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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Aberdeen, SD

July 3, 2023Codington County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2023, 11:43 PM CDT for Codington County, South Dakota. It was in force for 26 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
Jul 3, 2023, 11:43 PM CDT (04:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2023, 12:09 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Codington County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 283 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2023-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3291 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2023-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1395 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRWalworth33 min
Jul 3, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk, Potter25 min
Jul 3, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk, Hand, Hyde, Potter42 min
Jul 3, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Spink23 min
Jul 3, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Jones, Stanley22 min
Jul 4, 12:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRFaulk28 min
Jul 4, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRLyman29 min
Jul 4, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRJones, Stanley58 min
Jul 4, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds, Faulk15 min
Jul 4, 2:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRWalworth26 min
Jul 4, 5:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRDeuel, Hamlin50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.