Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1997, 8:19 AM CDT for Hughes County, Stanley County, South Dakota. It was in force for 61 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 1, 1997, 8:19 AM CDT (13:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1997, 9:20 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hughes County, SD, Stanley County, SD
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 6:15 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1327 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1148 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABR 011320 RRA SVRABR SDC065-117-011420- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 819 AM CDT (719 AM MDT) TUE JUL 1 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STANLEY COUNTY - CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WESTERN HUGHES COUNTY - CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 920 AM CDT (820 AM MDT) * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED FORT PIERRE AROUND 825 AM CDT (725 AM MDT) PIERRE AROUND 825 AM CDT CANNING AROUND 855 AM CDT BLUNT AROUND 905 AM CDT * AT 815 AM CDT (715 AM MDT)...ABERDEEN DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PIERRE OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT PIERRE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING! WCT/DM
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.
NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 30, 9:20 PM CDT, 10 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 9:20 PM CDT, 10 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR CENTRAL/NORTH CENTRAL/NORTHEAST SD AND FOR TRAVERSE/BIG STONE COUNTIES OF MN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 920 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 1997 SEVERAL OUTFLOW BOUNDRIES FORM PREVIOUS MCS ARE MOVG THRU THE CWA ATTM WHICH HAD TRIGGERED OFF A FEW TSTMS. THESE STORMS HAS WEAKEN AND WILL BE ALL BUT GONE BY SUN SET. THIS SHUD LEAVE P/CLDY SKIES FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT & WILL UPDATE TO REMOVE PRECIP. .ABR...NONE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:29 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-012055- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 428 AM CDT (252 AM MDT) TUE JUL 1 1997 ...A TORNADO OUTBREAK ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY... A POWERFUL SPRING LIKE STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY. AS IT ENCOUNTERS A WARM AND MOIST EARLY SUMMER AIRMASS...LOOK FOR SEVERE AND TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP. A FEW OF THESE TORNADOES MAY BECOME VIOLENT ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA BETWEEN NOON AND 7 PM. GO OVER YOUR TORNADO PREPAREDENESS PLANS AND KNOW WHAT TO DO. THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN THE CENTER PART OF YOUR BASEMENT UNDERNEATH A STURDY WORKBENCH. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES FOR A BASEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A BASEMENT...THEN THE BEST PLACE IS IN THE INNERMOST ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE LIKELY BY LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. KEEP TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WATCHES AND WARNINGS. HG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Sully | 59 min |
| Jun 30, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hyde | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk | 76 min |
| Jun 30, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Spink | 32 min |
| Jun 30, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 4:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Stanley | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 6:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 6:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Jones | 64 min |
| Jul 1, 7:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Jones | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 12:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes, Hyde, Sully | 63 min |
| Jul 1, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Spink | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Hamlin | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hamlin | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Day | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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.