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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Aberdeen, SD

May 25, 2016Hand County, Hughes County, Hyde County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2016, 5:55 PM CDT for Hand County, Hughes County, Hyde County, South Dakota. It was in force for 50 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2016, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 25, 6:05 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	9 N Stephan, SD
May 25, 6:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	4 Wsw Miller Dale Colon, SD
May 25, 6:25 PM CDT	HAIL 1	1 N Miller Dale Colony, SD	30-40 MPH WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AS WELL.
May 25, 6:41 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Miller, SD

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 10 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 89 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -228 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1319 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

775 
WUUS53 KABR 252255
SVRABR
SDC059-065-069-252345-
/O.NEW.KABR.SV.W.0012.160525T2255Z-160525T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
555 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HUGHES COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
  CENTRAL HYDE COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
  WESTERN HAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 554 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR HOLABIRD TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF HIGHMORE...MOVING
  EAST AT 40 MPH.

  THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS STORMS. 

  HAZARD...BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE SEVERELY INJURED. 
           EXPECT SHATTERED WINDOWS...EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ROOFS...
           SIDING...AND VEHICLES. 

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHMORE AROUND 610 PM CDT. 
  MILLER DALE COLONY AROUND 620 PM CDT. 
  REE HEIGHTS AROUND 625 PM CDT. 
  MILLER AROUND 630 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4479 9921 4442 9889 4426 9951 4429 9971
      4449 9977
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 255DEG 36KT 4451 9965 4438 9945 

HAIL...2.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KF

2 follow-up statements

412 
WWUS53 KABR 252314
SVSABR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
614 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

SDC065-252322-
/O.CAN.KABR.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160525T2345Z/
HUGHES SD-
614 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HUGHES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4479 9921 4442 9889 4432 9929 4439 9953
      4458 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 255DEG 36KT 4456 9941 4443 9921 

$$

SDC059-069-252345-
/O.CON.KABR.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160525T2345Z/
HYDE SD-HAND SD-
614 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN HYDE AND WESTERN HAND COUNTIES...

AT 612 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR HIGHMORE TO NEAR MILLER DALE COLONY...MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.

THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS STORMS.

HAZARD...BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE SEVERELY INJURED. 
         EXPECT SHATTERED WINDOWS...EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ROOFS...
         SIDING...AND VEHICLES. 

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MILLER DALE COLONY AROUND 620 PM CDT. 
  REE HEIGHTS AROUND 625 PM CDT. 
  MILLER AROUND 630 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4479 9921 4442 9889 4432 9929 4439 9953
      4458 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 255DEG 36KT 4456 9941 4443 9921 

HAIL...2.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KF

785 
WWUS53 KABR 252319
SVSABR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
619 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

SDC059-069-252345-
/O.CON.KABR.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160525T2345Z/
HYDE SD-HAND SD-
619 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL HYDE AND WESTERN HAND COUNTIES...

AT 618 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIGHMORE TO NEAR MILLER DALE
COLONY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. GOLF BALL SIZED
         HAIL WAS REPORTED 9 MILES SOUTH OF REE HEIGHTS WITH THIS
         STORM.

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MILLER DALE COLONY AROUND 625 PM CDT. 
  MILLER AROUND 630 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4479 9921 4442 9889 4432 9929 4443 9942
      4461 9955
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 255DEG 36KT 4457 9933 4444 9913 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

KF

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 25, 3:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 3:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
342 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

.SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Thursday Afternoon)
Issued at 342 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

Thunderstorms are beginning to intensify just W of the CWA this
afternoon that has produced significant hail. Expect them to track E
around 20kts, and stay mainly as discrete cells through 00Z. At that
point they may diminish with the loss of daytime heating. Will
continue to closely monitor incoming and developing severe weather
potential in our high CAPE and marginal shear environment.

Current fcst would have precip exiting E shortly after 06Z, with dry
weather then being the rule through early afternoon Thursday. The
focus for showers and thunderstorms will be over the far W, and the
SE corners of the CWA. Just going with general thunderstorms for
Thursday. SPC has the Marginal and slight risk areas over the SE
corner of SD. Expect highs again tomorrow to top out in the 70s for
most areas, with low 80s possible over W Central MN.

.LONG TERM...(Thursday Evening through Wednesday)
Issued at 342 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

Thursday night will probably be a dry forecast period, while upper
level confluent flow is over the region. However, when an upper low
currently over southern California lifts north-northeast across the
region Friday through Saturday, precipitation chances will abound.
Then, it appears some weak mid-level ridging/height rises develop
over the Northern Plains, shutting off the vast majority of
precipitation chances from Saturday night through Sunday night.
Beyond that, longer range model output continues to suggest more
precipitation chances setting up across the region Monday through
Tuesday as the next low pressure system deepens while moving east
over the Dakotas into Minnesota. This system is also expected to
bring breezy to windy conditions Tuesday night and Wednesday. Highs
through the period will be mainly in the 70s and 80s across the CWA.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Thursday Afternoon)
Issued at 1251 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

MVFR to VFR clouds remain across the area this afternoon, with
ournext round of showers and thunderstorms nearing MBG-PIR around
20-22Z, before slowly sliding E and weakening with the loss of
daytime heating, and ending all together near ATY by around 06Z
Thursday.The best chance of seeing any showers/thunderstorms will
be at MBG,with only VCSH mentioned so far at the rest of the TAF
sites.Otherwise, VFR ceilings and VIS are expected for the daytime
hours Thursday.

&&

.ABR Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...KF
LONG TERM...Dorn
AVIATION...KF

Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 10:24 AM CDT, 7 hours 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1024 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-261530-
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-
1024 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2016 /924 AM MDT WED MAY 25 2016/

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

SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP FROM MID AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG TO
SEVERE STORMS. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY
OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH
THIS EVENING...MAINLY OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

KF

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 4:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
427 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

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

0406 PM     HAIL             7 E BUNKER              44.24N 100.97W
05/25/2016  E1.00 INCH       STANLEY            SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

RL

Local storm report, May 25, 4:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
429 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

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

0412 PM     HAIL             2 ENE CAPA              44.12N 100.94W
05/25/2016  E1.00 INCH       JONES              SD   PUBLIC

&&

RL

Special weather statement, May 25, 4:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
441 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

SDZ033>035-252230-
SULLY SD-HUGHES SD-STANLEY SD-
441 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SULLY...CENTRAL
STANLEY AND NORTHWESTERN HUGHES COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT/430 PM
MDT/...

AT 440 PM CDT/340 PM MDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN LAKE OAHE...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT
PIERRE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PIERRE...FORT PIERRE...ONIDA...BLUNT...GREY GOOSE...COW CREEK REC AREA...
OKOBOJO POINT REC AREA...OAHE MISSION REC AREA...WEST SHORE REC AREA...
OVERLOOK REC AREA...CHANTLER CREEK RECREATION AREA...SPRING CREEK REC
AREA AND SULLY LAKE.

LAT...LON 4448 10072 4476 10012 4449 9990 4429 10059
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 235DEG 40KT 4446 10056

KF

Local storm report, May 25, 5:15 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
515 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

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

0500 PM     HAIL             8 SW ROSSEAU            44.24N 100.21W
05/25/2016  E1.00 INCH       STANLEY            SD   PUBLIC

&&

RL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 8:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Jones	43 min
May 24, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Jones, Stanley	43 min
May 24, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Jones	34 min
May 24, 9:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Jones	43 min
May 24, 10:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Hughes	28 min
May 24, 11:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Hughes	35 min
May 24, 11:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Buffalo	33 min
May 25, 12:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Hyde	35 min
May 25, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Jones, Stanley	56 min
May 25, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hughes, Jones, Lyman, Stanley	53 min
May 25, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Sully	49 min
May 25, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hughes, Stanley, Sully	44 min
May 25, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Campbell, Corson, Walworth	29 min
May 25, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hughes, Hyde, Stanley	39 min
May 25, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Faulk	23 min
May 25, 6:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Edmunds	36 min
May 25, 6:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Campbell	34 min
May 25, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hand	31 min
May 25, 6:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Jerauld	33 min
May 25, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Campbell	47 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.