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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Aberdeen, SD

May 18, 2013Dewey County, Stanley County, Sully County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2013, 5:06 PM MDT for Dewey County, Stanley County, Sully County, South Dakota. It was in force for 39 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: May 18, 2013, 5:06 PM MDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2013, 5:45 PM MDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Dewey County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 18, 4:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

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 May 18, 1:56 PM MDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 1:56 PM MDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 3:12 AM MDT, 13 hours 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 18, 4:50 PM MDT, 16 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 17, 6:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Jones, Stanley	49 min
May 17, 7:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hughes, Jones, Stanley	61 min
May 17, 10:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Clark, Faulk, Spink	55 min
May 17, 11:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Brown, Clark, Codington, Day, Grant, Hamlin and 1 more	63 min
May 18, 4:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Dewey	44 min
May 18, 5:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Corson, Dewey	49 min
May 18, 5:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Dewey, Stanley, Sully	44 min
May 18, 5:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Dewey	38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2013 Every 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.