Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2022
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2022, 6:17 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Lyman County, South Dakota. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2022, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Buffalo County, SD, Lyman County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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 nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 641 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -534 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 2, 2:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 2:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 5:07 AM CDT, 13 hours 10 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 507 AM CDT Tue Aug 2 2022 MNZ039-046-SDZ008-018-019-021>023-037-048-051-031015- Traverse-Big Stone-Roberts-Spink-Clark-Grant-Hamlin-Deuel-Hand-Lyman- Buffalo- 507 AM CDT Tue Aug 2 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for west central Minnesota, central South Dakota and northeast South Dakota. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. High humidity heat is expected today mainly throughout the James and Big Sioux River valleys where heat index values could reach or exceed 100 degrees. Much of the region west of the James River valley is where low humidity heat is expected today, creating elevated fire weather conditions this afternoon. An isolated to widely scattered strong thunderstorm is possible late tonight, mainly over portions of the Prairie Coteau of northeast South Dakota into western Minnesota. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. The next best chance for thunderstorms shows up in the forecast Friday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. SDZ003-015-031015- Corson-Dewey- 407 AM MDT Tue Aug 2 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central South Dakota. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Low humidity heat and the strongest west winds are expected here today, creating Red Flag fire weather conditions this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. The next best chance for thunderstorms shows up in the forecast Friday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. SDZ004>007-009>011-016-017-020-033>036-045-031015- Campbell-McPherson-Brown-Marshall-Walworth-Edmunds-Day-Potter-Faulk- Codington-Stanley-Sully-Hughes-Hyde-Jones- 507 AM CDT Tue Aug 2 2022 /407 AM MDT Tue Aug 2 2022/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central South Dakota, north central South Dakota and northeast South Dakota. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. High humidity heat is expected today mainly throughout the James and Big Sioux River valleys where heat index values could reach or exceed 100 degrees. Much of the region west of the James River valley is where low humidity heat is expected today, creating elevated fire weather conditions this afternoon. An isolated to widely scattered strong thunderstorm is possible late tonight, mainly over portions of the Prairie Coteau of northeast South Dakota into western Minnesota. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. The next best chance for thunderstorms shows up in the forecast Friday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. Dorn
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 3:51 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | ABR | Buffalo, Clark, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin, Hand and 3 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | ABR | Corson, Dewey | 16 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.