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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 8, 2021Corson County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2021, 5:54 PM MDT for Corson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 51 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
Jun 8, 2021, 5:54 PM MDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2021, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
51 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), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 534 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 267 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
534 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-518 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1161 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

935 
WUUS53 KABR 082354
SVRABR
SDC031-090045-
/O.NEW.KABR.SV.W.0016.210608T2354Z-210609T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
554 PM MDT Tue Jun 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Aberdeen has issued a

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

* Until 645 PM MDT.

* At 553 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles northwest
  of Shambo Ranch, or 21 miles south of Lemmon, moving east at 25
  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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northwestern Corson County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4574 10200 4587 10172 4558 10162 4552 10200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 255DEG 20KT 4564 10201 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Lueck
2 follow-up statements
819 
WWUS53 KABR 090021
SVSABR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
621 PM MDT Tue Jun 8 2021

SDC031-090045-
/O.CON.KABR.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210609T0045Z/
Corson SD-
621 PM MDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL CORSON COUNTY...

At 621 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Shambo Ranch,
or 25 miles southeast of Lemmon, moving east at 15 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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of west
central Corson County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4568 10196 4579 10169 4558 10162 4553 10196
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 268DEG 14KT 4562 10188 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Lueck
011 
WWUS53 KABR 090036
SVSABR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
636 PM MDT Tue Jun 8 2021

SDC031-090045-
/O.EXP.KABR.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210609T0045Z/
Corson SD-
636 PM MDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CORSON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM MDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  However small
hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this
thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4568 10196 4579 10169 4558 10162 4553 10196
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 255DEG 20KT 4564 10178 

$$

Lueck

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 6:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Corson56 min
Jun 7, 7:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell49 min
Jun 7, 11:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABRRoberts57 min
Jun 8, 3:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABRCorson26 min
Jun 8, 3:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson45 min
Jun 8, 4:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABRDewey27 min
Jun 8, 4:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson42 min
Jun 8, 4:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson, Dewey44 min
Jun 8, 5:11 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchABRCorson, Dewey4 hr
Jun 8, 5:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABRCorson33 min
Jun 8, 5:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson, Dewey52 min

Nearby

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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.