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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 11, 2017Buffalo County, Hand County, Spink County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2017, 3:07 AM CDT for Buffalo County, Hand County, Spink County, South Dakota. It was in force for 38 min. 2 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
Jun 11, 2017, 3:07 AM CDT (08:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2017, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Buffalo County, SD, Hand County, SD, Spink County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 3:15 AM CDTHAIL 1.753 Ene Danforth, SD
Jun 11, 3:35 AM CDTHAIL 18 Ssw Danforth, SD

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 10, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 11, 2:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 2017-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

572 
WUUS53 KABR 110807
SVRABR
SDC017-059-115-110845-
/O.NEW.KABR.SV.W.0013.170611T0807Z-170611T0845Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
307 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 2017

The National Weather Service in Aberdeen has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Hand County in central South Dakota...
  Southwestern Spink County in northeastern South Dakota...
  Northeastern Buffalo County in central South Dakota...

* Until 345 AM CDT

* At 307 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Pleasant
  Valley Country Church, or 18 miles south of Miller, moving
  northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  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. 

* Locations impacted include...
  St. Lawrence, Vayland, Pleasant Valley Country Church, Rosehill
  Dam, Sunshine Bible Academy and Miller Dale Colony.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This storm is producing large hail. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy
structure and stay away from windows!

&&

LAT...LON 4411 9896 4435 9918 4468 9872 4464 9870
      4420 9870 4420 9892 4411 9893
TIME...MOT...LOC 0807Z 240DEG 30KT 4426 9898 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Mohr

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRJones, Lyman, Stanley31 min
Jun 11, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Jones, Lyman, Stanley45 min
Jun 11, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBuffalo, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Lyman50 min
Jun 11, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBuffalo, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Lyman, Stanley45 min
Jun 11, 2:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBuffalo, Hand, Hyde49 min
Jun 11, 2:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBuffalo, Hughes, Hyde, Lyman44 min
Jun 11, 3:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBuffalo, Hand, Hyde47 min
Jun 11, 3:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBuffalo, Hand, Hyde, Lyman62 min
Jun 11, 3:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDeuel, Grant19 min
Jun 11, 4:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Codington, Day, Grant27 min
Jun 11, 4:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Codington, Deuel, Hamlin, Spink38 min
Jun 11, 5:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin52 min
Jun 11, 6:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington, Deuel, Grant, Roberts43 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.