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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2020, 11:58 PM CDT for Marshall County, Roberts County, South Dakota. It was in force for 47 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, 11:58 PM CDT (04:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2020, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Marshall County, SD, Roberts County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2056 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1460 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
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, 8:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 8:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
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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, 10:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 1144 PM CDT Sat Jul 25 2020 SDZ005-006-010-260515- Brown SD-McPherson SD-Edmunds SD- 1144 PM CDT Sat Jul 25 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN EDMUNDS... NORTHWESTERN BROWN AND EASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT... At 1143 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Leola, or 20 miles north of Ipswich, moving east at 50 mph. Half inch hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Leola, Long Lake, Wetonka, Elm Lake, Spring Creek Colony, Long Lake Colony, Deerfield Colony, New Town Corner, Grassland Colony and Plainview Colony. LAT...LON 4567 9943 4592 9934 4590 9856 4551 9867 TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 275DEG 42KT 4574 9907 Lueck
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 11:51 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 1151 PM CDT Sat Jul 25 2020 SDZ006-010-017-018-260530- Spink SD-Brown SD-Edmunds SD-Faulk SD- 1151 PM CDT Sat Jul 25 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN EDMUNDS... SOUTHWESTERN BROWN...NORTHEASTERN FAULK AND NORTHWESTERN SPINK COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT... At 1151 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Pembrook Colony, or 11 miles southeast of Ipswich, moving east at 30 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Warner, Northville, Cresbard, Chelsea, Mansfield, South Scatterwood Lake, Pembrook Colony and North Scatterwood Lake. LAT...LON 4526 9912 4541 9900 4532 9844 4500 9868 TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 291DEG 25KT 4529 9893 Lueck
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson | 42 min |
| Jul 25, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey, Stanley, Sully | 25 min |
| Jul 25, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | McPherson | 45 min |
| Jul 25, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | McPherson | 27 min |
| Jul 25, 10:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | McPherson | 52 min |
| Jul 25, 11:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Brown | 38 min |
| Jul 25, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Marshall | 38 min |
| Jul 25, 11:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | McPherson | 31 min |
| Jul 25, 11:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Faulk | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 12:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Spink | 41 min |
| Jul 26, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Day, Spink | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 12:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Roberts | 41 min |
| Jul 26, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Codington, Day, Spink | 42 min |
| Jul 26, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Roberts | 44 min |
| Jul 26, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Day, Grant, Roberts | 42 min |
| Jul 26, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin | 44 min |
| Jul 26, 10:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ABR | Brown, McPherson | 24 hr |
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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.