Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 22, 1997Faulk County, Hand County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1997, 1:18 PM CDT for Faulk County, Hand County, South Dakota. It was in force for 62 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: Jun 22, 1997, 1:18 PM CDT (18:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 1997, 2:20 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area: Whole counties

Counties Faulk County, SD, Hand County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 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
Jun 22, 1:40 PM CDT	Hail 1	Rockham, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 22, 12:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 54 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1357 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 762 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KABR 221817 RRA
SVRABR
SDC049-059-221920-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
118 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  EASTERN FAULK COUNTY - NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
  NORTHERN HAND COUNTY - CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 220 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  ROCKHAM                             AROUND 125 PM CDT
  ZELL                                AROUND 135 PM CDT

* AT 115 PM CDT...ABERDEEN DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 42 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ABERDEEN OR 5
  MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCKHAM MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THIS REPLACES THE TORNADO WARINING FOR EASTERN FAULK COUNTY.

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!

GS/DEE

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 22, 10:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 10:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR CENTRAL/NORTH CENTRAL/NORTHEAST SD
AND FOR TRAVERSE/BIG STONE COUNTIES OF MN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
10 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997

88D SHWS SHWRS & TSTSM MOVG ACRS CBWA ATTM. SOME CUD BCM SVR. CRNT
FCST LOOKS FINE & WIL LET IT RIDE FOR NOW.

.ABR...NONE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 9:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  ABERDEEN SD
920 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997

SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-MNZ039-046-230600-
BIG STONE MN-BROWN-BUFFALO-CAMPBELL-CLARK-CODINGTON-CORSON-DAY-DEUEL-
DEWEY-EDMUNDS-FAULK-GRANT-HAMLIN-HAND-HUGHES-HYDE-JONES-LYMAN-MARSHALL-
MCPHERSON-POTTER-ROBERTS-SPINK-STANLEY-SULLY-TRAVERSE MN-WALWORTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCINTOSH...MOUND CITY...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...
BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE...ROSCOE...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...
GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...
CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE...FT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...
MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO...FT THOMPSON...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE
920 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997

* AN OUTBREAK OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED
  - TORNADOES
  - STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS (58 MPH OR GREATER)
  - HAIL (ONE INCH OR GREATER)
  - HEAVY RAIN

* POSSIBILITY OF SPOTTER ACTIVATION
  - SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA - PROBABLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
    EVENING
  - NORTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA - PROBABLE LATE AFTERNOON AND

    EVENING
  - WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA - PROBABLE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING

. SYNOPSIS: A WARM FRONT...CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST SOUTH
DAKOTA THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TO SOUTH EASTERN NEBRASKA...
WILL PUSH TO THE NORTH AND EAST AND WILL STRETCH ACROSS NORTHERN SOUTH
DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE WARM FRONT WILL
CONTINUE MOVING TO THE NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND WILL BE SITUATED
ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. BEHIND
THE WARM FRONT...WARM...MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE
REGION.  MEANWHILE...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE FROM THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS.  THIS COMBINATION OF WEATHER
SYSTEMS WILL PROVIDE THE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE WARM FRONT AN
MOVE TO THE NORTH ALONG WITH THE FRONT.

WCT

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 9:22 AM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  ABERDEEN SD
920 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997

SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-MNZ039-046-230600-
BIG STONE MN-BROWN-BUFFALO-CAMPBELL-CLARK-CODINGTON-CORSON-DAY-DEUEL-
DEWEY-EDMUNDS-FAULK-GRANT-HAMLIN-HAND-HUGHES-HYDE-JONES-LYMAN-MARSHALL-
MCPHERSON-POTTER-ROBERTS-SPINK-STANLEY-SULLY-TRAVERSE MN-WALWORTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCINTOSH...MOUND CITY...EUREKA...ABERDEEN...
BRITTON...SISSETON...MOBRIDGE...ROSCOE...WEBSTER...TIMBER LAKE...
GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON...REDFIELD...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...
CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE...FT PIERRE...ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...
MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO...FT THOMPSON...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE
920 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997

* AN OUTBREAK OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED
  - TORNADOES
  - STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS (58 MPH OR GREATER)
  - HAIL (ONE INCH OR GREATER)
  - HEAVY RAIN

* POSSIBILITY OF SPOTTER ACTIVATION
  - SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA - PROBABLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
    EVENING
  - NORTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA - PROBABLE LATE AFTERNOON AND

    EVENING
  - WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA - PROBABLE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING

. SYNOPSIS: A WARM FRONT...CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST SOUTH
DAKOTA THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TO SOUTH EASTERN NEBRASKA...
WILL PUSH TO THE NORTH AND EAST AND WILL STRETCH ACROSS NORTHERN SOUTH
DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE WARM FRONT WILL
CONTINUE MOVING TO THE NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND WILL BE SITUATED
ACROSS SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. BEHIND
THE WARM FRONT...WARM...MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE
REGION.  MEANWHILE...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE FROM THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS.  THIS COMBINATION OF WEATHER
SYSTEMS WILL PROVIDE THE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
TORNADDOES IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE WARM FRONT AN
MOVE TO THE NORTH ALONG WITH THE FRONT.

WCT

Local storm report, Jun 22, 9:38 AM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  ABERDEEN SD
938 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0650 AM    LITTLE EAGLE 6SE          SD   2.75 INCH HAIL
06/22/97   CORSON

0740 AM    MOBRIDGE                  SD   0.88 INCH HAIL
06/22/97   WALWORTH

END

R.S.

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 12:37 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

SDZ009-221755-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1237 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997

TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WALWORTH COUJTY...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED EAST...THUS THE WARNING
IS CANCELLED AT THIS TIME.

KH/HG

Local storm report, Jun 22, 12:52 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  ABERDEEN SD
1252 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1248 PM    ROSCOE                    SD   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/22/97   EDMUNDS

END

Local storm report, Jun 22, 12:53 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  ABERDEEN SD
1252 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1248 PM    ROSCOE                    SD   0.75 INCH HAIL
06/22/97   EDMUNDS

END

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 5:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Dewey, Potter	46 min
Jun 22, 6:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Corson	64 min
Jun 22, 6:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Walworth	62 min
Jun 22, 7:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Campbell, Walworth	61 min
Jun 22, 8:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Walworth	35 min
Jun 22, 8:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Edmunds, Faulk	60 min
Jun 22, 10:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Campbell, Corson	47 min
Jun 22, 11:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Edmunds, Potter	61 min
Jun 22, 11:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Edmunds, McPherson	49 min
Jun 22, 11:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Campbell	65 min
Jun 22, 11:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Edmunds	45 min
Jun 22, 11:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Faulk	64 min
Jun 22, 12:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	McPherson, Walworth	30 min
Jun 22, 12:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Edmunds	65 min
Jun 22, 12:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Faulk	33 min
Jun 22, 12:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	McPherson	64 min
Jun 22, 1:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Spink	65 min
Jun 22, 1:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Brown, Edmunds	48 min
Jun 22, 2:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Spink	60 min
Jun 22, 2:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Spink	32 min
Jun 22, 2:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Clark	61 min
Jun 22, 2:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Clark	58 min
Jun 22, 3:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Spink	35 min
Jun 22, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Clark	48 min
Jun 22, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Codington, Hamlin	61 min
Jun 22, 4:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Hamlin	50 min
Jun 22, 4:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Deuel	61 min
Jun 22, 4:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Deuel	59 min
Jun 22, 4:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Hamlin	32 min
Jun 22, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Clark	49 min
Jun 22, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hamlin	59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 1997 Every 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.