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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 28, 2026Hand County, Spink County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2026, 10:52 PM CDT for Hand County, Spink County, South Dakota. It was in force for 53 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 28, 2026, 10:52 PM CDT (03:52 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2026, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hand County, SD, Spink County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:54 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 28, 10:44 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 28, 10:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Hand	31 min
Aug 28, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Spink	40 min
Aug 28, 11:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Spink	34 min
Aug 29, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Clark, Spink	47 min
Aug 29, 1:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Clark	25 min
Aug 29, 2:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Hamlin	33 min
Aug 29, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Edmunds, Potter, Walworth	53 min
Aug 29, 6:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABR	Edmunds, Walworth	3 hr
Aug 29, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Edmunds, Potter, Walworth	60 min
Aug 29, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABR	Dewey	49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2026 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.