Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 219, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 1997, 5:13 PM MDT for Stanley County, South Dakota. It was in force for 62 min. 2 reports 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
- Sep 6, 1997, 5:13 PM MDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 1997, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stanley County, SD
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 5:20 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Mission Ridge, SD | |
| Sep 6, 6:04 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Mission Ridge, SD | Golfball size hail broke windshields on a few vehicles. |
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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 3:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Jones | 59 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.