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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Aberdeen, SD

May 12, 2022Buffalo County, Lyman County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2022, 1:13 AM CDT for Buffalo County, Lyman County, South Dakota. It was in force for 47 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
May 12, 2022, 1:13 AM CDT (06:13 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2022, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
2.0 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 06:16 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 00:00Z, 6.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2022-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 482 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 2022-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 228 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
482 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
328 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.1

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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 May 12, 12:39 AM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 12:39 AM CDT, 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 8:31 PM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
831 PM CDT Wed May 11 2022

SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-033>037-051-130145-
Corson-Campbell-McPherson-Walworth-Edmunds-Dewey-Potter-Faulk-
Stanley-Sully-Hughes-Hyde-Hand-Buffalo-
831 PM CDT Wed May 11 2022 /731 PM MDT Wed May 11 2022/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central South Dakota and
north central South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Overnight storms will also pose an isolated risk of severe weather,
with the highest chance of strong winds and hail being over north
central South Dakota.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

A few strong storms will be possible mid afternoon Thursday. Small
hail will be the primary threat.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-018>023-130145-
Traverse-Big Stone-Brown-Marshall-Roberts-Day-Spink-Clark-Codington-
Grant-Hamlin-Deuel-
831 PM CDT Wed May 11 2022

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

A few strong storms will be possible overnight. Small hail will be
the primary threat with the strongest storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Strong to severe storms are possible Thursday from mid afternoon into
the early evening hours. All severe modes appear possible including
large hail, strong winds and isolated tornadoes.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

SDZ045-048-130145-
Jones-Lyman-
831 PM CDT Wed May 11 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

KF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRLyman48 min
May 12, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRLyman64 min
May 12, 1:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRStanley27 min
May 12, 1:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRSully20 min
May 12, 1:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRLyman23 min
May 12, 3:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABRCorson, Dewey56 min
May 12, 3:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRHamlin25 min
May 12, 3:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington, Deuel, Hamlin55 min
May 12, 3:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABRCorson, Dewey48 min
May 12, 4:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABRCorson, Dewey54 min
May 12, 4:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABRCampbell, Corson, Walworth56 min
May 12, 4:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDeuel, Grant34 min
May 12, 5:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Codington, Hamlin25 min
May 12, 5:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRCampbell, Walworth57 min
May 12, 5:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABREdmunds, McPherson35 min
May 12, 2:03 PM CDTWind AdvisoryABRCampbell, Corson, Dewey, Walworth13 hr
May 12, 2:58 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningABRCodington20 hr
May 12, 3:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningABRCorson6 hr
May 12, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABRFaulk, Hand, Spink45 min
May 12, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABREdmunds, Faulk, Hand50 min
May 12, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatABRClark, Codington, Hamlin, Spink59 min
May 12, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningABRClark, Spink33 min
May 12, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRHughes, Sully30 min
May 12, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningABRClark, Codington26 min
May 12, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatABRCodington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin54 min
May 12, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABRBrown, Edmunds, Faulk, McPherson, Spink53 min
May 12, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningABRClark, Codington34 min
May 12, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatABRBrown, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant and 3 more54 min
May 12, 5:52 PM CDTTornado WarningABRCodington, Day, Grant, Hamlin23 min
May 12, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningABRClark, Codington, Day29 min
May 12, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningABRCodington, Deuel, Grant, Roberts27 min
May 12, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningABRBrown, Clark, Day, Spink26 min
May 12, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningABRCodington, Day, Grant, Roberts19 min
May 12, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatABRGrant, Roberts58 min
May 12, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningABRGrant, Roberts36 min
May 12, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABRBrown, Day, Marshall, Roberts47 min
May 12, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningABRDay, Marshall31 min
May 12, 6:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABREdmunds, Faulk26 min
May 12, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningABRRoberts22 min
May 12, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningABRMarshall16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.