1 tornado, 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 13, 2:40 PM CST, 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 340 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT STRONG UPPER LOW WILL MAKE ITS WAY SLOWLY ENE OUT OF THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS SE IN THE CWA ALONG WITH INCREASED INSTABLITY WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW SCT TSRAS TO DEVELOP OVER THIS AREA WITH SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE. OTHERWISE...THE LARGE AREA OF WRAPAROUND RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THEN SLOWLY PUSH EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THE RAIN SHOULD BE OVER IN FAR NE AND WC MN BY TUES EVENING. WILL KEEP THE FLOOD WATCH GOING THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE CWA. OTHERWISE...WINDS WILL BE STRONG FROM THE N TO NW THROUGH THE NIGHT AND TUESDAY. EXPECT CLOUDS TO BREAK UP THROUGH THE DAY FROM W TO E ACROSS THE CWA ON TUESDAY. THE MDLS AGREE REALLY WELL THROUGH THE SHORT TERM BRINGING UPPER RIDGING INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE US AND HOLDING IT IN. THUS...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE DRY WITH CLEAR TO P/C SKIES AND MORE SUMMERLIKE TEMPS. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY LARGE UPPER RIDGE IN PLACE OVER THE CENTRAL US THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LONG RANGE. HAVE AN UPPER TROUGH IN PLACE TO THE NORTH OVER NORTHERN ALBERTA AND ANOTHER ONE OF THE SHORE OF THE WEST COAST. A WEAK AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS TO THE EAST OF THE ROCKIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE LARGE UPPER TROUGH OVER CANADA. THIS SETS UP SOUTHERLY FLOW AT THE SURFACE AND IN THE LOWER LEVELS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND. WITH FLOW OFF THE GULF HAVE SOME MOISTURE ADVECTION INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ALSO HAVE A WEAK LLJ DEVELOPING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS. NOT A LOT OF LIFT IS AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE REGION UNDER THE LARGE UPPER RIDGE...SO HAVE OPTED TO KEEP THE FORECAST DRY FOR NOW. LOOKS LIKE THE BEST CHANCE OF PRECIP/THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FURTHER NORTH ACROSS CANADA IN THE VICINITY OF THE UPPER LOW. TEMPERATURES LOOK ON TRACK...WITH SOME PRETTY WARM WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED. H85 TEMPS SOAR INTO THE LOWER 20S TO UPPER 20S BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND. WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND GOOD MIXING EXPECT MOST SITES TO TOP OUT IN THE 80S TO LOWER 90S BY THE WEEKEND INTO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. && .ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 4 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING. MN...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 4 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING. && MOHR/ALBRECHT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 546 AM CDT MON JUN 13 2005 MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-141045- BIG STONE-BROWN-BUFFALO-CAMPBELL-CLARK-CODINGTON-CORSON-DAY-DEUEL- DEWEY-EDMUNDS-FAULK-GRANT-HAMLIN-HAND-HUGHES-HYDE-JONES-LYMAN- MARSHALL-MCPHERSON-POTTER-ROBERTS-SPINK-STANLEY-SULLY-TRAVERSE- WALWORTH- 546 AM CDT MON JUN 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...AS WELL AS BIG STONE AND TRAVERSE COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL IS OF PRIMARY CONCERN TODAY WITH MUCH OF THE GROUND ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA ALREADY SATURATED FROM RAINFALL OVER THE PAST WEEK. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. RIVER FLOODING ALONG THE JAMES...ELM...AND MAPLE RIVERS CONTINUES. FLSABR CONTAINS THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS SITUATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY RIVER FLOODING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE JAMES AND ELM RIVERS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVER NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. DORN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 236 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005 SDZ019-020-022-132035- CLARK-CODINGTON-HAMLIN- 236 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005 ...FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED... THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS HAMLIN AND CODINGTON COUNTIES TOWARD CLARK COUNTY. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM ACROSS EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. IF YOU SEE A FUNNEL CLOUD AND FEEL THREATENED...PLEASE TAKE COVER. REPORT ALL SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. ALBRECHT/HARDING
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:53 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado touched down briefly northeast of Watertown in an open field with no damage occurring.
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