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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 23, 2021Corson County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2021, 7:42 PM MDT for Corson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 23, 2021, 7:42 PM MDT (01:42 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2021, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Corson County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2021-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2021-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2391 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
508 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

578 
WUUS53 KABR 240142
SVRABR
SDC031-240230-
/O.NEW.KABR.SV.W.0111.210824T0142Z-210824T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
742 PM MDT Mon Aug 23 2021

The National Weather Service in Aberdeen has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Corson County in north central South Dakota...

* Until 830 PM MDT.

* At 742 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Shambo Ranch,
  or 32 miles north of Dupree, moving northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Black Horse and Mcintosh.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4594 10169 4594 10099 4547 10148 4548 10193
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 214DEG 35KT 4552 10173 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

TDK
1 follow-up statement
495 
WWUS53 KABR 240234
SVSABR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
834 PM MDT Mon Aug 23 2021

SDC031-240244-
/O.EXP.KABR.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-210824T0230Z/
Corson SD-
834 PM MDT Mon Aug 23 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN CORSON COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4594 10169 4594 10099 4547 10148 4548 10193
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 214DEG 35KT 4591 10135 

$$

TDK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 6:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey48 min
Aug 23, 8:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson, Dewey47 min
Aug 23, 8:39 PM MDTTornado WarningABRCorson25 min
Aug 23, 9:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Corson, Dewey, Walworth59 min
Aug 23, 9:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Potter, Walworth43 min
Aug 23, 9:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABRCampbell30 min
Aug 23, 9:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Potter, Walworth64 min
Aug 23, 10:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABRCampbell43 min
Aug 23, 10:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABRFaulk, Potter54 min
Aug 23, 11:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Edmunds, McPherson59 min
Aug 23, 11:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABRBrown, Day, Marshall64 min
Aug 24, 12:05 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand, Spink55 min
Aug 24, 1:52 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABRGrant68 min
Aug 24, 5:06 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABRDay, Roberts24 min
Aug 24, 5:50 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABRGrant25 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.