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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Aberdeen, SD

July 5, 2017Corson County, Dewey County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2017, 5:16 PM MDT for Corson County, Dewey County, South Dakota. It was in force for 44 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
Jul 5, 2017, 5:16 PM MDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2017, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Corson County, SD, Dewey County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2017-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 283 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2017-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 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
283 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-426 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1791 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 Jul 5, 5:14 PM MDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 5:14 PM MDT, 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 2:04 PM MDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
304 PM CDT Wed Jul 5 2017

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-062015-
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-
304 PM CDT Wed Jul 5 2017 /204 PM MDT Wed Jul 5 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

Heat indices of 95 to 105 degrees can be expected today.

An isolated thunderstorm may develop late in the afternoon or
early evening and could become strong, although the best chance
for thunderstorms will be after midnight across far northeast
South Dakota and west central Minnesota as a system tracks
southeast out of North Dakota. Stronger storms may produce large
hail or damaging winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

The combination of breezy northerly winds, dry air, and warm
temperatures will produce high to very high fire danger for
counties along and west of the James River on Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:34 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:51 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
551 PM CDT WED JUL 5 2017

SDZ003-004-009-052330-
Walworth SD-Campbell SD-Corson SD-
551 PM CDT WED JUL 5 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CORSON...
SOUTHWESTERN CAMPBELL AND NORTHWESTERN WALWORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM
CDT/530 PM MDT/...

At 551 PM CDT/451 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm over Mahto, or 9 miles southeast of Mclaughlin, moving
east at 25 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Wakpala, Mahto and Indian Memorial Rec Area.

LAT...LON 4569 10080 4589 10069 4580 10025 4556 10044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 291DEG 20KT 4574 10066

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 10:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBuffalo, Hand28 min
Jul 5, 4:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABRFaulk48 min
Jul 5, 4:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABRCorson41 min
Jul 5, 4:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABRCampbell39 min
Jul 5, 5:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Edmunds41 min
Jul 5, 5:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Edmunds, Spink43 min
Jul 5, 5:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk, Hand, Spink48 min
Jul 5, 5:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Day26 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.