{"id":71503,"date":"2026-07-25T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=71503"},"modified":"2026-07-27T03:58:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T03:58:30","slug":"clusters-of-thunderstorms-produce-large-hail-and-strong-winsds-across-south-dakota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/71503","title":{"rendered":"Clusters of thunderstorms produce large hail and strong winds across South Dakota"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video autoplay controls loop muted src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2026\/07\/G19_VIS_SD_SVR_25JUL2026_loop_GOES-19_2026206_200028_2026207_015028.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>1-minute GOES-19 Visible images with time-matched plots of SPC Storm Reports, from 000 UTC on 25 July to 0150 UTC on 26 July<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 <em>(GOES-East)<\/em> Visible images <strong><em>(above\/)<\/em><\/strong> and Infrared Window images <strong><em>(below)<\/em><\/strong> showed clusters of thunderstorms that produced hail as large as 2.50&#8243; in diameter and wind gusts as high as 92 mph (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spc.noaa.gov\/climo\/reports\/260725_rpts.html\">SPC Storm Reports<\/a><\/strong>) across parts of South Dakota on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/dailywxmap\/index_20260725.html\">25 July 2026<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video autoplay controls loop muted src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2026\/07\/G19_IR_SD_SVR_25JUL2026_loop_GOES-19_2026206_200028_2026207_030225.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>1-minute GOES-19 Infrared Window images with time-matched plots of SPC Storm Reports, from 2000 UTC on 25 July to 0302 UTC on 26 July<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pulses of overshooting tops exhibited infrared brightness temperatures as cold as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2026\/07\/260726_0127utc_g19_ir_cursor_sample.png\">-83 C<\/a><\/strong> &#8212; which represented a significant overshoot of the Most Unstable air parcel&#8217;s Equilibrium Level, according to a plot of rawinsonde data from Aberdeen, South Dakota <strong><em>(below)<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2026\/07\/260726_0000utc_kabr_raob.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/images\/2026\/07\/260726_0000utc_kabr_raob.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) Visible images (above\/) and Infrared Window images (below) showed clusters of thunderstorms that produced hail as large as 2.50&#8243; in diameter and wind gusts as high as 92 mph (SPC Storm Reports) across parts of South Dakota on 25 July 2026. 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