Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 2021, 8:50 AM CDT for Grant County, Roberts County, South Dakota. It was in force for 25 min. 2 reports 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, 8:50 AM CDT (13:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2021, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Grant County, SD, Roberts County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 9:15 AM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 3 Nw Milbank, SD | RELAYED THROUGH GRANT CO EM. |
| Aug 28, 9:19 AM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Milbank, SD |
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, 7:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.
343
WFUS53 KABR 281350
TORABR
SDC051-109-281415-
/O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0007.210828T1350Z-210828T1415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
850 AM CDT Sat Aug 28 2021
The National Weather Service in Aberdeen has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Roberts County in northeastern South Dakota...
Northern Grant County in northeastern South Dakota...
* Until 915 AM CDT.
* At 850 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Marvin, or 17 miles west of Milbank, moving east
at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Marvin around 855 AM CDT.
Twin Brooks around 905 AM CDT.
Corona around 910 AM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include
Milbank.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4515 9701 4515 9707 4525 9712 4540 9668
4522 9656
TIME...MOT...LOC 1350Z 252DEG 37KT 4522 9698
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
$$
Lueck1 follow-up statement
894
WWUS53 KABR 281404
SVSABR
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
904 AM CDT Sat Aug 28 2021
SDC051-109-281415-
/O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210828T1415Z/
Roberts SD-Grant SD-
904 AM CDT Sat Aug 28 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ROBERTS AND NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTIES...
At 904 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Twin Brooks, or 7 miles west of Milbank, moving east
at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Milbank.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4516 9697 4528 9704 4540 9668 4522 9656
TIME...MOT...LOC 1404Z 261DEG 31KT 4523 9678
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
$$
SDThe 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, 7:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Grant | 44 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, 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.