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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Aberdeen, SD

April 27, 2014Buffalo County, Hand County, Hyde County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2014, 1:21 AM CDT for Buffalo County, Hand County, Hyde 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
Apr 27, 2014, 1:21 AM CDT (06:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2014, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Buffalo County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hyde County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 87 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2014-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2014-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 251 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
489 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Apr 26, 3:30 PM CDT, 9 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 3:30 PM CDT, 9 hours 51 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 4:50 AM CDT, 20 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
450 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2014

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-271000-
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-
450 AM CDT SAT APR 26 2014 /350 AM MDT SAT APR 26 2014/

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

A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER WILL REACH THE VERY HIGH
CATEGORY...MAINLY DUE TO STRONG EASTERLY WINDS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT...AND A FEW
STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREAT WOULD BE
LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION
THROUGH MIDWEEK. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON
SUNDAY...ALTHOUGH THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS. AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...ALTHOUGH THE
THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

FOWLE

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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.