Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1996, 3:34 AM CDT for Potter County, South Dakota. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 1996, 3:34 AM CDT (08:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 1996, 4:05 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Potter County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 9:48 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 20, 11:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
SDZ033-045-211025- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1120 PM CDT (1020 PM MDT) SAT JUL 20 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT (4 AM MDT)... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR JONES AND STANLEY COUNTIES OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 5 AM CDT...OR 4 AM MDT. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF MURDO AND FORT PIERRE. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEV<ERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE APPROACH OF THREATENING WEATHER...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. MIDDLEBROOKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes, Lyman | 64 min |
| Jul 20, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Sully | 49 min |
| Jul 20, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Lyman | 59 min |
| Jul 21, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Sully | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Lyman | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hyde, Sully | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes | 32 min |
| Jul 21, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Lyman | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 4:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Dewey, Stanley | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey, Stanley | 30 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.