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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2020, 6:35 PM CDT for Brown County, Edmunds County, McPherson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 40 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
- Jun 4, 2020, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2020, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Brown County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, McPherson County, SD
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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 Jun 4, 6:31 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 6:31 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 631 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020 .UPDATE... Issued at 629 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020 Other than some hourly tweaks to pops, forecast remains on track with a few strong to severe storms around the area. && .SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Friday Night) Issued at 348 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020 Forecast challenges include areal coverage/timing of convection and areal coverage of severe storms. Currently, temperatures are warming through the 70s into the low 80s across the region on a developing southeasterly breeze. Skies are partly to mostly sunny this afternoon, allowing for adequate daytime insolation, aiding the current increasing instability west and south in the region. Objective analysis off the SPC Meso page reveals there is between 40 and 55 knots of deep layer shear available for storms to work with, and likely to persist into the evening. The surface trof/cool front the pushed through the region late last night/early this morning is splayed out along the NE/SD border, with plenty of boundary layer (0.5km to 850hpa layer) moisture found pooling along and behind it this afternoon, per surface/MSAS analysis. A secondary surface trof/cool front feature is noted again this afternoon across far western ND tailing back into northwestern WY, the likely forcing mechanism behind the current batch of showers and thunderstorms that began developing between 1PM and 2PM CDT back over southeastern MT and southwestern ND. The mid-level shortwave impulse of interest is moving into the region, riding through 80 to 90+kt upper level jet stream winds. Severe Thunderstorm Watch 252 has been issued and is in effect until 11 PM CDT for several counties across the western/southwestern forecast zones. Expecting widely scattered to scattered coverage of discrete splitting supercells west river and into the Missouri River valley through late this evening per model hodographs, and given the synoptic scale setup and the available pool of +12C to +14C 850hpa dewpoint air, right-moving supercells will move into very moisture rich boundary layer air to work with. A lack of 0-1km shear suggests tornadic storms are less likely this afternoon/evening, with large hail and damaging winds more probable. But, given the right conditions, an isolated tornado is not completely out of the question. That's what storm coverage/intensity looks like west of a line from Mobridge to Gann Valley through late this evening. East of that line, deep layer shear remains strong, but considerably less favorable low level moisture and mid-level lapse rates prevail from now through late tonight. There should be scattered/numerous coverage of showers and thunderstorms working through northeast SD through late this evening, but probably not of the strong to severe variety. Heading into Friday and Friday night, the forecast dries out as the pattern aloft begins to take on a more amplified look and feel while western CONUS longwave troffiness develops. At the surface, cooler/drier airmass high pressure will be in control over the region. Temperatures throughout the period should be running right about normal to perhaps a degree or two above normal. .LONG TERM...(Saturday through Thursday) Issued at 348 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020 First issue in the extended is the thunderstorm chances Saturday into Saturday night. Ingredients look good for severe storms, but may have to deal with capping issues as 700mb temps approach +12C to +13C over central SD. Interesting to note some of the deterministic models are fairly scant for precipitation coverage. That said, will maintain inherited POPs which really ramp things up by Saturday night. Approach of the mid level shortwave should help erode whatever cap is in place by later in the day and into the overnight hours. Very strong low level jet will be in place as well Saturday night. Will continue to have chances for showers and thunderstorms through Monday as we await the passage of the cold front. Temperatures will become rather toasty Sunday and Monday as 850mb temps rise into the +20s C by Sunday afternoon. Looking at widespread 90s on Sunday, with humid conditions setting in as well. Cooler temperatures will arrive on Tuesday with the passage of Monday's cold front. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Friday Evening) Issued at 629 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020 Terminals KABR,KATY,KPIR,KMBG VFR conditions are expected except near thunderstorms this evening where temporary IFR vsby is possible. && .ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...None. MN...None. && UPDATE...Wise SHORT TERM...Dorn LONG TERM...TMT AVIATION...Wise
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 3:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 552 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020 SDZ005-006-010-042330- Brown SD-McPherson SD-Edmunds SD- 552 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN EDMUNDS...WEST CENTRAL BROWN AND SOUTHEASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT... At 552 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles west of Plainview Colony, or 11 miles northwest of Ipswich, moving east at 40 mph. Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Ipswich, Wetonka, Plainview Colony, Long Lake Colony, Deerfield Colony, Cravens Corner, Mina, Grassland Colony and Mina Lake Rec Area. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. && LAT...LON 4551 9945 4570 9930 4567 9865 4536 9877 TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 279DEG 34KT 4556 9920 Wise
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:19 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 3:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Stanley | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Walworth | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Edmunds | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 6:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Potter | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Brown | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Stanley | 24 min |
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