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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 26, 1990Campbell County, Walworth County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 1990, 3:49 AM CDT for Campbell County, Walworth County, South Dakota. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 1990, 3:49 AM CDT (08:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 1990, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Campbell County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 26, 4:25 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Walworth, SD

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 1990-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2995 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 1990-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
2995 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1209 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
12.2

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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, Aug 25, 11:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Sully54 min
Aug 25, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSully63 min
Aug 25, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds67 min
Aug 25, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Hyde68 min
Aug 25, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningABRHughes26 min
Aug 25, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds31 min
Aug 25, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRLyman52 min
Aug 25, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk, Spink41 min
Aug 25, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Day33 min
Aug 25, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell57 min
Aug 25, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand, Hyde62 min
Aug 25, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington, Hamlin68 min
Aug 25, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay36 min
Aug 25, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHyde63 min
Aug 25, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, McPherson25 min
Aug 26, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson62 min
Aug 26, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson, Dewey66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

Sources

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