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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Aberdeen, SD

July 8, 2020Clark County, Codington County, Day County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2020, 11:15 PM CDT for Clark County, Codington County, Day County, South Dakota. It was in force for 20 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 8, 2020, 11:15 PM CDT (04:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2020, 11:35 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 8, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 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 Jul 8, 6:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 6:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 3:57 PM CDT, 7 hours 18 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
357 PM CDT Wed Jul 8 2020

SDZ003>006-009-010-015>017-033>036-045-092100-
Corson-Campbell-McPherson-Brown-Walworth-Edmunds-Dewey-Potter-Faulk-
Stanley-Sully-Hughes-Hyde-Jones-
357 PM CDT Wed Jul 8 2020 /257 PM MDT Wed Jul 8 2020/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for 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...Thursday through Tuesday.

Scattered thunderstorms will be possible Friday into Saturday. Some
storms could be severe with large hail and strong winds the main
threats.

.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.

MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-018>023-037-048-051-092100-
Traverse-Big Stone-Marshall-Roberts-Day-Spink-Clark-Codington-Grant-
Hamlin-Deuel-Hand-Lyman-Buffalo-
357 PM CDT Wed Jul 8 2020

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop in south
central South Dakota moving into northeastern South Dakota. The
larger threat will be large hail and strong winds, although an
isolated tornado risk will exist across far northeast South Dakota
into western Minnesota for a few hours this afternoon into this
evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Scattered thunderstorms will be possible Friday night into Saturday.
Some storms could be severe with large hail and strong winds the
main threats.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be needed. 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.

Dye/Dorn

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 8, 10:24 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 8, 10:28 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 8, 10:31 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Spink41 min
Jul 8, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Codington, Hamlin50 min
Jul 8, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Spink49 min
Jul 8, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant, Roberts49 min
Jul 8, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Hamlin25 min
Jul 8, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant, Roberts45 min
Jul 8, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Codington, Spink43 min
Jul 8, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRLyman16 min
Jul 8, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRRoberts24 min
Jul 8, 11:07 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningABRClark, Codington, Spink9 hr
Jul 8, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay, Grant, Marshall, Roberts24 min
Jul 8, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant, Roberts14 min
Jul 9, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRRoberts37 min
Jul 8, 9:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRBig Stone33 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.