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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 21, 2013Corson County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2013, 11:35 AM MDT for Corson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 40 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, 11:35 AM MDT (17:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2013, 12:15 PM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
2.75 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Corson County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 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, 8:09 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 124 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2013-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1045 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2013-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1045 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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, 10:00 AM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 10:00 AM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1100 AM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

.UPDATE...
UPDATED THE FORECAST THIS MORNING TO INCREASE POPS AND HAVE ADDED
SEVERE MENTION AS WELL. A VERY LARGE SEVERE STORM HAS BEEN ONGOING
JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 IN RAPID CITYS CWA. THIS STORM SHOULD
REACH WESTERN JONES COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. ADDITIONAL
CONVECTION IS ALSO DEVELOPING ALONG AND NORTH OF A WARM EML WHICH
STRETCHES FROM NEAR KHON TO KPIR. GENERALLY EXPECTING AN INCREASE
IN CONVECTIVE COVERAGE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALONG POSSIBLE.

&&
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY
CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS THE UPPER LOW SPINNING OVER THE
NORTHWEST CONUS...WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS.
THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE AROUND...BECOMING POSITIVELY TILTED
AND EJECTING ENERGY INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY. INDIVIDUAL
WAVES OF ENERGY ARE NOT EASILY LOCATED IN THIS MORNINGS WATER
VAPOR IMAGERY...AND MODELS DO HAVE SOME TIMING DIFFERENCES WITH
THESE WAVES TODAY. THE NAM IN PARTICULAR...SEEMS TO BE THE
OUTLIER...SUGGESTING SHORTWAVE ENERGY WILL INITIATE A THUNDERSTORM
COMPLEX THIS MORNING...AND TRACK IT EAST ACROSS THE STATE.
ALTHOUGH THIS DIFFERENCE HAS INTRODUCED SOME FORECASTER
UNCERTAINTY...HAVE TRENDED THE FORECAST TO A MAJORITY OF THE OTHER
MODELS WHICH SUGGEST THAT MOST CONVECTION WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL THIS
AFTERNOON...AND WILL BE ABLE TO TAP INTO THE VERY UNSTABLE
AFTERNOON AIRMASS. MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE
SURFACE FEATURES HOWEVER. THE CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS THE LOW
CENTER IN NORTHEAST COLORADO WITH A SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING
ACROSS NEBRASKA AND INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS SYSTEM WILL
INTENSIFY WITH THE SURFACE BOUNDARY/WARM FRONT PUSHING BACK TO THE
NORTH...AND WILL BE DRAPED ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA BY THIS AFTERNOON.
A VERY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT WILL BE IN PLACE...WITH BOUNDARY LAYER
DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S...ML CAPE VALUES RISING TO
OVER 3000 J/KG AND VERY STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES. THE SHEAR
PROFILES ARE ALSO VERY SUPPORTIVE...WITH 40 TO 50 KTS OF 0-6 KM
SHEAR...AND A NICELY CURVED HODOGRAPH. COMPOSITE PARAMETERS
/SCP...SIG SEVERE...ETC/ ALSO CONFIRM THE UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT THAT
WILL BE IN PLACE TODAY. AT THIS TIME MODELS ARE NOT INDICATING A
SUPER STRONG CAP OVER OUR REGION EITHER...ALTHOUGH PERHAPS
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA MY BE TOO CAPPED WITH 700 MB TEMPERATURES
RISING TO AROUND 14C...WITH THE 700 TEMPERATURES GRADIENT
WEAKENING TO AROUND 7 OR 8 C ACROSS OUR NORTHWEST CWA. THE
LIMITING FACTOR TO ALL OF THIS IS THAT MODELS ARE HINTING AT THE
POSSIBILITY OF A STRATUS DECK MOVING OVER THE REGION...WHICH MAY
INHIBIT DAYTIME HEATING. BUT...OVERALL FORECASTER CONFIDENCE IN
SEVERE STORMS OCCURRING TODAY IS PRETTY HIGH. ALL SEVERE WEATHER
THREATS ARE POSSIBLE...INCLUDING HEAVY RAIN /WHICH HAS BECOME AN
ISSUES FOR THE NORTHEAST CWA AS OF LATE/. PWATS ARE EXCEEDING 1.5
INCHES /ANOMALOUSLY HIGH FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR/...AND
THEREFORE EXTENDED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY.

THE UPPER LOW BECOMES NEGATIVELY TILTED BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...AND THE SURFACE LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST. AN
INVERTED TROUGH WILL BE SITUATED ACROSS THE CWA...AND ANOTHER
ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY. 700 MB TEMPERATURES WILL BE
INCREASING HOWEVER...SO PERHAPS A STRONGER CAP TO BREAK ON
SATURDAY...BUT ANOTHER VERY GOOD SET UP FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FINALLY SHOWS SIGNS OF EXITING THE REGION ON
SUNDAY.

.LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EXTENDED. THE
PERIOD OPENS WITH SFC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION. ABUNDANT
MOISTURE LEFT OVER FROM THE WEEKEND SYSTEM WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE
CONSIDERED IN FUTURE FORECASTS FOR STRATUS OR FOG POSSIBILITIES
SUNDAY NIGHT.

ON MONDAY YET ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE BEGINS TO MOVE OFF THE
ROCKIES. A WARM FRONT OVER THE SD/NE BORDER WILL HELP TO KICK OFF
SOME THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.
SHOWERS/STORMS MAY LINGER ACROSS THE ND/SD BORDER AS THE LOW AND
ITS ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT PUSH NORTH TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. AS
THE UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA/NORTHERN ND/MN ON
WEDNESDAY MOST PRECIP WILL REMAIN TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THIS
CWA.

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AT OR ABOVE AVERAGE WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN
THE MID TO UPPER 80S. BEHIND THE UPPER LOW AT THE END OF THE WEEK HIGHS
WILL FALL TO AROUND 80.

&&

.AVIATION...
12Z TAFS FOR THE KABR...KATY...KPIR AND KMBG TERMINALS

IFR CIGS AT KPIR ARE EXPECTED TO LIFT BY 15Z. THE SAME
SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO ONLY
SLOWLY MOVE EAST. SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE
AGAIN LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY EVENING AND MOVE FROM WEST
TO EAST ACROSS THE STATE BEGINNING AFTER 21Z.

&&

.ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR BROWN-DAY-GRANT-
     MARSHALL-ROBERTS.

MN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR BIG STONE-
     TRAVERSE.

&&

UPDATE...SD
SHORT TERM...SERR
LONG TERM...WISE
AVIATION...WISE

WEATHER.GOV/ABERDEEN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 4:08 AM MDT, 7 hours 27 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, 8:39 AM MDT, 2 hours 56 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, 8:41 AM MDT, 2 hours 54 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, 8:42 AM MDT, 2 hours 53 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, 9:07 AM MDT, 2 hours 28 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
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 10:48 AM MDT, 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 6:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey54 min
Jun 20, 7:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell43 min
Jun 20, 10:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABRRoberts6 hr
Jun 21, 12:39 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin51 min
Jun 21, 9:48 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRJones57 min
Jun 21, 10:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Jones, Lyman, Stanley60 min
Jun 21, 11:03 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson27 min
Jun 21, 11:25 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Lyman, Stanley, Sully65 min
Jun 21, 11:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBuffalo, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Lyman and 1 more60 min
Jun 21, 11:55 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand, Hughes, Hyde, Sully65 min
Jun 21, 11:59 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk, Hand, Spink61 min
Jun 21, 12:25 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedABRSpink35 min
Jun 21, 12:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk, Hand, Hyde57 min
Jun 21, 12:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBuffalo, Hand, Hyde, Spink45 min
Jun 21, 12:52 PM MDTTornado WarningABRHand, Spink23 min
Jun 21, 12:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSpink48 min
Jun 21, 1:01 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABRSpink6 hr
Jun 21, 1:03 PM MDTTornado WarningABRSpink27 min
Jun 21, 1:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Codington51 min
Jun 21, 1:11 PM MDTTornado WarningABRHand, Spink19 min
Jun 21, 1:12 PM MDTTornado WarningABRSpink33 min
Jun 21, 1:18 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABRFaulk, Hand, Hyde, Spink6 hr
Jun 21, 1:38 PM MDTTornado WarningABRClark, Spink37 min
Jun 21, 1:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Spink61 min
Jun 21, 1:58 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedABRClark, Spink32 min
Jun 21, 2:21 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedABRClark, Hamlin24 min
Jun 21, 2:26 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedABRClark34 min
Jun 21, 2:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Codington, Hamlin42 min
Jun 21, 2:41 PM MDTTornado WarningABRCodington, Deuel, Hamlin34 min
Jun 21, 2:43 PM MDTTornado WarningABRClark, Codington, Deuel, Hamlin32 min
Jun 21, 2:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin64 min
Jun 21, 3:33 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABRCodington6 hr
Jun 21, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington, Grant50 min
Jun 21, 3:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant, Roberts41 min
Jun 21, 4:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant, Roberts48 min
Jun 20, 11:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBig Stone48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.