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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 26, 2017Jones County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2017, 8:42 PM CDT for Jones County, South Dakota. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 2017, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2017, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Jones County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 26, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2017-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 184 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2017-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 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
184 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2420 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Aug 26, 7:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 7:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 11:19 AM CDT, 9 hours 23 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
1119 AM CDT Sat Aug 26 2017

SDZ003-004-009-015-016-033>036-045-048-051-271630-
Corson-Campbell-Walworth-Dewey-Potter-Stanley-Sully-Hughes-Hyde-
Jones-Lyman-Buffalo-
1119 AM CDT Sat Aug 26 2017 /1019 AM MDT Sat Aug 26 2017/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central South
Dakota and north central South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop in northwest
South Dakota this afternoon and move southeast through the
Missouri River Valley. A few severe storms are possible, with
large hail and strong wind being the main threats.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and into the
evening.

MNZ039-046-SDZ005>008-010-011-017>023-037-271630-
Traverse-Big Stone-McPherson-Brown-Marshall-Roberts-Edmunds-Day-
Faulk-Spink-Clark-Codington-Grant-Hamlin-Deuel-Hand-
1119 AM CDT Sat Aug 26 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of west central
Minnesota, central South Dakota, north central South Dakota, and
northeast South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

SRF

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 6:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
641 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2017

SDZ045-270030-
Jones SD-
641 PM CDT SAT AUG 26 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN JONES COUNTY UNTIL
730 PM CDT...

At 641 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles northwest of Okaton, or 14 miles west of Murdo, moving
southeast at 30 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Murdo and Okaton.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
central South Dakota.

LAT...LON 4374 10075 4372 10079 4376 10081 4376 10084
      4379 10086 4378 10088 4379 10088 4383 10093
      4383 10094 4382 10095 4395 10107 4399 10106
      4404 10097 4383 10058 4372 10074
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 314DEG 25KT 4396 10099

Serr

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRJones17 min
Aug 26, 9:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRJones34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2017Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2017

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.