Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Aberdeen, SD

July 3, 1993Hamlin County, Kingsbury County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1993, 9:00 PM CDT for Hamlin County, Kingsbury County, South Dakota. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1993, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1993, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hamlin County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 1993-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4540 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 1993-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4540 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1223 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
12.9

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk28 min
Jul 3, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSpink45 min
Jul 3, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningABREdmunds18 min
Jul 3, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay46 min

Nearby

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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.