Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Aberdeen, SD

July 3, 1995Day County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1995, 10:55 PM CDT for Day County, South Dakota. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1995, 10:55 PM CDT (03:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1995, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Day County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 1995-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1633 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 1995-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1633 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KABR 040353 RRA
SVRABR
SDC037-040445-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1055 PM CDT MON JUL 3 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT (1045 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

   ...SOUTHERN DAY COUNTY
 
AT 1047 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY ABERDEEN
DOPPLER RADAR 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF WATERTOWN OR 3 MILES SOUTH OF
BUTLER MOVING EAST AT 23 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH...
HOLMQUIST                        BY 1112 PM CDT
WEBSTER                          BY 1120 PM CDT
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND
VERY 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 ANDV YOUR PROPERTY.

REITER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSpink62 min
Jul 3, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRPotter63 min
Jul 3, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk66 min
Jul 3, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand52 min
Jul 3, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRWalworth63 min
Jul 3, 8:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRSpink59 min
Jul 3, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSpink59 min
Jul 3, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningABRMcPherson46 min
Jul 3, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk62 min
Jul 3, 9:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRSpink59 min
Jul 3, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSpink59 min
Jul 3, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBeadle62 min
Jul 3, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark45 min
Jul 3, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBeadle42 min
Jul 3, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRMiner52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.