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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 5, 20224 counties in South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2022, 10:52 PM CDT for 4 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 38 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, 10:52 PM CDT (03:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2022, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Codington County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 5, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 114 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2022-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2519 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2022-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2519 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.3

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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, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 6:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 3:35 PM CDT, 7 hours 17 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, 5 hours 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABREdmunds, Faulk51 min
Aug 5, 7:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRJones, Lyman6 hr
Aug 5, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Day, Marshall48 min
Aug 5, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Edmunds30 min
Aug 5, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABRBrown41 min
Aug 5, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABRDay, Marshall30 min
Aug 5, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Marshall39 min
Aug 5, 8:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRFaulk26 min
Aug 5, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk, Spink44 min
Aug 5, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABRFaulk, Spink48 min
Aug 5, 9:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRClark34 min
Aug 5, 10:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRDay25 min
Aug 5, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRCodington31 min
Aug 5, 10:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRCodington31 min
Aug 6, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant, Roberts64 min
Aug 6, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant14 min
Aug 6, 1:28 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningABRJones, Lyman9 hr
Aug 6, 1:34 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningABRGrant, Roberts6 hr
Aug 6, 1:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRDewey, Potter, Stanley, Sully6 hr
Aug 6, 3:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRDay43 min
Aug 5, 9:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRBig Stone30 min
Aug 6, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBig Stone26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2022Every 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.