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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 5, 2018Corson County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2018, 8:38 PM MDT for Corson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 37 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
Jun 5, 2018, 8:38 PM MDT (02:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2018, 9:15 PM MDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Corson County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:39 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
Jun 5, 8:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 00:00Z on 2018-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1433 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 00:00Z on 2018-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
1433 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2088 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.9

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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 Jun 5, 5:57 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 5:57 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 3:29 AM MDT, 17 hours 9 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
429 AM CDT Tue Jun 5 2018

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-060930-
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-
429 AM CDT Tue Jun 5 2018 /329 AM MDT Tue Jun 5 2018/

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible tonight, mainly for
locations along the North Dakota, South Dakota border and western
Minnesota. Hail and damaging winds will be the main threats.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Additional thunderstorm chances exist across the area Wednesday
through Saturday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed after 5 PM, CDT through tonight.

SD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 8:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABRCorson51 min
Jun 5, 9:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson, Dewey41 min
Jun 5, 9:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey49 min
Jun 5, 9:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Potter, Walworth51 min
Jun 5, 10:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Corson, Dewey, Walworth39 min
Jun 5, 10:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Dewey, Edmunds, Faulk, McPherson, Potter and 1 more45 min
Jun 5, 10:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds, Faulk, Potter49 min
Jun 5, 11:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Edmunds, Faulk, McPherson, Spink39 min
Jun 5, 11:32 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningABRBuffalo, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Lyman and 2 more3 hr
Jun 6, 12:01 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Edmunds, McPherson12 min
Jun 6, 12:24 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay, Grant, Marshall, Roberts51 min
Jun 6, 12:49 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant, Roberts41 min
Jun 6, 12:53 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington, Day, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin, Roberts52 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.