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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2025, 12:17 AM CDT for Hand County, South Dakota. It was in force for 38 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 22, 2025, 12:17 AM CDT (05:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2025, 12:55 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Hand County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 2017 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1254 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.3
- Supercell composite
- -6.1
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 Aug 21, 8:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 8:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 144 PM CDT Thu Aug 21 2025 MNZ039-046-SDZ005>008-010-011-016>023-033>037-045-048-051-221845- Traverse-Big Stone-McPherson-Brown-Marshall-Roberts-Edmunds-Day- Potter-Faulk-Spink-Clark-Codington-Grant-Hamlin-Deuel-Stanley-Sully- Hughes-Hyde-Hand-Jones-Lyman-Buffalo- 144 PM CDT Thu Aug 21 2025 /1244 PM MDT Thu Aug 21 2025/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for west central Minnesota, central South Dakota, north central South Dakota and northeast South Dakota. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms come with a slight (2 out of 5) risk, mainly for large hail and damaging winds. We also cant rule out an isolated tornado up in far northeast South Dakota and western Minnesota either. Another round of storms is possible as the boundary shifts south overnight mainly along and south of highway 212 with a continuation of a large hail/high wind risk. A third round of storms is then expected to come in from the west during the early morning hours Friday. Overall a marginal (1 out of 5) risk of severe weather with this round. With the potential for multiple rounds of storms, heavy rain and flooding is not out of the question, especially in areas hard hit and saturated from this summers rains. The primary focus area of concern is along and south of highway 212 in eastern South Dakota. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. 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 X feed. SDZ003-004-009-015-221845- Corson-Campbell-Walworth-Dewey- 144 PM CDT Thu Aug 21 2025 /1244 PM MDT Thu Aug 21 2025/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central South Dakota. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Showers and weak storms will pass through north central South Dakota during the afternoon and a second round early Friday morning. Aside from lightning, the risk for severe weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. 07
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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 8:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
1015 PM CDT Thu Aug 21 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1010 PM Flood 1 WNW Watertown 44.91N 97.12W
08/21/2025 Codington SD Trained Spotter
Reports of street flooding in Watertown.
&&
SDLocal storm report, Aug 21, 10:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
1021 PM CDT Thu Aug 21 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1018 PM Flood 1 ESE Watertown 44.90N 97.09W
08/21/2025 Codington SD Public
Report of additional street flooding in
Watertown.
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SDSpecial weather statement, Aug 21, 10:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
1040 PM CDT Thu Aug 21 2025
SDZ020-022-023-220415-
Hamlin SD-Deuel SD-Codington SD-
1040 PM CDT Thu Aug 21 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN DEUEL...
NORTHEASTERN HAMLIN AND SOUTHEASTERN CODINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 1115
PM CDT...
At 1039 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Castlewood, moving southeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Clear Lake, Castlewood, Claremont Colony, Bemis, and Poinsett Colony.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4454 9681 4454 9683 4480 9711 4490 9698
4474 9658
TIME...MOT...LOC 0339Z 308DEG 13KT 4480 9698
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
10The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Grant, Roberts | 53 min |
| Aug 21, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Grant, Roberts | 26 min |
| Aug 21, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Grant, Roberts | 48 min |
| Aug 21, 8:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Codington, Grant | 32 min |
| Aug 21, 9:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Codington | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Codington, Deuel | 49 min |
| Aug 21, 10:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ABR | Codington, Deuel, Grant | 14 hr |
| Aug 21, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Deuel | 35 min |
| Aug 22, 12:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Hand | 46 min |
| Aug 22, 3:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Stanley | 27 min |
| Aug 22, 3:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes | 47 min |
| Aug 22, 3:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Hughes, Hyde, Lyman, Stanley | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 5:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ABR | Codington | 23 hr |
| Aug 22, 5:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ABR | Codington | 37 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ABR | Hamlin | 5 days |
| Aug 22, 10:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ABR | Codington | 26 hr |
| Aug 22, 12:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ABR | Codington | 44 hr |
| Aug 21, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 36 min |
| Aug 21, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 32 min |
| Aug 21, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 30 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.