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Special Weather Statement, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2026, 12:07 AM MDT for Stanley County, South Dakota. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2026, 12:07 AM MDT (06:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2026, 12:45 AM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 50
County Stanley County, SD
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:07 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 2, 5:46 PM MDT, 6 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 5:46 PM MDT, 6 hours 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 3:14 PM MDT, 8 hours 53 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 12:21 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Jones, Stanley | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 12:52 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes, Jones, Lyman, Stanley | 38 min |
| Jul 3, 1:25 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Hughes, Lyman | 35 min |
| Jul 3, 1:56 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Buffalo, Hyde, Lyman | 34 min |
| Jul 3, 2:28 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Buffalo | 47 min |
| Jul 3, 10:01 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Deuel | 29 min |
| Jul 3, 10:34 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Grant | 26 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in South Dakota, 2026Every special weather statement 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.