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Special Weather Statement, NWS Aberdeen, SD

May 31, 2016Grant County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2016, 12:22 AM CDT for Grant County, South Dakota. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
May 31, 2016, 12:22 AM CDT (05:22 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2016, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD

County Grant County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2016-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 753 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2016-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
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

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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 May 30, 3:18 PM CDT, 9 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:18 PM CDT, 9 hours 4 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
318 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

.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 18Z TAFS through 18Z Tuesday Afternoon)
Issued at 1225 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

For the most part...VFR conditions will prevail across the area
through the TAF period. However...a line of storms is expected to
develop west of the Missouri River during the early to mid
afternoon hours...then will track eastward during the late
afternoon and evening. Vsbys will likely fall into the MVFR
category with the stronger storms. Gusty winds and hail are also
possible.

&&

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

SHORT TERM...Parkin
LONG TERM...Scarlett
AVIATION...Parkin
Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 4:33 AM CDT, 19 hours 49 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.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 30, 6:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, McPherson33 min
May 30, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds, McPherson, Potter, Walworth50 min
May 30, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Edmunds, McPherson45 min
May 30, 8:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRBrown38 min
May 30, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand, Spink40 min
May 30, 9:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRSpink43 min
May 30, 10:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRClark40 min
May 30, 10:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRClark24 min
May 30, 11:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRCodington35 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.