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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 15, 1986Roberts County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1986, 5:35 PM CDT for Roberts County, South Dakota. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 1986, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1986, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Roberts 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 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 12:00Z on 1986-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 171 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 12:00Z on 1986-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
171 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-314 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1288 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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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.