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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 18, 1990Campbell County, Walworth County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1990, 11:11 PM CDT for Campbell County, Walworth County, South Dakota. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 1990, 11:11 PM CDT (04:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1990, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
64 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 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 1990-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 395 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 1990-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
395 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-134 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2340 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KABR 190411
SVRABR
SDC021-129-107-190515-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1111 PM CDT MON JUN 18 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
      CAMPBELL...WALWORTH...POTTER

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE ADJACENT WATERS OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.

SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE GETTYSBURG...
MOUND CITY...AKASKA...MOBRIDGE AND SELBY.

AT 1105 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
SOUTH FROM THE NORTH DAKOTA/SOUTH DAKOTA STATE LINE 30 MILES
NORTH OF MOBRIDGE SOUTH DAKOTA ON SOUTH TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF
MOBRIDGE SOUTH DAKOTA NEAR GETTYSBURG MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

 VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED
IN AND AROUND THE MOBRIDGE AREA.

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.

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

STUDNICKA

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 18, 7:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
SDZ004-011-190140-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
740 PM CDT MON JUN 18 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS FORMING IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

AT 735 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD
FORMED 10 MILES WEST OF REDFIELD SOUTH DAKOTA...40 MILES SOUTH OF
ABERDEEN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM CAN CAUSE HIGH WIND...SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN IN AN AREA
THAT IS STILL WET FROM THE WEEK END RAINS.

IF YOU LIVE IN SPINK COUNTY YOU SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE WEATHER UNTIL
ABOUT 830 PM CDT WHEN THIS STORM SHOULD WEAKEN.

KEEFE
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 10:42 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
SDZ003-SDZ010-190500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1040 PM CDT MON JUN 18, 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
   UNTIL 12 AM MDT...

AT 1035 PM CDT RADAR INDICATES INTENSE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER NORTH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA EXTENDING FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOBRIDGE
SOUTH DAKOTA TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF MOBRIDGE SOUTH DAKOTA MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.

RECENT REPORTS FROM EAGLE BUTTE AND LANTRY IN SOUTHWEST DEWEY COUNTY OF
NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA HAVE SOME MINOR SMALL TREE DAMAGE WITH WIND
OF 50 MPH ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

CAMPERS ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER NORTH OF PIERRE SOUTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.
 STUDNICKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningABRSpink33 min
Jun 18, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBeadle, Clark, Kingsbury62 min
Jun 18, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHamlin, Kingsbury65 min
Jun 18, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRPotter64 min
Jun 18, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Hyde, Sully64 min
Jun 18, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds, McPherson63 min
Jun 18, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk63 min
Jun 18, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand57 min
Jun 19, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Spink68 min
Jun 19, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBeadle65 min
Jun 19, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBeadle, Jerauld, Sanborn65 min
Jun 19, 1:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRKingsbury, Miner69 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.