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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 22, 2025Hand County, South Dakota

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

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2025-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2017 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2025-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -42 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
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

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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 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, Aug 21, 1:44 PM CDT, 10 hours 33 minutes before
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.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 21, 8:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 21, 10:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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.

&&

SD
Local 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.

&&

SD
Special 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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant, Roberts53 min
Aug 21, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant, Roberts26 min
Aug 21, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant, Roberts48 min
Aug 21, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRCodington, Grant32 min
Aug 21, 9:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRCodington30 min
Aug 21, 9:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRCodington, Deuel49 min
Aug 21, 10:16 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningABRCodington, Deuel, Grant14 hr
Aug 21, 10:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRDeuel35 min
Aug 22, 12:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRHand46 min
Aug 22, 3:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRStanley27 min
Aug 22, 3:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes47 min
Aug 22, 3:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABRBuffalo, Hughes, Hyde, Lyman, Stanley39 min
Aug 22, 5:00 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningABRCodington23 hr
Aug 22, 5:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningABRCodington37 hr
Aug 22, 9:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningABRHamlin5 days
Aug 22, 10:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningABRCodington26 hr
Aug 22, 12:55 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningABRCodington44 hr
Aug 21, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WarningABRBig Stone36 min
Aug 21, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningABRBig Stone32 min
Aug 21, 8:22 PM CDTTornado WarningABRBig Stone30 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.