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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 5, 2021Deuel County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2021, 3:30 PM CDT for Deuel County, South Dakota. It was in force for 45 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 5, 2021, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2021, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Deuel County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2021-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 370 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2021-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
370 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-249 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1351 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

614 
WUUS53 KABR 052030
SVRABR
SDC039-052115-
/O.NEW.KABR.SV.W.0082.210805T2030Z-210805T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
330 PM CDT Thu Aug 5 2021

The National Weather Service in Aberdeen has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Deuel County in northeastern South Dakota...

* Until 415 PM CDT.

* At 330 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lake Cochrane
  Rec Area, or 8 miles southeast of Clear Lake, 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 be near...
  Lake Cochrane Rec Area around 335 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4454 9650 4468 9671 4476 9665 4477 9645
      4454 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 286DEG 13KT 4468 9653 

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

$$

KF
1 follow-up statement
060 
WWUS53 KABR 052044
SVSABR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
344 PM CDT Thu Aug 5 2021

SDC039-052115-
/O.CON.KABR.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-210805T2115Z/
Deuel SD-
344 PM CDT Thu Aug 5 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN DEUEL COUNTY...

At 344 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lake Cochrane
Rec Area, or 8 miles southeast of Clear Lake, moving east at 5 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...
  Lake Cochrane Rec Area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4457 9651 4469 9663 4473 9658 4473 9645
      4454 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 282DEG 6KT 4469 9653 

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

$$

KF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRDeuel31 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.