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Special Weather Statement, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 3, 2014Brown County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2014, 5:19 PM CDT for Brown County, South Dakota. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 2014, 5:19 PM CDT (22:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2014, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD

County Brown County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 234 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 2014-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 322 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 2014-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
322 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
938 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 3, 3:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 3:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
326 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2014

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT

SHORTWAVE ENERGY TRACKING ACROSS THE DAKOTAS CURRENTLY WITH A
RATHER GOOD AREAL COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL ND. STORMS ARE ALSO INCREASING OVER NORTH CENTRAL SD. HI
RES MODELS PICKING UP ON THIS TREND AND CONTINUE TO SHOW
ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS ACTIVITY SPREADS
EAST INTO THE JAMES VALLEY. HAVE INCREASED POPS A BIT INTO THE
EVENING HOURS. ONCE AGAIN THOUGH...SHEAR IS VERY WEAK BUT
ENVIRONMENT IS WEAKLY TO MODERATELY UNSTABLE. NOT EXPECTING MUCH
IN THE WAY OF SEVERE WEATHER BUT THERE MAY BE SOME STRONGER CORES
CAPABLE OF SMALL HAIL...PERHAPS MARGINALLY SEVERE. ACTIVITY THUS
FAR HAS BEEN PULSE-TYPE WITH BRIEF STRONGER CORES. JUST NOT EVEN
SHEAR TO SUSTAIN ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT.

NEXT WAVE TO WATCH IS CURRENTLY ROUNDING THE RIDGE OVER MT. THIS
SYSTEM LOOKS TO BE AFFECTING THE AREA TOMORROW MORNING. MODELS
AGREEING FAIRLY WELL IN BRINGING ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND STORM
DEVELOPMENT OVER THE AREA BETWEEN 12Z AND 18Z MONDAY. HAVE
INCREASED POPS SLIGHTLY.

PRECIP CHANCES GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AS SFC LOW
DEVELOPS ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS. STRONGER SHORTWAVE ENERGY ALSO
MOVES INTO THE AREA AND PROVIDES FOR GREATER CHANCES FOR MORE
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL.

.LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY

PCPN CHANCES ARE THE MAIN CHALLENGE IN THE LONG TERM. MID LEVEL
RIDGE OVER THE ROCKIES SHOULD GRADUALLY BREAK DOWN AS ENERGY RIDES
THROUGH THE RIDGE AND ACROSS THE PLAINS. THE MAIN CHANCE FOR PCPN
DURING THE ENTIRE PERIOD WILL PROBABLY BE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
WEDNESDAY AS ENERGY ALOFT INTERACTS WITH A BAROCLINIC ZONE
STRETCHING FROM THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS SOUTHEAST INTO THE LOWER
MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY. MOST LONG TERM MODELS AND EVEN GEFS
PROBABILITIES OF MEASURABLE PCPN SUGGEST AN MCS MOVING FROM
WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHERN NEBRASKA. THEN FOR
MUCH OF THE REMAINING LONG TERM THE ECMWF BACK-DOORS A PRETTY
DECENT HIGH PRESSURE INTO THE REGION FROM THE EAST/NORTHEAST. THE
GFS IS LESS AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS BUT THE ECMWF HAS BEEN FAIRLY
CONSISTENT THE LAST COUPLE DAYS. SO HAVE BUMPED DOWN POPS FOR THE
WED THROUGH FRI TIME PERIOD...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN/EASTERN
CWA. TEMPERATURES...OVERALL SHOULD FAVOR NEAR TO BELOW NORMAL
THROUGH THE PERIOD UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF EASTERLY FLOW OFF
SURFACE HIGH OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.

&&

.AVIATION...

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

VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH BETTER CHANCES
AT KMBG AND PIR AFT 00Z.

&&

.ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...TMT
LONG TERM...SCARLETT
AVIATION...SCARLETT

WEATHER.GOV/ABERDEEN
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 4:19 AM CDT, 13 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
419 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2014

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-040930-
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-
419 AM CDT SUN AUG 3 2014 /319 AM MDT SUN AUG 3 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

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE
PERIOD...WITH THE BEST CHANCE COMING TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

PARKIN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 1:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
149 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2014

SDZ008-031915-
ROBERTS-
149 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2014

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN ROBERTS
COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM CDT...

AT 147 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RUDEBUSCH CORNER...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF
SISSETON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE STORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE ADVISED
COUNTY..

SMALL HAIL IS 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4558 9697 4540 9697 4541 9722 4558 9723
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 272DEG 18KT 4547 9711

TMT
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 5:19 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
519 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2014

SDZ006-018-032245-
BROWN-SPINK-
519 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2014

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWESTERN
SPINK AND SOUTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 518 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WARNER...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ABERDEEN...
MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE MANSFIELD...ABERDEEN...WARNER
AND MELLETTE.

PENNY SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4544 9829 4512 9835 4519 9870 4552 9870
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 278DEG 7KT 4535 9855

WISE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 1:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRRoberts26 min
Aug 3, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRBrown30 min
Aug 3, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown39 min

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Special Weather Statements in South Dakota, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014

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.