Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2022

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Aberdeen, SD

April 23, 2022Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota; Roberts County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2022, 1:21 PM CDT for Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota; Roberts County, South Dakota. It was in force for 24 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: Apr 23, 2022, 1:21 PM CDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2022, 1:45 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Roberts County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 23, 12:55 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-p

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: 569 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -163 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 778 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

027 
WUUS53 KABR 231821
SVRABR
MNC011-155-SDC109-231845-
/O.NEW.KABR.SV.W.0021.220423T1821Z-220423T1845Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
121 PM CDT Sat Apr 23 2022

The National Weather Service in Aberdeen has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Traverse County in west central Minnesota...
  Northwestern Big Stone County in west central Minnesota...
  Central Roberts County in northeastern South Dakota...

* Until 145 PM CDT.

* At 121 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Peever, or 8
  miles southeast of Sisseton, moving north at 80 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...
  Sisseton, Dakota Connection & Casino and Lake Traverse Housing 
  Units around 125 PM CDT.
  New Effington and Victor around 135 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for west central
Minnesota...and northeastern South Dakota.

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

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for west central
Minnesota...and northeastern South Dakota.

&&

LAT...LON 4541 9682 4543 9705 4594 9715 4593 9670
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 183DEG 69KT 4557 9693 

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

$$

Connelly

1 follow-up statement

586 
WWUS53 KABR 231836
SVSABR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
136 PM CDT Sat Apr 23 2022

MNC011-155-231846-
/O.CAN.KABR.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220423T1845Z/
Traverse MN-Big Stone MN-
136 PM CDT Sat Apr 23 2022

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TRAVERSE AND
NORTHWESTERN BIG STONE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for northeastern
South Dakota.

LAT...LON 4567 9681 4561 9694 4568 9704 4594 9715
      4593 9670
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 183DEG 61KT 4570 9692 

$$

SDC109-231845-
/O.CON.KABR.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220423T1845Z/
Roberts SD-
136 PM CDT Sat Apr 23 2022

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN ROBERTS COUNTY...

At 136 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dakota
Connection & Casino, or near Sisseton, moving north at 70 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...
  New Effington and Victor.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for northeastern
South Dakota.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4567 9681 4561 9694 4568 9704 4594 9715
      4593 9670
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 183DEG 61KT 4570 9692 

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

$$

Connelly

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 22, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hand	31 min
Apr 22, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Buffalo, Hand	45 min
Apr 22, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hand, Hyde	38 min
Apr 22, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hand	48 min
Apr 22, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Dewey, Stanley	47 min
Apr 22, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hand, Spink	40 min
Apr 22, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABR	Dewey	46 min
Apr 22, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hand, Spink	41 min
Apr 22, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Spink	33 min
Apr 22, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Faulk, Hand, Spink	44 min
Apr 22, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Faulk, Hand, Spink	31 min
Apr 22, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Brown, Spink	18 min
Apr 22, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Faulk, Hand, Spink	48 min
Apr 22, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Corson, Dewey	37 min
Apr 23, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABR	Brown, Edmunds, Faulk, Spink	43 min
Apr 23, 1:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Dewey	26 min
Apr 23, 1:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Campbell	33 min
Apr 23, 1:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Campbell	42 min
Apr 23, 2:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Dewey	26 min
Apr 23, 2:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Stanley	50 min
Apr 23, 3:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Brown	38 min
Apr 23, 1:24 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	ABR	Brown, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant and 4 more	6 hr
Apr 23, 1:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Marshall, Roberts	16 min
Apr 23, 2:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Edmunds, McPherson	25 min
Apr 23, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Campbell, Corson	15 min
Apr 23, 3:47 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	ABR	Corson, Dewey	15 hr
Apr 23, 3:49 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ABR	Clark, Codington, Corson, Day, Deuel, Dewey and 4 more	27 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2022 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2022 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2022

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.