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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Aberdeen, SD

July 25, 2020Corson County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2020, 4:07 PM MDT for Corson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 38 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 25, 2020, 4:07 PM MDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2020, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
38 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 22:07 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, 10.1 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 12:00Z on 2020-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2020-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1814 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-69 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 Jul 25, 1:58 PM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 1:58 PM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 1:13 PM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
213 PM CDT Sat Jul 25 2020

MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-018>023-261915-
Traverse-Big Stone-Brown-Marshall-Roberts-Day-Spink-Clark-Codington-
Grant-Hamlin-Deuel-
213 PM CDT Sat Jul 25 2020

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Heat index values of around 100 degrees are possible today. In
addition, a few strong thunderstorms are possible tonight, although
severe weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

A few thunderstorms may linger through Sunday morning and into the
early afternoon hours.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

SDZ003-004-009-015-016-033>036-045-048-261915-
Corson-Campbell-Walworth-Dewey-Potter-Stanley-Sully-Hughes-Hyde-
Jones-Lyman-
213 PM CDT Sat Jul 25 2020 /113 PM MDT Sat Jul 25 2020/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central South Dakota and
north central South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

A few thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and into the evening
hours. Some of these storms could be strong to severe.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

SDZ005-010-017-037-051-261915-
McPherson-Edmunds-Faulk-Hand-Buffalo-
213 PM CDT Sat Jul 25 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central South Dakota and
north central South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Heat index values of around 100 degrees are possible this afternoon.
A few showers and thunderstorms are possible this evening and
overnight. Some of these storms could be strong to severe.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

Telken

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 25, 11:28 AM MDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 9:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, McPherson41 min
Jul 24, 9:58 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningABRBrown, McPherson36 hr
Jul 24, 10:45 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABRBrown, McPherson6 hr
Jul 25, 6:08 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningABRBrown4 days
Jul 25, 12:24 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningABRBrown4 days
Jul 25, 4:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson60 min
Jul 25, 5:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Corson48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020

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.