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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 19, 1986Hughes County, Hyde County, Sully County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1986, 9:41 PM CDT for Hughes County, Hyde County, Sully County, South Dakota. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 1986, 9:41 PM CDT (02:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1986, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Sully 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 1986-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2823 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1986-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2823 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KHON 200241
SVRHON
SDC065-069-119-200345-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
941 PM CDT THU JUN 19 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...EXTREME NORTHEAST HUGHES...EXTREME WESTERN 
 HYDE AND EASTERN SULLY

SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WARNING AREA ARE HAROLD.

AT 935 PM CDT  RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST
SULLY COUNTY..55 MILES NORTHEAST OF PIERRE SD.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM..YOU SHOULD GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING...
DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH..HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER..DEADLY
LIGHTNING..AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS VERY
QUICKLY.

THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.

SPRINGER/ORGISH

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

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
840 PM CDT THU JUN 19 1986

....THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA....

AT 830 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING
IN WALWORTH AND POTTER COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

AT 825 AN OBSERVER IN HOVEN REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND..HEAVY RAIN..
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND SMALL HAIL.

IFr YOU LIVE IN POTTER OR WALWORTH COUNTY YOU SHOULD BE ALERT TO
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS..AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR PROPERTY.

KEEFE
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 9:26 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
925 PM CDT THU JUN 19 1986

AT 915 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY
ALONG THE CAMPBELL..MCPHERSON COUNTY LINE IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA.

REPORTS AT 910 PM CDT FROM EUREKA INDICATED HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF STRONG WIND AND SMALL HAIL.

IF YOU LIVE IN CAMPBELL OR MCPHERSON COUNTY YOU SHOULD BE ALERT TO
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS..AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR PROPERTY.

THE STORMS THAT WERE IN WALWORTH AND POTTER COUNTY AT 830 PM CDT HAVE
DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND MOVED SOUTH.

KEEFE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds65 min
Jun 19, 11:41 PM CDTTornado WarningABREdmunds34 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.