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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Aberdeen, SD

July 3, 2026Jones County, Stanley County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2026, 1:21 AM CDT for Jones County, Stanley County, South Dakota. It was in force for 39 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 3, 2026, 1:21 AM CDT (06:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2026, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jones County, SD, Stanley County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 2026-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 472 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 2026-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -87 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
472 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1886 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.7

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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 Jul 2, 6:46 PM CDT, 6 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 6:46 PM CDT, 6 hours 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 4:14 PM CDT, 9 hours 7 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
414 PM CDT Thu Jul 2 2026

SDZ006-009>011-016>020-022-023-034-036-037-032115-
Brown-Walworth-Edmunds-Day-Potter-Faulk-Spink-Clark-Codington-Hamlin-
Deuel-Sully-Hyde-Hand-
414 PM CDT Thu Jul 2 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central South Dakota, north
central South Dakota and northeast South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

There is an enhanced risk (level 3 of 5) for severe storms through
the overnight hours. Main hazards are 2 inches or more in diameter
hail and wind gusts 60-80 mph. Additionally, a tornado or two cannot
be ruled out.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

There is a slight (level 2 of 5) to marginal (level 1 of 5) risk for
severe storms to develop Friday afternoon into the overnight hours.
These storms could have hail of 1 to 2 inches in diameter and wind
gusts of 60-75 mph possible.

.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.

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>005-007-008-015-021-033-035-045-048-051-032115-
Traverse-Big Stone-Corson-Campbell-McPherson-Marshall-Roberts-Dewey-
Grant-Stanley-Hughes-Jones-Lyman-Buffalo-
414 PM CDT Thu Jul 2 2026 /314 PM MDT Thu Jul 2 2026/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for west central Minnesota,
central South Dakota, north central South Dakota and northeast
South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

There is a slight risk (level 2 of 5) for severe storms through the
overnight hours. Main hazards are 2 inches or more in diameter hail
and wind gusts 60-80 mph. Additionally, a tornado or two cannot be
ruled out.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

There is a slight (level 2 of 5) to marginal (level 1 of 5) risk for
severe storms to develop Friday afternoon into the overnight hours.
These storms could have hail of 1 to 2 inches in diameter and wind
gusts of 60-75 mph possible.

.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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 1:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRStanley38 min
Jul 3, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Jones, Lyman, Stanley38 min
Jul 3, 2:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRHughes, Lyman35 min
Jul 3, 2:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRBuffalo, Hyde, Lyman34 min
Jul 3, 3:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRBuffalo47 min
Jul 3, 11:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRDeuel29 min
Jul 3, 11:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRGrant26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2026Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026

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.