NWS Aberdeen SDSV.W 0007May 31, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Edmunds and McPherson, SD
The National Weather Service office in Aberdeen issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Edmunds and McPherson in South Dakota, which was in force until 7:00 p.m. local time on May 31. It was the 7th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Aberdeen issued in 2026. South Dakota had 44 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026, against 69 in an average May of 2008-2025 (South Dakota's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 52 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Aberdeen SD
- Area
- Edmunds and McPherson
- State
- South Dakota
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:08 p.m. CDT, May 31, 2026
- Expires
- 7:00 p.m. CDT, May 31, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KABR SV.W 0007
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota since 2008Every warning type in South Dakota
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The notice as issued
SVRABR The National Weather Service in Aberdeen has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... North central Edmunds County in north central South Dakota... Southeastern McPherson County in north central South Dakota... * Until 700 PM CDT. * At 607 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Plainview Colony, or 9 miles southwest of Leola, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Leola around 620 PM CDT.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota since 2008629 a year
- Every warning type in South Dakota
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, May 20262,688 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels