A severe thunderstorm moving into west central Minnesota brought damaging winds to near 100 mph northeast of Browns Valley.
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A severe thunderstorm moving into west central Minnesota brought damaging winds to near 100 mph northeast of Browns Valley.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 6, 2:35 AM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 335 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2014 .SHORT TERM...THROUGH TUESDAY ELEVATED CONVECTION CONTINUES TO RIDE THE EDGE OF THE CAP/ALONG THE TIP OF A 30KT LOW LEVEL JET. 1010MB HIGH PRESSURE NOSES IN BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH UPSTREAM DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S. NORTHWEST FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR EFFICIENT MIXING SO HAVE INCREASED TEMPS AND WINDS A FEW NOTCHES ABOVE GUIDANCE. NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM TO WATCH PASSES THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON NORTHWEST FLOW MONDAY. THANKS TO A 100KT JET STREAK...THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BE DOMINATED BY STRONG SHEAR. CAPE VALUES TOP OUT AROUND 2000 J/KG THANKS TO COOL AIR ALOFT...DESPITE DEWPOINTS PEAKING IN THE MID 50S. .LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY UPPER LEVEL NORTHWEST FLOW WILL BE DOMINANT OVER THE REGION THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THE FLOW THEN BECOMES NEARLY ZONAL UNTIL RIDGING BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE ROCKIES LATE IN THE PERIOD. THE EARLY PART OF THE PERIOD WILL BE DRY AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THE HIGH GETS PUSHED EAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING TROUGH. WILL SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEARLY EVERY PERIOD FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE TROUGH SLOWLY TRACKS ACROSS THE REGION. WILL THE SEE A RESPITE IN PRECIPITATION CHANCES ON SATURDAY AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 80S THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED PERIOD...WITH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY LOOKING TO BE THE WARMEST DAYS AS H85 TEMPS RISE INTO THE +20S CELSIUS. && .AVIATION... 06Z TAFS FOR THE KABR...KATY...KPIR AND KMBG TERMINALS VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BECOMING BREEZY AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS. && .ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. MN...NONE. && SHORT TERM...CONNELLY LONG TERM...PARKIN AVIATION...PARKIN WEATHER.GOV/ABERDEEN
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:54 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds measured close to 100 mph damaged several campers at the Rosebud Park with several boats overturned on Lake Traverse. Several buildings were also damaged along with many trees snapped off or uprooted. A large oak tree had fallen over State Highway 27.
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