Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2021, 7:01 AM CDT for Grant County, South Dakota. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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 28, 2021, 7:01 AM CDT (12:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2021, 7:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Grant County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 7:33 AM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 2 W Milbank, SD | HAILED FOR 5 TO 10 MINUTES. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -334 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 558 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
993
WUUS53 KABR 281201
SVRABR
SDC051-281245-
/O.NEW.KABR.SV.W.0150.210828T1201Z-210828T1245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
701 AM CDT Sat Aug 28 2021
The National Weather Service in Aberdeen has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Grant County in northeastern South Dakota...
* Until 745 AM CDT.
* At 700 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Marvin, or 13
miles west of Milbank, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Twin Brooks around 710 AM CDT.
Milbank around 720 AM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Big
Stone City and Ortonville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4517 9697 4531 9694 4533 9674 4533 9647
4530 9645 4517 9646
TIME...MOT...LOC 1200Z 261DEG 33KT 4527 9691
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Lueck1 follow-up statement
249
WWUS53 KABR 281228
SVSABR
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
728 AM CDT Sat Aug 28 2021
SDC051-281245-
/O.CON.KABR.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-210828T1245Z/
Grant SD-
728 AM CDT Sat Aug 28 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY...
At 728 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Milbank, moving
east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Big Stone City and Ortonville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This storm is producing large hail. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy
structure and stay away from windows.
&&
LAT...LON 4520 9676 4533 9675 4533 9647 4530 9645
4520 9646
TIME...MOT...LOC 1228Z 262DEG 30KT 4529 9662
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
LueckThe office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Walworth | 31 min |
| Aug 28, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey, Walworth | 40 min |
| Aug 28, 2:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Edmunds, Walworth | 66 min |
| Aug 28, 2:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Corson | 26 min |
| Aug 28, 3:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds, McPherson | 26 min |
| Aug 28, 3:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Campbell | 24 min |
| Aug 28, 3:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Edmunds | 47 min |
| Aug 28, 3:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Campbell | 33 min |
| Aug 28, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Spink | 63 min |
| Aug 28, 4:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Campbell | 30 min |
| Aug 28, 4:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Walworth | 36 min |
| Aug 28, 4:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey | 39 min |
| Aug 28, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Clark, Codington, Day, Spink | 65 min |
| Aug 28, 5:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Dewey | 16 min |
| Aug 28, 5:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Walworth | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 6:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Edmunds, Potter, Walworth | 37 min |
| Aug 28, 6:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Day, Grant | 60 min |
| Aug 28, 6:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Potter | 35 min |
| Aug 28, 6:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Edmunds, Faulk | 35 min |
| Aug 28, 6:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Brown | 33 min |
| Aug 28, 7:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown | 16 min |
| Aug 28, 7:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds | 36 min |
| Aug 28, 7:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Grant, Roberts | 30 min |
| Aug 28, 7:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Brown | 37 min |
| Aug 28, 8:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Day | 36 min |
| Aug 28, 8:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Day, Grant, Roberts | 30 min |
| Aug 28, 8:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Roberts | 48 min |
| Aug 28, 8:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Grant, Roberts | 33 min |
| Aug 28, 8:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Grant, Roberts | 25 min |
| Aug 28, 9:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Grant, Roberts | 31 min |
| Aug 28, 9:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Grant, Roberts | 44 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.