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Special Weather Statement, NWS Aberdeen, SD

July 31, 2016Corson County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2016, 10:01 PM MDT for Corson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 59 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: Jul 31, 2016, 10:01 PM MDT (04:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2016, 11:00 PM MDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD

County Corson County, SD

The radar

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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 Jul 31, 5:31 PM MDT, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 5:31 PM MDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 3:20 AM MDT, 18 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
420 AM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-011200-
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-
420 AM CDT SUN JUL 31 2016 /320 AM MDT SUN JUL 31 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

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. A FEW
STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING
STRONG WINDS AND HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE
MAINLY MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS AND
HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

KF

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 31, 6:08 PM MDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 8:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
855 PM MDT SUN JUL 31 2016

SDZ003-015-010400-
CORSON SD-DEWEY SD-
855 PM MDT SUN JUL 31 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DEWEY AND CORSON COUNTIES UNTIL
1000 PM MDT...

AT 855 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTH OF BULLHEAD...OR 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MCLAUGHLIN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EAGLE BUTTE...MCLAUGHLIN...LANTRY...TIMBER LAKE...WAKPALA...
MCINTOSH...ISABEL...MORRISTOWN...FIRESTEEL...WATAUGA...
SOUTH EAGLE BUTTE...THUNDER HAWK...KLEIN RANCH...WALKER...PARADE...
SHAMBO RANCH...GLENCROSS...GREEN GRASS...
BULLHEAD AND LITTLE MOREAU REC AREA.

LAT...LON 4594 10200 4594 10053 4568 10044 4552 10051
      4519 10042 4496 10101 4496 10114 4499 10114
      4499 10150 4547 10147 4547 10200
TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 268DEG 45KT 4567 10113

WISE

Special weather statement, Jul 31, 10:01 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1001 PM MDT SUN JUL 31 2016

SDZ003-015-010500-
CORSON SD-DEWEY SD-
1001 PM MDT SUN JUL 31 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN DEWEY AND SOUTH
CENTRAL CORSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM MDT...

AT 1001 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR LITTLE MOREAU REC AREA...OR 22 MILES NORTH OF EAGLE
BUTTE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TIMBER LAKE...SPRING LAKE...WHITE HORSE...GLENCROSS AND LITTLE MOREAU
REC AREA.

LAT...LON 4525 10126 4539 10128 4563 10088 4525 10087
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 256DEG 12KT 4533 10115

WISE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 31, 8:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Corson, Dewey	65 min
Jul 31, 11:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Jones, Stanley	62 min
Aug 1, 1:25 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Jones	50 min
Aug 1, 2:15 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Jones, Lyman	45 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in South Dakota, 2016 Every special weather statement in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.