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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 22, 2013Corson County, Dewey County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2013, 7:12 PM MDT for Corson County, Dewey County, South Dakota. 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 22, 2013, 7:12 PM MDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2013, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Corson County, SD, Dewey County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 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 22, 6:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 00:00Z on 2013-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 544 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 00:00Z on 2013-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
544 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 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 22, 6:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 6:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
710 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013

.UPDATE...
00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION UPDATED BELOW.

&&
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT
FORECAST CHALLENGES INCLUDE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL
TONIGHT...SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON/NIGHT ALONG
WITH HEAVY RAIN/FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL TONIGHT.

CURRENTLY...THE CWA HAS BEEN PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY ALL DAY SO
PLENTY OF DAYTIME HEATING AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE RECOVERY HAS THE
REGION DESTABILIZING. TEMPERATURES ARE CLIMBING THROUGH THE 70S
INTO THE LOW TO MID 80S ON GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS.

ONE WEAK MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE/PV ANOMALY LIFTING INTO EASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON COULD TOUCH OFF A FEW ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS
MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM AROUND FORT THOMPSON TO
WHEATON AS IT INTERACTS WITH A FAIRLY PRONOUNCED 850HPA-700HPA
WAA/MOISTURE ADVECTION REGION. THE HIGHER CHANCES FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY APPEARS TO BE FOCUSED MORE-SO ACROSS THE
WESTERN CWA LATER THIS EVENING AT OR AFTER APPX 9 PM CDT AS STRONG
TO SEVERE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE OVER WESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PUSH INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE
STATE THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE...BUT STRONG DAMAGING
WINDS APPEAR TO BE A HIGH PROBABILITY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT-TYPE
AT THIS TIME. PLENTY OF SHEAR AND INSTABILITY AROUND AS A MUCH
STRONG UPPER WAVE/PV ANOMALY ROTATES UP INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT
TO KEEP CONVECTION GOING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. STORMS WILL
BE TAPPING PERHAPS 1.75 INCH OR GREATER PWAT AIR IN THE LOW TO MID
LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE SUGGESTING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS
POSSIBLE AGAIN WITH STORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
SOME CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE BEGINNING TO RESPOND TO ALL OF
THE RECENT RAINFALL OF THE PAST THREE NIGHTS RESULTING IN SWOLLEN
OR IN SOME CASES FLOODING CONDITIONS. KEEPING THE FLASH FLOOD
WATCH GOING THROUGH TONIGHT.

CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RESET ON SUNDAY...WITH A SURFACE TROF
WORKING EAST INTO MINNESOTA IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. PLENTY OF
INSTABILITY/SHEAR WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE EASTERN CWA AS THIS
SURFACE TROF IS PUSHING EAST. THERE COULD BE A FEW STRONG STORMS
DEVELOPING OVER THE FAR EASTERN ZONES OF THIS CWA BEFORE
CONVECTION SLIPS OVER INTO MINNESOTA.

THEN...CONDITIONS SHOULD DRY OUT FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY
BEFORE RETURN FLOW MOISTURE ADVECTION/LOW LEVEL WAA MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT BRINGS THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS BACK INTO
THE FORECAST MAINLY MONDAY NIGHT.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE THEIR WARMEST ON MONDAY.
HOWEVER...CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE MUCH MORE THAN 5 TO 10
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

.LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

MEDIUM RANGE MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH RISING HEIGHTS AND A
FLAT RIDGE IN PLACE THROUGH THURSDAY. BY THE WEEKEND...THE RIDGE
WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE WESTERN USA WITH EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THIS WILL MEAN TEMPS WILL BE VERY
WARM THROUGH THE WEEK WITH MORE NEAR SEASONAL TEMPS (COOLING
TREND) SHOWING UP FOR NEXT WEEKEND. NO CLEAR CUT SIGNALS FOR
THUNDERSTORM EVENTS...SO WILL KEEP THE TREND OF DRY EXTENDED GRIDS
IN PLACE.

&&

.AVIATION...
00Z TAFS FOR THE KABR...KATY...KPIR AND KMBG TERMINALS

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL SWING ACROSS THE
REGION WITH A SURFACE COLD FRONT TRAILING IN BEHIND TONIGHT AND
EARLY SUNDAY. THIS WILL BRING STRONG UPPER LEVEL LIFT ALONG WITH
SURFACE FORCING RESULTING IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. HAVE SHOWERS AND VICINITY THUNDERSTORMS
IN FOR ALL TERMINALS. WILL LIKELY HAVE THUNDER AT THE STATIONS BUT
DIFFICULT TO TIME AT THIS POINT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST
BEHIND FRONT TONIGHT AND BECOME BREEZY ON SUNDAY AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALSO...EXPECT CONDITIONS TO BE MAINLY VFR
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON EXCEPT FOR IN AND CLOSE TO THUNDERSTORMS
WHERE VISIBILITIES AND CEILINGS COULD BECOME MVFR ALONG WITH
STRONG VARIABLE WINDS.

&&

.ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR BROWN-CLARK-
     CODINGTON-DAY-DEUEL-GRANT-HAMLIN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-SPINK.

MN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR BIG STONE-TRAVERSE.

&&

UPDATE...MOHR
SHORT TERM...DORN
LONG TERM...SCARLETT
AVIATION...MOHR

WEATHER.GOV/ABERDEEN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 3:47 AM MDT, 15 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
447 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-231000-
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-
447 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013 /347 AM MDT SAT JUN 22 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

THE BEST CONDITIONS FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL SET UP ACROSS NORTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY AND
TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE
REGION TODAY. LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...TORNADOES...AND HEAVY
RAIN ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE REGION ON
SUNDAY...HOWEVER SEVERAL ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SERR

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 6:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson, Dewey43 min
Jun 22, 7:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Corson, Dewey, Potter, Walworth42 min
Jun 22, 11:03 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABRHand6 hr
Jun 22, 11:40 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABRSpink6 hr
Jun 22, 11:55 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABRDeuel, Hamlin6 hr
Jun 23, 1:17 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABRCodington6 hr
Jun 23, 6:31 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningABRHamlin51 hr
Jun 23, 9:50 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningABRHamlin22 hr

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.