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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Aberdeen, SD

September 18, 2018Deuel County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 18, 2018, 5:21 AM CDT for Deuel County, South Dakota. It was in force for 24 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
Sep 18, 2018, 5:21 AM CDT (10:21 UTC)
Expired
Sep 18, 2018, 5:45 AM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Deuel County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:23 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 nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 242 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2018-09-18Temperature 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2018-09-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1687 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 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 Sep 18, 3:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 3:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 18, 4:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
402 AM CDT Tue Sep 18 2018

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-190915-
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-
402 AM CDT Tue Sep 18 2018 /302 AM MDT Tue Sep 18 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.

Isolated showers and thunderstorms are possible today, but with an
uptick in coverage tonight. The threat of severe weather looks
minimal at this time. Therefore, lightning is the main threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Scattered showers and storms are expected for the middle and late
part of the work week. There is a marginal risk of severe weather on
Wednesday and Wednesday night, mainly over eastern and south parts of
the forecast area.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 18, 2:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 18, 2:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 18, 5:17 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 18, 2:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRLyman35 min
Sep 18, 2:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRBuffalo, Hand, Hyde, Lyman52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.