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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2020, 5:51 PM CDT for Brown County, South Dakota. It was in force for 24 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 20, 2020, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2020, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Brown County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 20, 2:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 2:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 209 PM CDT Sat Jun 20 2020 .SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Sunday Night) Issued at 209 PM CDT Sat Jun 20 2020 An upper trough will dig into the region this evening. The shortwave energy embedded in the trough will interact with a weak sfc front across the central Dakotas to force some showers and thunderstorms. Shear is still not that impressive - generally less than 30kts, but with low temps aloft and no cap multicell storms have already begun to form this afternoon between the Missouri River and the James Valley. As the trough lowers heights/temps aloft, 50 dbz height for severe hail will also lower. Looking for hail and wind to be the main threats through the evening. The big question is whether there has been enough heating across the east to initiate convection. Morning was full of showers and clouds and many areas haven't even hit their convective temps. Best chances this afternoon may be where CU has formed along the Missouri River, and then with the sfc front/trough as it moves east. Sunday still looks unsettled with continuous cloud cover and showers as more shortwaves move through. The marginal risk currently over the region may be overdone. More than half of the models are indicating significantly cooler temperatures with some not even putting northern SD in the 70s. Went middle of the road for the new forecast keeping most places in the low to mid 70s for highs. .LONG TERM...(Monday through Saturday) Issued at 209 PM CDT Sat Jun 20 2020 The period starts out with upper level low pressure mainly over western Ontario. Shortwave energy off this low could lead to a few showers and thunderstorms Monday. Northwest/westerly flow dominates the period otherwise as upper level riding nudges its way into and through the the region mid-week. Other then the potential for isolated showers and thunderstorms in the eastern third of the forecast area, conditions should be mostly dry Monday night through the day Thursday. Models then hint at a potentially intense trough crossing through the region off Canadian low pressure towards the end of the workweek. The EC is presently the most bullish and most amplified while bringing it through Thursday night. Of course, with little model agreement at this point other than 'there will likely be Canadian low pressure and associated troughing affecting the region sometime towards the end of the week', timing and strength are still very much in question. Just something to maintain an eye on for now. With average highs for this time of year within a couple degrees of 80, temperatures through the period look to be pleasant. Highs Monday and Tuesday will be seasonably below average (low to mid 70s), while highs for Wednesday and Thursday look to be be within a few degrees of average. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Sunday Afternoon) Issued at 1224 PM CDT Sat Jun 20 2020 Terminals KABR,KATY,KPIR,KMBG VFR conditions are expected through the period except in thunderstorms. Showers and thunderstorms will develop this afternoon near KMBG and KABR and then move east through the evening. Some may contain hail or strong, gusty winds. && .ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...None. MN...None. && SHORT TERM...Wise LONG TERM...Telken AVIATION...Wise
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 4:25 AM CDT, 13 hours 26 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 425 AM CDT Sat Jun 20 2020 MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-210930- Traverse-Big Stone-Corson-Campbell-McPherson-Brown-Marshall-Roberts- Walworth-Edmunds-Day-Dewey-Potter-Faulk-Spink-Clark-Codington-Grant- Hamlin-Deuel-Stanley-Sully-Hughes-Hyde-Hand-Jones-Lyman-Buffalo- 425 AM CDT Sat Jun 20 2020 /325 AM MDT Sat Jun 20 2020/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for west central Minnesota, central South Dakota, north central South Dakota and northeast South Dakota. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are expected by mid afternoon across central South Dakota, moving east-southeast across eastern South Dakota into the early evening hours. Severe storms are possible, with large hail and strong winds being the main threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Thunderstorms are expected across the area again Sunday into Sunday night. Strong storms are possible across northeast South Dakota and west central Minnesota, with hail and gusty winds. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be requested. Weather spotters are encouraged to submit reports to the National Weather Service in Aberdeen. The public can submit reports on our web page, Facebook page, or our Twitter feed. TMT
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Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 20, 2:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Hughes | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Campbell | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell | 35 min |
| Jun 20, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes, Hyde, Sully | 16 min |
| Jun 20, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes | 28 min |
| Jun 20, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Brown | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | McPherson | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Brown | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Lyman | 36 min |
| Jun 20, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Lyman | 28 min |
| Jun 20, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Lyman | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Spink | 27 min |
| Jun 20, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Day, Marshall | 49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.