Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1997, 2:05 PM CDT for Spink County, South Dakota. It was in force for 60 min. 4 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
- Jun 22, 1997, 2:05 PM CDT (19:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1997, 3:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Spink County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 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, 2:05 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Redfield, SD | |
| Jun 22, 2:11 PM CDT | Hail 2.5 | Redfield, SD | |
| Jun 22, 2:14 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Redfield, SD | |
| Jun 22, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Doland, SD | A weak narrow path tornado touched down 14 miles southwest of Doland near Glendale Colony. Path length and width were estimated. |
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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 6 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
- 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
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.
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 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 10:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 56 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
Local storm report, Jun 22, 9:38 AM CDT, 4 hours 27 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, 1 hour 28 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, 1 hour 13 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
ENDLocal storm report, Jun 22, 12:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 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
ENDLocal storm report, Jun 22, 1:37 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
137 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0137 PM 3 W ROCKHAM SD 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/22/97 FAULK
ENDLocal storm report, Jun 22, 1:38 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
137 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0137 PM> 3 W ROCKHAM SD 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/22/97 FAULK
ENDThe 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, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk, Hand | 62 min |
| Jun 22, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds | 48 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
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.