Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Aberdeen, SD

July 5, 1996Hyde County, Sully County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1996, 7:02 PM CDT for Hyde County, Sully County, South Dakota. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1996, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1996, 7:50 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hyde County, SD, Sully County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 5, 7:30 PM CDTHail 0.75Onida, SD

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 248 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 1996-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1917 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 1996-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
1917 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1088 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes46 min
Jul 5, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRLyman62 min
Jul 5, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHyde59 min
Jul 5, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand60 min
Jul 5, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSully57 min
Jul 5, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHyde64 min
Jul 6, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand61 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.