. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NORTH OF A WARM FRONT AND
TRACK FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION. LARGE HAIL...STRONG
WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND TORNADOES ARE ALL POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY ON
SATURDAY BEFORE THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF THE REGION ON
SUNDAY. THE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES INTO NEXT WEEK
HOWEVER...WITH ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TODAY.

SERR

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 21, 6:18 AM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
618 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1150 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 SSW WHEATON           45.77N  96.53W
06/20/2013  M67 MPH          TRAVERSE           MN   ASOS

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABR1300553

NWS
Local storm report, Jun 21, 9:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
939 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 W CLAIRE CITY         45.86N  97.16W
06/21/2013                   ROBERTS            SD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER OVER HIGHWAY 25 RELAYED BY EM FROM CLAIRE CITY
            FIRE CHIEF

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABR1300554

WFO ABR
Local storm report, Jun 21, 9:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
941 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0145 AM     TSTM WND GST     5 E ALBEE               45.05N  96.45W
06/21/2013  E70 MPH          GRANT              SD   PUBLIC

            ESTIMATED 60 TO 70 MPH WIND GUSTS INCLUDING MINOR BARN
            AND MACHINE SHED ROOF DAMAGE

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABR1300555

WFO ABR
Local storm report, Jun 21, 9:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
942 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 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

1150 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 SSW WHEATON           45.77N  96.53W
06/20/2013  M67 MPH          TRAVERSE           MN   ASOS

1230 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 W CLAIRE CITY         45.86N  97.16W
06/21/2013                   ROBERTS            SD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER OVER HIGHWAY 25 RELAYED BY EM FROM CLAIRE CITY
            FIRE CHIEF

0145 AM     TSTM WND GST     5 E ALBEE               45.05N  96.45W
06/21/2013  E70 MPH          GRANT              SD   PUBLIC

            ESTIMATED 60 TO 70 MPH WIND GUSTS INCLUDING MINOR BARN
            AND MACHINE SHED ROOF DAMAGE

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABR1300552 ABR1300553 ABR1300554 ABR1300555

WFO ABR
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 10:07 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1007 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

SDZ033>035-045-048-211600-
HUGHES-JONES-LYMAN-STANLEY-SULLY-
1007 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEASTERN
JONES...NORTHWESTERN HUGHES...NORTHWESTERN LYMAN...SOUTHEASTERN
STANLEY AND SOUTHWESTERN SULLY COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM CDT/1000 AM
MDT/...

AT 1000 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF WENDTE...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF FORT PIERRE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE FORT PIERRE...PIERRE...OAHE
MISSION REC AREA...WEST SHORE REC AREA...OVERLOOK REC AREA...
ROSSEAU...SPRING CREEK REC AREA...OKOBOJO CREEK REC AREA...GREY
GOOSE...COW CREEK REC AREA AND CANNING.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FRIDAY
AFTERNOON/300 PM MDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON/ FOR CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

&&

DORN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey54 min
Jun 20, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell43 min
Jun 20, 11:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRRoberts6 hr
Jun 21, 1:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin51 min
Jun 21, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Jones, Lyman, Stanley60 min
Jun 21, 12:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson27 min
Jun 21, 12:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Lyman, Stanley, Sully65 min
Jun 21, 12:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson40 min
Jun 21, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBuffalo, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Lyman and 1 more60 min
Jun 21, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand, Hughes, Hyde, Sully65 min
Jun 21, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk, Hand, Spink61 min
Jun 21, 1:25 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedABRSpink35 min
Jun 21, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk, Hand, Hyde57 min
Jun 21, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBuffalo, Hand, Hyde, Spink45 min
Jun 21, 1:52 PM CDTTornado WarningABRHand, Spink23 min
Jun 21, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSpink48 min
Jun 21, 2:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRSpink6 hr
Jun 21, 2:03 PM CDTTornado WarningABRSpink27 min
Jun 21, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Codington51 min
Jun 21, 2:11 PM CDTTornado WarningABRHand, Spink19 min
Jun 21, 2:12 PM CDTTornado WarningABRSpink33 min
Jun 21, 2:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRFaulk, Hand, Hyde, Spink6 hr
Jun 21, 2:38 PM CDTTornado WarningABRClark, Spink37 min
Jun 21, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Spink61 min
Jun 21, 2:58 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedABRClark, Spink32 min
Jun 21, 3:21 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedABRClark, Hamlin24 min
Jun 21, 3:26 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedABRClark34 min
Jun 21, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Codington, Hamlin42 min
Jun 21, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningABRCodington, Deuel, Hamlin34 min
Jun 21, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningABRClark, Codington, Deuel, Hamlin32 min
Jun 21, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin64 min
Jun 21, 4:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRCodington6 hr
Jun 21, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington, Grant50 min
Jun 21, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant, Roberts41 min
Jun 21, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant, Roberts48 min
Jun 21, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBig Stone48 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.