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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 21, 1995McPherson County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1995, 6:49 AM CDT for McPherson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1995, 6:49 AM CDT (11:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1995, 7:27 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

County McPherson County, SD

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 1995-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1509 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1995-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
1509 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KABR 211151 RRA
SVRABR
SDC089-211235-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
649 AM CDT WED JUN 21 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 735 AM CDT (635 AM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

   ...WESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY
 
AT 643 AM CDT...TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH ALONG THE
MCPHERSON/CAMPBELL COUNTY LINE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED
MARBLE-SIZED HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE EUREKA AREA.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND
VE:RY HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY...
YOURSELF AND YOUR PROPERTY.

TALLMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 3:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes51 min
Jun 21, 3:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRWalworth46 min
Jun 21, 4:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Lyman42 min
Jun 21, 4:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRCampbell, Walworth116 min
Jun 21, 5:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRHughes69 min
Jun 21, 5:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRCampbell60 min
Jun 21, 5:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell60 min
Jun 21, 6:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Stanley37 min
Jun 21, 6:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, McPherson49 min
Jun 21, 6:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRWalworth32 min
Jun 21, 7:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson59 min
Jun 21, 8:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRWalworth56 min
Jun 21, 8:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell83 min
Jun 21, 8:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk49 min
Jun 21, 11:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRMcPherson63 min
Jun 21, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds, Potter, Walworth43 min
Jun 21, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Sully45 min
Jun 21, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRStanley38 min
Jun 21, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRJones47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.