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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 5, 1990Walworth County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1990, 12:49 AM CDT for Walworth County, South Dakota. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1990, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1990, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Walworth 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 1990-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1990-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1653 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
256 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 KABR 050549
SVRABR
SDC129-050615-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1249 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
      WALWORTH

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE ADJACENT WATERS OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.

SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE MOBRIDGE...GLENHAM
...SELBY...AKASKA.

AT 1245 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH
WEST OF MOBRIDGE MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

 AT 1220 AM CDT THIS STORM PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AS IT
PASSED TIMBER LAKE.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM..YOU SHOULD GET TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH..HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER..DEADLY LIGHTNING..AND HEAVY RAIN
THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.
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THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.

KEEFE

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 5, 12:00 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
SDZ003-050600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1200 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 1990

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

AT 1055 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSE
THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD FORMED NEAR ISABEL...50 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MOBRIDGE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM CAN PRODUCE STRONG WIND...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL.
IF YOU LIVE IN NORTHERN DEWEY CO%UNTY OR SOUTHERN CORSON COUNTY OF
NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE WEATHER AND
LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

KEEFE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson, Dewey49 min
Jun 5, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds30 min
Jun 5, 2:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Spink59 min
Jun 5, 3:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington44 min
Jun 5, 3:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDeuel61 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.