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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 26, 2021Clark County, Hamlin County, Spink County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2021, 9:22 AM CDT for Clark County, Hamlin County, Spink County, South Dakota. It was in force for 38 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 2021, 9:22 AM CDT (14:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2021, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Spink County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:26 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 26, 9:32 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGWillow Lake, SDTREE DOWN ON A HOUSE IN WILLOW LAKE. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.
Aug 26, 9:40 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 60Mayfield Colony, SD60 MPH WINDS AT MAYFIELD COLONY.
Aug 26, 9:54 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 606 W Hayti, SDPEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL. ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH.
Aug 26, 10:02 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 613 Ene Hayti, SDPERSONAL WEATHER STATION. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 26, 9:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 70 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2021-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2021-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 365 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
365 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
490 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

639 
WUUS53 KABR 261422
SVRABR
SDC025-057-115-261500-
/O.NEW.KABR.SV.W.0129.210826T1422Z-210826T1500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
922 AM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Aberdeen has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Hamlin County in northeastern South Dakota...
  Southern Clark County in northeastern South Dakota...
  Southeastern Spink County in northeastern South Dakota...

* Until 1000 AM CDT.

* At 921 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Willow Lake,
  or 15 miles south of Clark, moving east at 45 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Willow Lake around 930 AM CDT.
  Mayfield Colony around 935 AM CDT.
  Vienna around 940 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Bryant, Kellerton Church, Hamlin Education Center, Lake Norden, Hayti
and Lake Albert.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Aberdeen.

&&

LAT...LON 4454 9714 4454 9785 4463 9786 4463 9813
      4474 9798 4474 9711
TIME...MOT...LOC 1421Z 272DEG 37KT 4466 9776 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

SD
1 follow-up statement
960 
WWUS53 KABR 261440
SVSABR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
940 AM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021

SDC115-261449-
/O.CAN.KABR.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-210826T1500Z/
Spink SD-
940 AM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SPINK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 300 PM CDT for
northeastern South Dakota.

LAT...LON 4454 9714 4454 9785 4463 9786 4463 9796
      4474 9777 4474 9711
TIME...MOT...LOC 1439Z 272DEG 37KT 4465 9750 

$$

SDC025-057-261500-
/O.CON.KABR.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-210826T1500Z/
Hamlin SD-Clark SD-
940 AM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMLIN AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTIES...

At 939 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Vienna, or 19
miles southeast of Clark, moving east at 45 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
  Kellerton Church, Hamlin Education Center, Lake Norden, Hayti and 
  Lake Albert.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Aberdeen.

&&

LAT...LON 4454 9714 4454 9785 4463 9786 4463 9796
      4474 9777 4474 9711
TIME...MOT...LOC 1439Z 272DEG 37KT 4465 9750 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

SD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 3:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson58 min
Aug 26, 4:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson46 min
Aug 26, 5:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRCampbell, Dewey, Walworth53 min
Aug 26, 7:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABREdmunds, Faulk26 min
Aug 26, 7:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk, Hand43 min
Aug 26, 8:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk, Hand, Hyde44 min
Aug 26, 8:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk, Spink49 min
Aug 26, 8:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay, Marshall, Roberts57 min
Aug 26, 8:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand, Spink36 min
Aug 26, 8:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Spink45 min
Aug 26, 9:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRRoberts46 min
Aug 26, 9:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Codington, Hamlin49 min
Aug 26, 9:50 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningABRBrown, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant and 4 more5 hr
Aug 26, 9:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant, Roberts33 min
Aug 26, 9:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDeuel, Hamlin62 min
Aug 26, 10:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin60 min
Aug 26, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRRoberts23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.