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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2026, 12:13 AM CDT for Clark County, Spink County, South Dakota. It was in force for 47 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 29, 2026, 12:13 AM CDT (05:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clark County, SD, Spink County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:13 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 Aug 28, 11:22 PM CDT, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 11:22 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 28, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Hand | 31 min |
| Aug 28, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand, Spink | 53 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, 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 | ABR | Dewey | 49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.