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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 4, 1994Faulk County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1994, 6:57 PM CDT for Faulk County, South Dakota. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1994, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1994, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Faulk County, SD

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 12:00Z on 1994-06-04Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1994-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
930 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 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 
WUUS1 KABR 042357 RRA
SVRABR
SDC049-050030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
657 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 1994

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
      SOUTHEAST FAULK

SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE FAULKTON...ORIENT
AND ROCKHAM

AT 655 PM CDT  RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES
WEST OF FAULKTON...OR 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ABERDEEN. MOVEMENT WAS
EAST 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 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.

NIELSEN

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 4, 3:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
SDZ003>005-009-010-015-016-042215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
320 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 9 PM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
UNTIL 9 PM CDT. AT 315 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
IN NORTHERN CORSON COUNTY BETWEEN MCINTOSH AND MCLAUGHLIN...OR ABOUT
30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOBRIDGE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND
TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

NIELSEN
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 3:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
SDZ003>005-009-010-015-016-042215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
320 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 9 PM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
UNTIL 9 PM CDT. AT 315 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
IN NORTHERN CORSON COUNTY BETWEEN MCINTOSH AND MCLAUGHLIN...OR ABOUT
30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOBRIDGE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND
TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

NIELSEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey58 min
Jun 4, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRWalworth43 min
Jun 4, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRPotter68 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994

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.