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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 256, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 2020, 6:21 PM CDT for Hand County, South Dakota. It was in force for 39 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 30, 2020, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Hand County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 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 Aug 30, 2:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 2:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 30, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk, Hand, Hyde, Spink | 51 min |
| Aug 30, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk, Spink | 38 min |
| Aug 30, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Edmunds, Faulk | 18 min |
| Aug 30, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Brown | 40 min |
| Aug 30, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk, Hand, Spink | 46 min |
| Aug 30, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds, McPherson | 31 min |
| Aug 30, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand | 32 min |
| Aug 30, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Hand | 33 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.