Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1999, 5:55 PM CDT for Spink County, South Dakota. It was in force for 45 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 27, 1999, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1999, 6:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 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 22:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 6:00 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Redfield, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
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 Jul 27, 2:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 2:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR CENTRAL/NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 300 PM CDT TUE JULY 27 1999 FORECAST PROBLEM REVOLVES AROUND CONVECTION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SFC TROF NOW IN WESTERN CWA AND MOVING EAST. MOISTURE CONTS TO POOL AHEAD OF THE TROF...WITH MID TO UPPER 70S FOR DWPTS EXPECTED. 17Z GOES SOUNDER HAS CAPES INVOF 32 KJ/KG...WHICH IS ACTUALLY LINES UP WELL WITH 18Z KABR SOUNDING THAT SPC ORDERED. MODIFYING 18Z SOUNDING FOR EXPECTED HIGHS/DWPTS SHOWS THAT CAP ERODES COMPLETELY WITH CAPES AROUND 59 KJ/KG WITH LI'S TO -14. ETA BUFKIT SHOWS THAT PWATS INCREASE TO NEAR 1.75 INCHES FROM 22Z TO 04Z TNT. DIRECTIONAL SHEAR A BIT LACKING...BUT POSSIBLY MADE UP WITH SPEED SHEAR. ETA SHOWS WEAK 5H VORT MAX SLIDING THROUGH FROM 06-12Z...WHILE 7H VORT MAX MOVES THROUGH 00-06Z. BY 00Z THETA-E RIDGE POPS UP IN WRN SD...MOVING INTO THE ERN CWA BY 06Z. WILL GO WITH FAIRLY HIGH POPS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. ETA ALSO SHOWS DEEP MOISTURE PLUME WORKING UP FROM DESERT SW AREA. DUE TO THIS...WILL ALSO MENTION HEAVY RAIN. ON WED...MDLS SHOW DRY AIR SLIDING IN A LOW LEVELS BEHIND TROF/COLD FRONT. WITH RIDGE BUILDING...THIS SHOULD ALLOW TEMPS TO CLIMB NICELY. SAME HOLDS FOR THURSDAY. WILL FOLLOW MOS TEMPS...AS THEY SEEM REASONABLE. ...EXTENDED FORECAST DISCUSSION... COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST OF THE AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING BRINGING COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS. COLD FRONT SHOULD STALL SOUTH OF SOUTH DAKOTA LATE IN THE WEEKEND. .ABR...TOR WATCH #591 NERN SD AND BIG STONE/TRAVERSE COUNTIES IN MN UNTIL 01Z. HINTZ/ECKBERG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 4:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Edmunds | 51 min |
| Jul 27, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Sully | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Brown | 32 min |
| Jul 27, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hyde, Sully | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Marshall | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Spink | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand, Hyde | 62 min |
| Jul 27, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Roberts | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Grant | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark | 47 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.