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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 5, 2022Lyman County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2022, 6:54 PM CDT for Lyman County, South Dakota. It was in force for 51 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 5, 2022, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2022, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Lyman County, SD

The radar

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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 5, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

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 5, 6:28 PM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 6:28 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 3:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
335 PM CDT Fri Aug 5 2022

MNZ039-046-SDZ005>008-010-011-016>023-033>037-045-048-051-062045-
Traverse-Big Stone-McPherson-Brown-Marshall-Roberts-Edmunds-Day-
Potter-Faulk-Spink-Clark-Codington-Grant-Hamlin-Deuel-Stanley-Sully-
Hughes-Hyde-Hand-Jones-Lyman-Buffalo-
335 PM CDT Fri Aug 5 2022 /235 PM MDT Fri Aug 5 2022/

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Isolated to scattered storms are expected overnight. A few of those
storms could become severe with large hail and strong winds being the
main threats. Heat indices will remain high until mid-evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected through Sunday, but
severe weather is NOT anticipated.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be requested. Weather spotters are encouraged
to submit reports to the National Weather Service in Aberdeen. The
public can submit reports on our web page, Facebook page, or our
Twitter feed.

SDZ003-004-009-015-062045-
Corson-Campbell-Walworth-Dewey-
335 PM CDT Fri Aug 5 2022 /235 PM MDT Fri Aug 5 2022/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected through Sunday, but
severe weather is NOT anticipated.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected through Sunday, but
severe weather is NOT anticipated.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be requested. Weather spotters are encouraged
to submit reports to the National Weather Service in Aberdeen. The
public can submit reports on our web page, Facebook page, or our
Twitter feed.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 5, 5:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 5, 6:03 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 5, 6:30 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 5, 6:35 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 5, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Jones, Lyman, Stanley	42 min
Aug 5, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hughes, Sully	47 min
Aug 5, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Jones, Lyman	49 min
Aug 5, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hughes, Hyde, Sully	39 min
Aug 5, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABR	Hughes, Jones, Lyman	47 min
Aug 5, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABR	Faulk, Hand, Hyde	51 min
Aug 5, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABR	Faulk, Hyde, Potter, Sully	48 min
Aug 5, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABR	Brown, Spink	48 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.