Tornado Warning 6, NWS Aberdeen, SD

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
111 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

.UPDATE...
18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION UPDATED BELOW.

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 ALSO 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...
18Z TAFS FOR THE KABR...KATY...KPIR AND KMBG TERMINALS

SHORT WAVE TROUGH LIFTING OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING
ALONG WITH A WARM FRONT PUSHING NORTH WILL BRING NUMEROUS SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. IT LOOKS LIKE ALL TERMINALS WILL
BE AFFECTED AT OR IN THE VICINITY WITH RAIN ALONG WITH THUNDER
INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS THIS PASSES THROUGH. SOME MVFR
VISIBILITIES ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS.
OTHERWISE...AFTER THE STORMS PASS EXPECT VFR MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES IN
BEHIND LATER THIS EVENING AND SATURDAY MORNING.

&&

.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...MOHR

WEATHER.GOV/ABERDEEN

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

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
129 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

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

0127 PM     HAIL             7 W TULARE              44.74N  98.65W
06/21/2013  E1.00 INCH       SPINK              SD   PUBLIC

            LOT OF HAIL

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABR1300563

KG

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
131 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

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

0125 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 W STEPHAN             44.25N  99.47W
06/21/2013  E70 MPH          HYDE               SD   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0125 PM     HAIL             1 W STEPHAN             44.25N  99.47W
06/21/2013  E1.00 INCH       HYDE               SD   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABR1300564
EVENT NUMBER ABR1300565

SCARLETT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
138 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

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

0123 PM     TORNADO          2 N TULARE              44.77N  98.51W
06/21/2013                   SPINK              SD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SMALL TORNADO REPORTED NEAR TULARE

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABR1300566

SCARLETT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
141 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

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

0120 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 W OACOMA              43.80N  99.42W
06/21/2013  M58 MPH          LYMAN              SD   MESONET

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABR1300567

SCARLETT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
149 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

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

0140 PM     HAIL             8 NW MILLER             44.60N  99.10W
06/21/2013  E1.00 INCH       HAND               SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABR1300568

SCARLETT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
152 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013

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

0148 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     1 NW MILLER             44.53N  99.00W
06/21/2013                   HAND               SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABR1300569

SCARLETT