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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Aberdeen, SD

May 19, 2024Dewey County, Stanley County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2024, 4:07 PM MDT for Dewey County, Stanley County, South Dakota. It was in force for 68 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 19, 2024, 4:07 PM MDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2024, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Dewey County, SD, Stanley County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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
May 19, 12:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2024-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2024-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 19, 1:20 PM MDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 1:20 PM MDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 2:56 AM MDT, 13 hours 11 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
356 AM CDT Sun May 19 2024

SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-200900-
Corson-Campbell-McPherson-Brown-Marshall-Roberts-Walworth-Edmunds-
Day-Dewey-Potter-Faulk-Spink-Clark-Codington-Grant-Hamlin-Deuel-
Stanley-Sully-Hughes-Hyde-Hand-Jones-Lyman-Buffalo-
356 AM CDT Sun May 19 2024 /256 AM MDT Sun May 19 2024/

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Showers and thunderstorms are possible late this afternoon into this
evening. A few storms could become strong to severe with the main
threats being quarter sized hail and wind gusts between 60-70 mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.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.

MNZ039-046-200900-
Traverse-Big Stone-
356 AM CDT Sun May 19 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for west central Minnesota.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Showers and thunderstorms are possible late this afternoon into this
evening. While organized severe weather is not anticipated, some of
these storms could produce pea to nickel sized hail and wind gusts
between 40-50 mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 10:42 AM MDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 4:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABRStanley36 min
May 19, 4:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Stanley, Sully55 min
May 19, 4:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRStanley46 min
May 19, 5:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABRDewey15 min
May 19, 5:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey47 min
May 19, 5:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABRDewey41 min
May 19, 5:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Potter, Sully42 min
May 19, 5:41 PM MDTTornado WarningABRDewey34 min
May 19, 5:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Stanley41 min
May 19, 5:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2024Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2024

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.