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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 27, 2018Jones County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2018, 6:54 PM CDT for Jones County, South Dakota. It was in force for 36 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 27, 2018, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2018, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
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 23:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 27, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

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 27, 6:32 PM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 6:32 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 6:49 AM CDT, 12 hours 5 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
649 AM CDT Mon Aug 27 2018

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-281200-
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-
649 AM CDT Mon Aug 27 2018 /549 AM MDT Mon Aug 27 2018/

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Scattered strong to potentially severe thunderstorms will be
possible during the afternoon and evening hours. The main threats
from any of the strongest storms would be large hail, strong winds
and heavy rains.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be requested. Weather spotters are encouraged
to submit reports to the National Weather Service in Aberdeen. The
public can submit reports on our web page, Facebook page, or our
Twitter feed.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Hughes, Stanley, Sully42 min
Aug 26, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Stanley, Sully51 min
Aug 26, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Hyde, Sully61 min
Aug 26, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, McPherson40 min
Aug 26, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand, Hyde42 min
Aug 26, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand32 min
Aug 26, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Hamlin41 min
Aug 27, 12:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRDeuel, Hamlin38 min
Aug 27, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDeuel, Hamlin43 min
Aug 27, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRStanley48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2018Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2018

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.