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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 2024, 9:41 PM CDT for Campbell County, McPherson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 21 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 28, 2024, 9:41 PM CDT (02:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2024, 10:02 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Campbell County, SD, McPherson County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2577 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1173 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Aug 28, 9:19 PM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 9:19 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 609 AM CDT Wed Aug 28 2024 SDZ003>011-015>020-022-036-037-051-291115- Corson-Campbell-McPherson-Brown-Marshall-Roberts-Walworth-Edmunds- Day-Dewey-Potter-Faulk-Spink-Clark-Codington-Hamlin-Hyde-Hand- Buffalo- 609 AM CDT Wed Aug 28 2024 /509 AM MDT Wed Aug 28 2024/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central South Dakota, north central South Dakota and northeast South Dakota. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. There is a slight risk, or level 2 out of 5, of severe weather late this afternoon through tonight. The main threats with the strongest storms will be hail of 2" or more in diameter and winds gusting over 60 mph. A tornado or two will be possible initially late this afternoon into early this evening over central South Dakota. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed late this afternoon and tonight. 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 X feed. SDZ033>035-045-048-291115- Stanley-Sully-Hughes-Jones-Lyman- 609 AM CDT Wed Aug 28 2024 /509 AM MDT Wed Aug 28 2024/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central South Dakota. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Temperatures will rise into the 90s over central SD, with heat index values nearing 100 degrees over portions of south central South Dakota this afternoon. There is a slight risk, or level 2 out of 5, of severe weather late this afternoon through tonight. The main threats with the strongest storms will be hail of 2" or more in diameter and winds gusting over 60 mph. A tornado or two will be possible initially late this afternoon into early this evening over central South Dakota. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed late this afternoon and tonight. 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 X feed. MNZ039-046-SDZ021-023-291115- Traverse-Big Stone-Grant-Deuel- 609 AM CDT Wed Aug 28 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for west central Minnesota and northeast South Dakota. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. There is a marginal risk, or level 1 out of 5, of severe weather Thursday afternoon. The main threats with the strongest storms will be hail of around 1" or winds gusting over 60 mph. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. KF
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 28, 7:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
731 PM CDT Wed Aug 28 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0608 PM Hail 5 E Walker 45.90N 100.98W
08/28/2024 E1.00 Inch Corson SD Public
Time estimated by radar.
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BCLocal storm report, Aug 28, 7:41 PM CDT, 2 hours before
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Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson | 27 min |
| Aug 28, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson | 48 min |
| Aug 28, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson | 35 min |
| Aug 28, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Campbell | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Campbell | 32 min |
| Aug 28, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Campbell, McPherson | 20 min |
| Aug 28, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, McPherson | 47 min |
| Aug 28, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | McPherson | 32 min |
| Aug 29, 6:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | McPherson | 25 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.