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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Aberdeen, SD

September 3, 1990Spink County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 1990, 1:53 AM CDT for Spink County, South Dakota. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 3, 1990, 1:53 AM CDT (06:53 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 1990, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Spink 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 6 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 1990-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 916 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 1990-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
916 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1271 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KHON 030659 COR
SVRABR
BULLETIN-EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON, SD
159 AM CDT MON SEP 03 1990
SDC115-030745-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
ISSUED BY HURON SD
153 AM CDT MON SEP 3 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY

   IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
      SOUTHERN SPINK

SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE REDFIELD...TULARE..
.FRANKFORT.

AT 150 AM CDT  RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE EXTREME
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SPINK COUNTY...OR 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF HURON
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM..YOU SHOULD GET TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING...
WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER...HAIL _3/4 INCH OR LARGER...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY.

HUTCHEON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRPotter, Walworth40 min
Sep 3, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds55 min
Sep 3, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.