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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Aberdeen, SD

May 30, 2016Campbell County, McPherson County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2016, 7:18 PM CDT for Campbell County, McPherson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 33 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: May 30, 2016, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2016, 7:51 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Campbell County, SD, McPherson County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 30, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 753 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1859 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

856 
WUUS53 KABR 310018
SVRABR
SDC021-089-310115-
/O.NEW.KABR.SV.W.0032.160531T0018Z-160531T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
718 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
  EAST CENTRAL CAMPBELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 718 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EUREKA...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW TOWN CORNER AROUND 740 PM CDT. 
  LONG LAKE AROUND 800 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

LAT...LON 4586 9897 4561 9971 4576 9984 4594 9947
      4594 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 239DEG 33KT 4573 9968 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

DORN

2 follow-up statements

574 
WWUS53 KABR 310037
SVSABR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
737 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

SDC021-310046-
/O.CAN.KABR.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160531T0115Z/
CAMPBELL SD-
737 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CAMPBELL COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4565 9960 4583 9970 4594 9947 4594 9904
      4586 9897
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 239DEG 33KT 4582 9947 

$$

SDC089-310115-
/O.CON.KABR.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160531T0115Z/
MCPHERSON SD-
737 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY...

AT 736 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW TOWN
CORNER...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF EUREKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW TOWN CORNER AROUND 740 PM CDT. 
  LONG LAKE AROUND 755 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
ABERDEEN.

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

LAT...LON 4565 9960 4583 9970 4594 9947 4594 9904
      4586 9897
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 239DEG 33KT 4582 9947 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DORN

735 
WWUS53 KABR 310051
SVSABR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
751 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

SDC089-310100-
/O.CAN.KABR.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160531T0115Z/
MCPHERSON SD-
751 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ABERDEEN.

LAT...LON 4565 9960 4583 9970 4594 9947 4594 9904
      4586 9897
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 239DEG 33KT 4589 9930 

$$

DORN

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 30, 7:00 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 7:00 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
700 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

.UPDATE...
Issued at 658 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

00z aviation discussion updated below.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Tuesday Afternoon)
Issued at 318 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

Storms now beginning to develop across western and central portions
of the state in association with a cold front. Models are in good
agreement that this activity will line out and track eastward across
the state through the evening and early overnight hours. MUCAPE has
increased to 3000+ J/KG across the Missouri river area...along with
some increase in low level shear. Expect the line of storms will
have the potential to produce large hail and gusty winds through its
life span late this afternoon into tonight. The low pressure system
will swing northward late tonight with some precipitation on the
back side of it possibly affecting the northwestern CWA Tuesday
afternoon.

Low temperatures tonight will range from the upper 40s northwest to
the upper 50s east. High temperatures on Tuesday will range from the
mid 60s northwest to the mid 70s east.

.LONG TERM...(Tuesday Evening through Monday)
Issued at 318 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

The upper low is expected to continue to pull out of the region on
Wednesday. In its wake, cold air advection will continue with the
coolest temps of the week. Winds will be breezy from the northwest.

The trend of the western CONUS ridge rebounding through the period
looks good. This will leave most of the region under northwest flow,
with warmest temps in the west, trending cooler east. The threat of
thunderstorms in the northwest flow are too tricky to time at this
moment, but I would expect some thunderstorms possible later this
week and weekend. Pops will remain low at this time however.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Tuesday Evening)
Issued at 658 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

Thunderstorms will move across the region into the early morning
hours affecting all locations as a cold front moves through.
Conditions could become ifr/mvfr with heavy rain and lower ceilings
with the storms. Otherwise, conditions will become vfr later tonight
and Tuesday.

&&

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

UPDATE...Mohr
SHORT TERM...Parkin
LONG TERM...Scarlett
AVIATION...Mohr

Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 4:33 AM CDT, 14 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
433 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-310945-
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-
433 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2016 /333 AM MDT MON MAY 30 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

STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA...THEN POSSIBLY AFFECTING NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA INTO
THE EVENING HOURS. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE THE MAIN
THREATS...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT EXISTS ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS EVENING
ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

TMT

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 30, 4:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
407 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

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

0400 PM     HAIL             3 N EUREKA              45.81N  99.62W
05/30/2016  M0.88 INCH       MCPHERSON          SD   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABR1600246

KG

Local storm report, May 30, 4:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
431 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

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

0427 PM     HAIL             7 NNE EUREKA            45.86N  99.57W
05/30/2016  M1.00 INCH       MCPHERSON          SD   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABR1600247

KG

Local storm report, May 30, 5:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
519 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

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

0512 PM     HAIL             FIRESTEEL               45.43N 101.28W
05/30/2016  E0.70 INCH       DEWEY              SD   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABR1600248

MOHR

Local storm report, May 30, 6:53 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
653 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

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

0652 PM     HAIL             1 N AGAR                44.85N 100.07W
05/30/2016  M0.70 INCH       SULLY              SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABR1600249

KG

Local storm report, May 30, 6:56 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
656 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

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

0653 PM     HAIL             2 S SELBY               45.48N 100.03W
05/30/2016  M1.00 INCH       WALWORTH           SD   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABR1600250

KG

Local storm report, May 30, 7:02 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
702 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

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

0650 PM     HAIL             6 NNW LOWRY             45.39N 100.03W
05/30/2016  E2.00 INCH       WALWORTH           SD   PUBLIC

&&

KS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Edmunds, McPherson, Potter, Walworth	50 min
May 30, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Brown, Edmunds, McPherson	45 min
May 30, 8:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Brown	38 min
May 30, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hand, Spink	40 min
May 30, 9:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Spink	43 min
May 30, 10:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Clark	40 min
May 30, 10:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Clark	24 min
May 30, 11:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Codington	35 min
May 31, 12:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Grant	23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.