High Wind, Jones
- When
- June 29, 8:04 PM CST
- Where
- Jones forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 43.961, -100.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High winds gusted to nearly sixty mph from an outflow boundary in Draper.
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The episode as NWS ABR wrote it up.
High winds gusted to nearly sixty mph from an outflow boundary in Draper.
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 29, 5:40 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 640 PM CDT Fri Jun 29 2018 .UPDATE... Issued at 635 PM CDT Fri Jun 29 2018 The Heat Advisory for the far eastern part of the area has been cancelled. Also, see updated aviation discussion below. && .SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Saturday) Issued at 240 PM CDT Fri Jun 29 2018 Convection remains the main challenge for the short range. It appears that another decent mid level wave/speed max will lift out across the high plains this evening and overnight. Decent deep layer shear will combine with moderate amounts of instability/moisture to produce some thunderstorms. Thunderstorms are already forming in northern WY and southern MT. That activity will likely combine with storms forming over the Black Hills this evening, and then push east toward the Missouri River valley this evening. A number of CAM solutions reflect this thinking. Svr chances are probably the highest over the west river counties as once activity gets east of the Missouri River, it should run into a less enthusiastic environment, with increasing MLCIN and really little to no LLJ. Over the far eastern CWA, a warm EML continues to produce a cap over the sfc front. Therefore, suspect there won't be much action over this region tonight, unless developing LLJ can provide enough lift over parts of mainly western Minnesota to get elevated storms to fire. Lastly, temperatures will be cooler this weekend as the sfc front over the east continues to gradually settle to the south through Sunday. .LONG TERM...(Saturday Night through Friday) Issued at 240 PM CDT Fri Jun 29 2018 Looks like the flow pattern across the CONUS will undergo a transition during the period. A decent looking wave will exit the region on Sunday, as mid level ridging begins to build across the eastern CONUS. That ridging aloft will gradually expand to the west into the central part of America by the middle of next week. As the ridge builds, the heat and humidity will return to the region. There will exist some normal diurnal chances for rain, but the thermal ridge aloft will probably keep storm coverage fairly low for mid to late next week. Temperatures will start the period about normal, then will trend to above normal next week. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Saturday Evening) Issued at 635 PM CDT Fri Jun 29 2018 For the most part, VFR conditions will prevail across the area tonight and through the day Saturday. The exception will be with an area of showers and thunderstorms expected to move across the area from around mid evening through the early morning hours. Periods of MVFR vsby will be possible with the stronger storms. && .ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...None. MN...None. && SHORT TERM...TDK LONG TERM...TDK AVIATION...Parkin
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 1247 PM CDT Fri Jun 29 2018 SDZ003-004-009-015-016-033>036-045-048-051-301800- Corson-Campbell-Walworth-Dewey-Potter-Stanley-Sully-Hughes-Hyde- Jones-Lyman-Buffalo- 1247 PM CDT Fri Jun 29 2018 /1147 AM MDT Fri Jun 29 2018/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central South Dakota and north central South Dakota. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Scattered showers and storms are expected again this evening and overnight. Isolated severe storms are possible, with hail and wind being the main threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Showers and storms are possible through early next week. Chances for severe weather appear low at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is possible. MNZ046-SDZ021-023-301800- Big Stone-Grant-Deuel- 1247 PM CDT Fri Jun 29 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of west central Minnesota and northeast South Dakota. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight High heat indices are expected this afternoon and early evening due to hot temperatures, and high relative humidity. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Showers and storms are possible through early next week. Chances for severe weather appear low at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. MNZ039-SDZ005>008-010-011-017>020-022-037-301800- Traverse-McPherson-Brown-Marshall-Roberts-Edmunds-Day-Faulk-Spink- Clark-Codington-Hamlin-Hand- 1247 PM CDT Fri Jun 29 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of west central Minnesota, central South Dakota, north central South Dakota, and northeast South Dakota. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Showers and thunderstorms are possible through tonight. The threat for severe weather is only slight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Showers and storms are possible through early next week. Chances for severe weather appear low at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
833 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0825 PM TSTM WND GST 1 NE HAYES 44.38N 101.01W
06/29/2018 M60 MPH STANLEY SD MESONET
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JTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
836 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0832 PM HAIL 8 W MISSION RIDGE 44.69N 100.95W
06/29/2018 E1.50 INCH STANLEY SD PUBLIC
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JTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
843 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0824 PM TSTM WND GST 13 NNW SANSARC 44.67N 101.14W
06/29/2018 M79 MPH STANLEY SD MESONET
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JTThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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