1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 22, 2:35 PM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR CENTRAL/N-EAST SD AND W-CENTRAL MN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 335 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002 FORECAST PROBLEM TONIGHT WILL CONCERN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS CWA. SHT WV MOVG NORTHEAST INTO CWA...WEAKENING CAP. 700 TEMPS COOLING. PLENTY OF MSTR WITH DP MID 60S SOUTHWEST TO MID 70S NORTHEAST. PWS IN 1.7 IN RANGE. STORMS ALREADY FORMING WEST RIVER...EXPECT CONT DEVELOPMENT. ETA SOUNDING SHOWS FRZ LVL 15K...WITH WBZ 14K. COULD BE DIFFICULT GETTING HAIL TO GROUND. WITH SFC BOUNDARY TO WEST COULD SEE SOME ACTIVITY THROUGH DAY TOMORROW. NEXT WV WILL MOVE THRU TOMORROW EVENING FOR ANOTHER SPATE OF STORMS...WITH ACTIVITY ENDING EARLY MON MORNING AS SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO EAST WITH FLOW TURNING NORTHWEST AS HIGH BLDS IN FROM WEST. .EXTENDED DISCUSSION... NOT MUCH WILL CHANGE FOR THE EXTENDED FORECAST AS THE AVN...EXTENDED AVN AND THE ECMWF SHOW 50H RIDGING BUILDING OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST. THE S/W MOVG DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIDGE ON TUES NIGHT SHOULD BE FAR ENOUGH E TO KEEP ANY PRECIP OUT OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE CWA. THE EXTENDED AVN WANTS TO BRING A S/W THROUGH THE RIDGE FRI AND FRI NIGHT BRINGING SOME PRECIP. DONT BELIEVE THIS WILL BE THE CASE AT THIS POINT AND WILL LEAVE IT DRY THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD FOR NOW. TEMPS SHOULD BE GENERALLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD WITH CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. .ABR...NONE MARSHALL/MOHR
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 197 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:32 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds of 70 to 80 mph brought down seven power poles causing a power outage for the entire city of Fort Pierre for several hours. Several semi trailers were overturned and the roofs were ripped off of a few buildings. Also, several trees and many tree branches were downed in Fort Pierre.
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