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Extreme Cold Warning 1, NWS Aberdeen, SD

January 18, 202526 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this extreme cold warning at Jan 18, 2025, 1:36 PM CST for 26 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 20, 2025, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 36 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 18, 2025, 1:36 PM CST (19:36 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 20, 2025, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 21, 2025, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD

All 28 counties

Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Corson County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Dewey County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 18, 1:36 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	ABR	Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more	70 hr

Nearby

Extreme Cold Warnings in South Dakota, 2025 Extreme Cold Warnings in Minnesota, 2025 Every extreme cold warning in 2025

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.