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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Aberdeen, SD

July 13, 1995Jones County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1995, 9:50 PM CDT for Jones County, South Dakota. It was in force for 20 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1995, 9:50 PM CDT (02:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1995, 10:10 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Jones County, SD

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 1995-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1960 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 1995-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
1960 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-240 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1349 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KHON 140250 RRA
SVRHON
SDC075-117-140330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 
950 PM CDT THU JUL 13 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
      WESTERN JONES...SOUTHWEST STANLEY

AT ITS PRESENT RATE OF MOVEMENT...THIS STORM IS FORECAST TO AFFECT
THE COMMUNITY OF HAYES BY 1015 PM CDT.

AT 945 PM CDT  RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES WEST
OF MURDO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOU.

 AT 945 PM CDT...75 MPH WIND WAS REPORTED NEAR THE SOUTHWEST CORNER
OF JONES COUNTY.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD GET TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 55 MPH...3/4 INCH HAIL OR LARGER...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.V

 SPRINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRStanley40 min
Jul 13, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Stanley39 min
Jul 13, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Potter60 min
Jul 13, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk61 min
Jul 13, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk64 min
Jul 13, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand52 min
Jul 14, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSpink63 min
Jul 14, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown43 min
Jul 14, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay63 min
Jul 14, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRRoberts62 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.