Hail in South Dakota, July 25, 2001

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR CENTRAL/NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
345 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2001

UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY WITH BEST CHANCES FOR
STORMS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. PER DISCUSSION
WITH SPC...WILL INCLUDE JONES AND STANLEY COUNTIES IN THE TORNADO
WATCH THAT WILL GO IN EFFECT AT 345 PM CDT AS LATEST SATELLITE
IMAGES WERE SHOWING STORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE BLACK HILLS. CUMULUS
FIELD OVER SOUTHEAST MONTANA WAS NOW SHOWING SOME VERTICAL
DEVELOPMENT. MODELS INDICATED THAT MCS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN
HIGH PLAINS OF THE DAKOTAS AND OVER FAR EASTERN SECTIONS OF WYOMING
AND SOUTHEAST MONTANA. MODELS DEPICT THAT THIS SYSTEM WILL SLIDE
EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND THE TURN SOUTHEAST ALONG THE
RIVER. 1/3/6 HOUR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES ARE EXTREMELY LOW OVER
NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...ALONG WITH RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 1.50
INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL TODAY...WILL POST FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR
NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AS ANOTHER COMPLEX OF STORMS WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. MODELS CONTINUE TO
SHOW THAT THE COMPLEX OF STORMS MOVING ACROSS THE CWA ON
THURSDAY...THEREFORE WILL BROADBRUSH CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS... EXCEPT IN THE NORTH CENTRAL WHERE IT SHOULD BE
MAINLY A MORNING EVENT. DID NOT DEVIATE MUCH FROM GUIDANCE FOR LOWS
TONIGHT WHILE TRENDING LOWER FOR HIGHS ON THURSDAY DUE TO CLOUD
COVER AND THE CHANCES FOR RAIN. ANOTHER REPEAT IS IN STORE FOR
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS UNSETTLED WEATHER CONTINUES PER AVN/ETA
SOLUTION.

.EXTENDED FORECAST...
THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES IN THE EXTENDED MDLS FOR THE
SAT-WED PERIOD. THEY ALL SHOW A STRONG 50H S/W TROUGH DROPPING INTO
THE PACIFIC NW FRI AND SAT AND CLOSING OFF. ALTHOUGH...THEY ARE
DIFFERENT ON THE PROGRESSION OF THIS TROUGH EASTWARD AND ALSO ON THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE 50H RIDGE ACROSS THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES. THE
MRF CONTINUES TO BE TOO PROGRESSIVE WITH THE EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF
THE PACIFIC NW/W CANADA TROUGH ALONG WITH MOVING THE CENTRAL UNITED
STATES RIDGE EAST. THE ECMWF AND NOGAPS SHOW 50H HEIGHTS RISING
QUITE A BIT ACROSS THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES AND CENTRAL CANADA THIS
WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE LATEST AVN IS MORE SIMILAR TO THE
ECMWF AND NOGAPS...KEEPING 50H HEIGHTS UP SUN AND MON. THE CANADIAN
MDL DOES NOT WANT TO BUILD THE 50H RIDGE STRONG OVER THE CENTRAL
UNITED STATES MUCH THIS WEEKEND. THEREFORE...WITH THE AVN TRENDING
TOWARDS THE ECMWF AND NOGAPS...DO BELIEVE THE 50H HEIGHTS WILL RISE
AND THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES RIDGE WILL HOLD IN STRONGER THAN THE
MRF SHOWS. WITH 50H TROUGHING ACROSS THE WESTERN UNITED STATES AND
WESTERN CANANA...S/WS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE ABR CWA THROUGH
THE EXTENDED PERIOD. WITH HIGHER DWPTS AND WARMER TEMPS
RETURNING...THESE S/WS WILL SET OFF MCS'S IN THE AFTERNOON AND
NIGHTTIME HOURS THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. TEMPS THROUGH THE
EXTENDED SHOULD BE NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL.

.ABR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING
       FOR NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

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