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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 7, 2021Brown County, Spink County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2021, 11:01 PM CDT for Brown County, Spink County, South Dakota. It was in force for 44 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 7, 2021, 11:01 PM CDT (04:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2021, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Brown County, SD, Spink County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2053 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
2053 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1417 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

As transmitted.

103 
WUUS53 KABR 080401
SVRABR
SDC013-115-080445-
/O.NEW.KABR.SV.W.0089.210808T0401Z-210808T0445Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
1101 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

The National Weather Service in Aberdeen has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Brown County in northeastern South Dakota...
  North central Spink County in northeastern South Dakota...

* Until 1145 PM CDT.

* At 1101 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bath, or 7
  miles southeast of Aberdeen, moving southeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Stratford around 1110 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Ferney.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4542 9845 4555 9844 4541 9799 4517 9817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 295DEG 19KT 4541 9833 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Wise
1 follow-up statement
157 
WWUS53 KABR 080422
SVSABR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
1122 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

SDC013-115-080445-
/O.CON.KABR.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-210808T0445Z/
Brown SD-Spink SD-
1122 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BROWN AND NORTH CENTRAL SPINK COUNTIES...

At 1122 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ferney, or 7
miles southwest of Groton, moving southeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
  Groton and Ferney.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4529 9830 4547 9818 4541 9799 4517 9817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0422Z 295DEG 19KT 4536 9819 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Wise

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, McPherson40 min
Aug 7, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown49 min
Aug 7, 8:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRBrown36 min
Aug 7, 8:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRBrown27 min
Aug 7, 9:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRBrown23 min
Aug 7, 10:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRBrown36 min
Aug 7, 10:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRSpink37 min
Aug 7, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Clark, Day, Spink50 min
Aug 8, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark49 min
Aug 8, 3:37 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningABRClark, Day5 hr
Aug 8, 5:02 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningABRClark, Codington, Grant4 hr

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.