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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Aberdeen, SD

July 21, 2025Corson County, Dewey County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2025, 9:38 PM MDT for Corson County, Dewey County, South Dakota. It was in force for 37 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 21, 2025, 9:38 PM MDT (03:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2025, 10:15 PM MDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Corson County, SD, Dewey County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:40 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
Jul 21, 9:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

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 Jul 21, 7:52 PM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 7:52 PM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 8:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABRCorson, Dewey52 min
Jul 21, 10:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABRCampbell, Corson, Dewey, Walworth48 min
Jul 21, 10:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Corson, McPherson, Walworth55 min
Jul 21, 11:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABREdmunds, Potter, Walworth45 min
Jul 21, 11:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABREdmunds, McPherson59 min
Jul 22, 12:07 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABRCorson38 min
Jul 22, 12:29 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Potter46 min
Jul 22, 12:40 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABRBrown50 min
Jul 22, 1:10 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABRWalworth50 min
Jul 22, 1:36 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABRDewey, Potter, Walworth3 hr
Jul 22, 1:40 AM MDTHeat AdvisoryABRBrown, Buffalo, Clark, Codington, Deuel, Dewey and 14 more16 hr
Jul 22, 4:37 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningABRDewey, Potter, Walworth4 hr
Jul 22, 9:26 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown35 min
Jul 22, 2:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABREdmunds, Hughes, Potter, Sully36 min
Jul 22, 3:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Lyman, Stanley48 min
Jul 22, 3:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABREdmunds35 min
Jul 22, 3:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABRFaulk18 min
Jul 22, 5:46 PM MDTTornado WarningABRTraverse44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2025Every severe thunderstorm 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.