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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 18, 2020Dewey County, Potter County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2020, 2:28 AM MDT for Dewey County, Potter County, South Dakota. It was in force for 27 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
Aug 18, 2020, 2:28 AM MDT (08:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 2020, 2:55 AM MDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dewey County, SD, Potter County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 2:52 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABRJones38 min
Aug 18, 3:15 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABRSully45 min
Aug 18, 3:33 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Potter, Sully57 min
Aug 18, 4:09 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABRSully36 min
Aug 18, 4:44 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABRHughes46 min
Aug 18, 5:30 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABRLyman30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.