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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 4, 20004 counties in South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2000, 9:30 PM CDT for 4 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 60 min. 5 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
Aug 4, 2000, 9:30 PM CDT (02:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Buffalo County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Lyman County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 4, 9:35 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 70 ERousseau, SDHigh winds downed several trees, blew the chimney off of a house, and destroyed a dog kennel.
Aug 4, 9:40 PM CDTHail 1Blunt, SD
Aug 4, 9:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EBlunt, SDHigh winds destroyed a grain auger.
Aug 4, 10:10 PM CDTHail 2.75Rousseau, SD
Aug 4, 10:20 PM CDTHail 1.75Rousseau, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 4, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2000-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2354 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2000-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 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
2354 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1004 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KABR 050231
SVRABR
SDC017-065-069-085-117-050330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
930 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BUFFALO COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
  HUGHES COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
  HYDE COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
  LYMAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
  SOUTHEAST STANLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 930 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10
  MILES EAST OF ROSSEAU...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOWER
  BRULE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST BEND REC AREA AROUND 950 PM CDT
  STEPHAN AROUND 1015 PM CDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE SHELTER NOW!

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO LTHE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
ABERDEEN.
$$
LAT...LON 4446 9993 4425 10021 4410 9951 4431 9940

HAASE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey29 min
Aug 4, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Stanley, Sully56 min
Aug 4, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Walworth57 min
Aug 4, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes53 min
Aug 4, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSully27 min
Aug 4, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds55 min
Aug 4, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRStanley60 min
Aug 4, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRPotter, Walworth42 min
Aug 4, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds47 min
Aug 4, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WarningABRHughes31 min
Aug 4, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes31 min
Aug 4, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBuffalo, Hyde, Lyman65 min
Aug 4, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk49 min
Aug 4, 10:31 PM CDTTornado WarningABRFaulk44 min
Aug 4, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk44 min
Aug 4, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBuffalo, Lyman46 min
Aug 4, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSpink48 min
Aug 5, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand30 min
Aug 5, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand33 min
Aug 5, 2:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk67 min
Aug 5, 3:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand59 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.