Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Aberdeen, SD

May 21, 1995Faulk County, Potter County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1995, 9:39 PM CDT for Faulk County, Potter County, South Dakota. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 1995, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 1995, 10:40 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Faulk County, SD, Potter County, SD

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 1995-05-22Temperature 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 1995-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175194214233Sfc1 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
2199 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 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 220239
SVRABR
SDC049-107-220340-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
939 PM CDT SUN MAY 21 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1040 PM CDT (940 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

   ...FAULK COUNTY

IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

   ...POTTER COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN POTTER
AND FAULK COUNTIES OF NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS STORM IS
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND IS CURRENTLY LOCATED NEAR LEBANON OR
10 MILES NORTHEAST OF GETTYSBURG.  THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS.
 
AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...SUCH AS TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...
DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY. TUNE INTO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO
OR TELEVISION STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE 
OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.

OLSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningABREdmunds, Faulk, Potter31 min
May 21, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRMcPherson55 min
May 21, 9:26 PM CDTTornado WarningABRBrown, Edmunds34 min
May 21, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Edmunds, McPherson59 min
May 21, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSpink63 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.