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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 4, 2000Faulk County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2000, 10:26 PM CDT for Faulk County, South Dakota. It was in force for 49 min. 6 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, 10:26 PM CDT (03:26 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2000, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area: Whole counties

County Faulk County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:28 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
Aug 4, 11:00 PM CDT	Tornado F0	Faulkton, SD	A tornado touched down on the east side of Faulkton and tipped over and severely damaged the new press box and bleachers at the ball field. The tornado also knocked down some light poles and destroyed a hanger, an airplane, and a gyrocopter at the airport.
Aug 4, 11:00 PM CDT	Hail 4.5	Faulkton, SD	Softball hail broke windows and caused extensive damage to a few vehicles and homes west of Faulkton.
Aug 4, 11:00 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 61 E	Faulkton, SD
Aug 4, 11:00 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 70 E	Faulkton, SD	Eighty mph winds brought a large tree down onto a mobile home at Lake Faulkton causing severe damage. Also, many other trees were downed at Lake Faulkton and some buildings were destroyed.
Aug 4, 11:15 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 61 E	Faulkton, SD	Seventy mph winds downed several trees east of Faulkton.
Aug 4, 11:20 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 70 E	Faulkton, SD	Eighty mph winds brought down several trees and many tree branches throughout Faulkton.

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
Aug 4, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Aug 4, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 62 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: 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 050327
SVRABR
SDC049-050415-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1026 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FAULK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1026 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORBECK...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF
  FAULKTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CRESBARD AROUND 1040 PM CDT
  FAULKTON AROUND 1045 PM CDT
  DEVOE AROUND 1055 PM CDT
  MIRANDA AROUND 1105 PM CDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
ABERDEEN.

$$
LAT...fLON 4528 9915 4508 9938 4489 9900 4491 9874
          4502 9873

HARDING

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 Aug 4, 9:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 9:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR CENTRAL/NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
915 PM CDT THU AUG 3 2000

CURRENT ZONE PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD. RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA
ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN. NO UPDATES MADE TO THE
ZONES.

.ABR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
       SOUTH DAKOTA AND BIG STONE AND TRAVERSE COUNTIES IN
       MINNESOTA.

ECKBERG
N

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 4, 6:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
635 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 2000

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

0600 PM    EAGLE BUTTE               SD   .75 INCH HAIL
08/04/00   DEWEY

JH

N

Local storm report, Aug 4, 7:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
734 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 2000

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

0710 PM    6 W RIDGEVIEW             SD   .88 INCH HAIL
08/04/00   DEWEY                          NICKLE SIZE HAIL.

JH

N

Local storm report, Aug 4, 8:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
828 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 2000

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

0800 PM    MISSION RIDGE             SD   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/04/00   STANLEY                        GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL COVERED
                                          THE GROUND.  1.4 INCHES OF
                                          RAIN.

JH

N

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 9:56 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

SDZ003-015-033-045-050315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
956 PM CDT (856 PM MDT) FRI AUG 4 2000

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 646 CANCELLED...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 646 FOR CORSON...DEWEY...
STANLEY...AND JONES COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

ECKBERG

N

Local storm report, Aug 4, 10:00 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1000 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 2000

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

0910 PM    4 NE PIERRE               SD   3.5 INCH HAIL
08/04/00   HUGHES                         GRAPEFRUIT SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY LAW               F
                                          ENFORCEMENT.

JH

N

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 4, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Dewey	29 min
Aug 4, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Dewey, Stanley, Sully	56 min
Aug 4, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Campbell, Walworth	57 min
Aug 4, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hughes	53 min
Aug 4, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Sully	27 min
Aug 4, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Edmunds	55 min
Aug 4, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Buffalo, Hughes, Hyde, Lyman	60 min
Aug 4, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Stanley	60 min
Aug 4, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Potter, Walworth	42 min
Aug 4, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Edmunds	47 min
Aug 4, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Hughes	31 min
Aug 4, 10:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hughes	31 min
Aug 4, 10:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Buffalo, Hyde, Lyman	65 min
Aug 4, 10:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Faulk	44 min
Aug 4, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Faulk	44 min
Aug 4, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Buffalo, Lyman	46 min
Aug 4, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Spink	48 min
Aug 5, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hand	30 min
Aug 5, 12:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hand	33 min
Aug 5, 2:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Faulk	67 min
Aug 5, 3:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hand	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.