Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Aberdeen, SD

July 29, 1986Campbell County, McPherson County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1986, 11:36 PM CDT for Campbell County, McPherson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 1986, 11:36 PM CDT (04:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 1986, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Campbell County, SD, McPherson County, SD

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 137 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1986-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3602 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1986-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3602 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1336 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.5
Supercell composite
24.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 29, 11:14 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1110 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 1986

TIME          EVENT AND LOCATION
825 PM CDT    FERNEY (BROWN COUNTY) PEA SIZE HAIL.
826 PM CDT    2 MILES SOUTH OF ABERDEEN AIRPORT. PEA SIZE HAIL.
900 PM CDT    BUTLER (DAY COUNTY) HEAVY RAIN AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
902 PM CDT    8 MILES SOUTHWEST BRISTOL (DAY COUNTY) GOLFBALL HAIL.
915 PM CDT    WEBSTER (DAY COUNTY) MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
1000 PM CDT   WEBSTER (DAY COUNTY) VERY HEAVY RAIN WIND TO 40 MPH.
1000 PM CDT   BUTLER (DAY COUNTY) VERY HEAVY RAIN.
1020 PM CDT   POLLOCK (CAMPBELL COUNTY) MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
935 PM CDT    4 MILES SOUTHEAST FERNEY (BROWN COUNTY) GOLFBALL TO
              BASEBALL HAIL.
110h5 PM CDT   LILY (DAY COUNTY) ONE INCH TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL,
              GROUND COVERED.
 STUDNICKA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Hamlin, Kingsbury60 min
Jul 29, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay64 min
Jul 29, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHamlin, Kingsbury64 min
Jul 29, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDeuel64 min
Jul 29, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDeuel30 min
Jul 29, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay57 min
Jul 29, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson67 min
Jul 29, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell58 min
Jul 29, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington, Grant56 min
Jul 29, 10:30 PM CDTTornado WarningABRClark30 min
Jul 29, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRWalworth55 min
Jul 29, 10:52 PM CDTTornado WarningABRCodington38 min
Jul 29, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay60 min
Jul 29, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell64 min
Jul 29, 11:21 PM CDTTornado WarningABRCodington39 min
Jul 29, 11:58 PM CDTTornado WarningABRCodington, Deuel, Hamlin32 min
Jul 30, 12:28 AM CDTTornado WarningABRDeuel, Grant32 min
Jul 30, 2:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk, Spink59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.