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Special Weather Statement, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 27, 2021Faulk County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this special weather statement at Jun 27, 2021, 5:48 PM CDT for Faulk County, South Dakota. It was in force for 12 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jun 27, 2021, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 12 min
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD

County Faulk County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 252 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 204 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1015 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 27, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 3:14 AM CDT, 14 hours 34 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
314 AM CDT Sun Jun 27 2021

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-280815-
Traverse-Big Stone-Corson-Campbell-McPherson-Brown-Marshall-Roberts-
Walworth-Edmunds-Day-Dewey-Potter-Faulk-Spink-Clark-Codington-Grant-
Hamlin-Deuel-Stanley-Sully-Hughes-Hyde-Hand-Jones-Lyman-Buffalo-
314 AM CDT Sun Jun 27 2021 /214 AM MDT Sun Jun 27 2021/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for west central Minnesota,
central South Dakota, north central South Dakota and northeast
South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms are
expected. The main threat would be lightning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Isolated to scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms are
possible. Lighting is the main threat.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:17 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
517 PM CDT Sun Jun 27 2021

SDZ004-272245-
Campbell SD-
517 PM CDT Sun Jun 27 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CAMPBELL COUNTY
UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

At 517 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles southwest of Zeeland, or 19 miles northwest of Eureka, moving
southeast at 25 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Artas.

LAT...LON 4594 9972 4586 9972 4571 9983 4587 10009
      4594 10005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 298DEG 23KT 4592 9997

KF

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:48 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
548 PM CDT Sun Jun 27 2021

SDZ037-272300-
Hand SD-
548 PM CDT Sun Jun 27 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN HAND COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM
CDT...

At 547 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Rockham, or 15 miles southeast of Faulkton, moving southeast at 10
mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northern Hand
County.

LAT...LON 4488 9883 4479 9893 4489 9899 4490 9897
      4490 9890
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 303DEG 10KT 4487 9892

KF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 5:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Campbell	28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.