Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

August 12, 1999Charles Mix County, Gregory County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 1999, 12:17 AM CDT for Charles Mix County, Gregory County, South Dakota. It was in force for 48 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
Aug 12, 1999, 12:17 AM CDT (05:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 1999, 1:05 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Charles Mix County, SD, Gregory County, SD

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 193 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1999-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1200 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1999-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1200 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1302 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.6

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.