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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 259, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 30, 2026Brown County, Day County, Spink County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 2026, 3:28 AM CDT for Brown County, Day County, Spink County, South Dakota. It was in force for 26 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 30, 2026, 3:28 AM CDT (08:28 UTC)
Expired: Aug 30, 2026, 3:54 AM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Brown County, SD, Day County, SD, Spink County, SD

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 30, 2:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 2:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 3:15 AM CDT, 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 29, 9:52 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
952 PM CDT Sat Aug 29 2026

SDZ037-300330-
Hand SD-
952 PM CDT Sat Aug 29 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL HAND COUNTY UNTIL 1030
PM CDT...

At 952 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Ree Heights, or 11 miles west of Miller, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

The strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Ree Heights around 955 PM CDT.
  Miller around 1015 PM CDT.
  St. Lawrence around 1025 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 4448 9930 4459 9930 4465 9884 4438 9887
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 273DEG 22KT 4454 9920

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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Local storm report, Aug 29, 10:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 29, 10:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 30, 12:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 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 29, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABR	McPherson	51 min
Aug 29, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABR	Faulk, Hand, Hyde, Potter	44 min
Aug 29, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Dewey	34 min
Aug 29, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABR	Dewey, Potter, Walworth	47 min
Aug 29, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABR	Faulk, Hand, Hyde	53 min
Aug 29, 8:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Potter	33 min
Aug 29, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Faulk, Hand, Hyde	51 min
Aug 29, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Potter, Sully	27 min
Aug 29, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hand	30 min
Aug 29, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Hand	38 min
Aug 29, 10:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hand	57 min
Aug 29, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Dewey	52 min
Aug 29, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Potter, Sully	36 min
Aug 29, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABR	Dewey	49 min
Aug 29, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ABR	Dewey, Potter, Sully	60 min
Aug 30, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ABR	Dewey, Potter, Sully	42 min
Aug 30, 2:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Brown, Edmunds, Faulk, Spink	39 min
Aug 30, 2:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABR	Brown, Spink	45 min
Aug 30, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Corson	61 min
Aug 30, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Corson	65 min

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.