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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2026, 5:36 AM CDT for 6 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 54 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
- Jun 29, 2026, 5:36 AM CDT (10:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2026, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Sully County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 243 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 29, 2:11 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 2:11 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 312 AM CDT Mon Jun 29 2026 SDZ003>007-009-010-015>018-033>037-045-048-051-300815- Corson-Campbell-McPherson-Brown-Marshall-Walworth-Edmunds-Dewey- Potter-Faulk-Spink-Stanley-Sully-Hughes-Hyde-Hand-Jones-Lyman- Buffalo- 312 AM CDT Mon Jun 29 2026 /212 AM MDT Mon Jun 29 2026/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central South Dakota, north central South Dakota and northeast South Dakota. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Slight (2 of 5) to Marginal (1 of 5) Risk for severe storms into mid-morning. Hail up to 3 inches in diameter and wind gusts of up to 90 mph will be possible. Additionally, the development of a tornado or two cannot be ruled out. Patchy to areas of fog will be reducing visibilities into the morning hours. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Marginal risk for severe storm development overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. .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-SDZ008-011-019>023-300815- Traverse-Big Stone-Roberts-Day-Clark-Codington-Grant-Hamlin-Deuel- 312 AM CDT Mon Jun 29 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for west central Minnesota and northeast South Dakota. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Slight (2 of 5) to Marginal (1 of 5) Risk for severe weather mainly late afternoon moving east into the evening. Hail up to 1 inch in diameter and wind gusts of 60 mph will be possible in storms that do form. Patchy to areas of fog will be reducing visibilities into the morning hours. High temperatures in the 90s and high humidity values will be causing heat index values to get into the upper 90s to low 100s this afternoon over portions of northeastern SD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Marginal risk for severe storm development overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. .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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 3:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 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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| Jun 29, 2:07 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Dewey | 26 min |
| Jun 29, 3:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Dewey | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 3:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Jones | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Jones, Stanley | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 4:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Jones, Lyman | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Jones, Lyman | 78 min |
| Jun 29, 4:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes, Jones, Lyman, Stanley | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 5:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ABR | Hughes, Stanley | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 5:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Lyman | 64 min |
| Jun 29, 6:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk, Hand, Hughes, Hyde | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 6:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Edmunds, Faulk, Hyde, Potter, Sully | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 6:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand, Spink | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 6:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand, Hyde, Spink | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 7:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Clark, Day, Hand, Spink | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 7:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Day, Faulk, Marshall, Spink | 66 min |
| Jun 29, 7:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds, Faulk, Spink | 35 min |
| Jun 29, 7:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Day, Marshall, Spink | 52 min |
| Jun 29, 7:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Brown, Day, Marshall | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 8:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Brown, Day | 21 min |
| Jun 29, 8:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Day, Marshall | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 8:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Clark, Day, Marshall, Roberts, Spink | 75 min |
| Jun 29, 8:41 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | ABR | Brown, Day, Edmunds, Faulk, McPherson, Marshall and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 8:41 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Brown, Day, Edmunds, Faulk, McPherson, Marshall and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 9:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Traverse | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.