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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 264, NWS Aberdeen, SD

September 13, 2025Potter County, Sully County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 13, 2025, 3:55 AM CDT for Potter County, Sully County, South Dakota. It was in force for 50 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
Sep 13, 2025, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 2025, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Potter County, SD, Sully County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Sep 12, 11:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 11:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 13, 1:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 13, 1:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 12, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson52 min
Sep 12, 7:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRCorson3 hr
Sep 12, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABRCorson49 min
Sep 13, 1:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRDewey32 min
Sep 13, 1:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRDewey30 min
Sep 13, 4:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk, Potter, Sully30 min
Sep 13, 5:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRDewey45 min
Sep 13, 5:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRDewey48 min
Sep 13, 6:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRWalworth33 min
Sep 13, 7:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRCampbell35 min
Sep 13, 11:21 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningABRCorson3 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.