Scattered thunderstorms brought severe winds which gusted up to near 80 mph across parts of central and north central South Dakota.
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The episode as NWS ABR wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms brought severe winds which gusted up to near 80 mph across parts of central and north central South Dakota.
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 Jun 14, 1:24 AM MST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 324 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 322 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015 CURRENTLY WATCHING CONVECTION IN A POST FRONTAL AIR MASS OVER ND...AND FURTHER WEST...NOW ENTERING FAR WESTERN SD. ACCORDING TO WATER VAPOR...THE CONVECTION FURTHER WEST IS ASSOCIATED WITH A SHORTWAVE. THIS SYSTEM SHOULD CONTINUE TRACKING EAST/NE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY ALONG THE ND/SD BORDER. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE SURFACE COLD FRONT. DECENT INSTABILITY SHOULD BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE EASTERN/SE PORTION OF THE CWA BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH CAPE VALUES EXCEEDING 1500 J/KG. DEPENDING ON WHICH MODEL USED...THERE IS SOME 0- 6 KM BULK SHEAR AROUND 40 KNOTS. THIS WOULD SUGGEST STRONG/SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY FOR THE WATERTOWN/SISSETON AREA. CONVECTION SHOULD EXIT THIS CWA AROUND 6Z OR SOONER. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH WILL BRING COOLER...BUT DRY CONDITIONS TO THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. ON TUESDAY...A VIGOROUS H7 TROUGH WILL BEGIN AFFECTING THE REGION WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WILL CONTINUE MENTIONING THUNDER EVEN THROUGH CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS ARE FAIRLY WEAK IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWA. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 322 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015 A FAST...MAINLY ZONAL FLOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS DURING THE PERIOD. THIS WILL LIKELY SPELL PERIODIC CONVECTIVE EVENTS...AS EVIDENCED IN MODEL QPF FIELDS. A COUPLE PERIODS STAND OUT. TUESDAY NIGHT AS A WAVE MOVE THROUGH AND SFC REFLECTION TRAVELS ACROSS SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA. THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. WITH DECENT MID LEVEL WINDS EXPECTED...SHEAR SHOULD BE PLENTY SUFFICIENT. HOWEVER NOT SURE ABOUT INSTABILITY...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA. STILL PLENTY OF TIME TO ASSESS SEVERE POTENTIAL THAT FAR OUT. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...THEY SHOULD AVERAGE OUT NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL FOR THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1235 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015 TAFS CONTINUE TO BE VFR OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THEY ALSO CONTINUE TO CARRY A TREND OF PRECIP MENTION EARLY THIS MORNING INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF CONDITIONS BRIEFLY FALL INTO IFR IN HEAVIER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. && .ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. MN...NONE. && SHORT TERM...SD LONG TERM...TDK AVIATION...TDK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 425 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015 MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-150930- TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES- LYMAN-BUFFALO- 425 AM CDT SUN JUN 14 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. WHILE SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 29 WILL HAVE THE BEST POTENTIAL OF SEEING SEVERE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SOME STORMS TUESDAY NIGHT COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. SD
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
429 AM MDT SUN JUN 14 2015
SDZ003-015-033-141115-
STANLEY SD-CORSON SD-DEWEY SD-
429 AM MDT SUN JUN 14 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN DEWEY...CORSON AND
NORTHWESTERN STANLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 515 AM MDT...
AT 428 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SELFRIDGE TO 7 MILES
SOUTH OF BRIDGER...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EAGLE BUTTE...MCLAUGHLIN...LANTRY...TIMBER LAKE...MCINTOSH...
ISABEL...FIRESTEEL...WATAUGA...MAHTO...KLEIN RANCH...BLACK HORSE...
BEAR CREEK...PARADE...BULLHEAD...SPRING LAKE...WALKER...GREEN
GRASS...WHITE HORSE...TRAIL CITY AND SANSARC.
LAT...LON 4594 10051 4439 10100 4439 10115 4499 10114
4500 10150 4547 10147 4548 10176 4594 10155
TIME...MOT...LOC 1028Z 269DEG 33KT 4601 10100 4445 10186
TDKThe Rapid City radar (KUDX), 156 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:49 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Sixty mph winds downed several tree branches along with knocking a grill off the deck.
Sixty mph winds were estimated by the public.
A large tree branch was downed by sixty mph winds.
Winds gusted to nearly eighty mph behind an exiting thunderstorm which did cause structural damage to a few outbuildings.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Dakota in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, June 2015
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 588011, 588012, 588021, 588013, 588010, 588014, 588015, 588017.