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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 15, 1995Hand County, Hyde County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1995, 2:10 AM CDT for Hand County, Hyde County, South Dakota. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 1995, 2:10 AM CDT (07:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1995, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hand County, SD, Hyde County, SD

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 1995-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3479 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 1995-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
3479 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1377 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KHON 150711 RRA
SVRHON
SDC059-069-150800-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
210 AM CDT THU JUN 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HURON SD                    HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 AM CDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN HAND COUNTY...SOUTHERN HYDE COUNTY
 
AT 205 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF
STEPHAN IN SOUTHERN HYDE COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 12 MILES AN HOUR. THIS
STORM IS EXPECTED INTO SOUTHWEST HAND COUNTY IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.
 
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 3:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand, Jerauld35 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.