Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Aberdeen, SD

May 15, 2000Spink County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2000, 7:29 PM CDT for Spink County, South Dakota. It was in force for 46 min. 2 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
May 15, 2000, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2000, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Spink County, SD

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 15, 7:42 PM CDTHail 0.75Tulare, SD
May 15, 7:45 PM CDTHail 0.75Turton, 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 nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2000-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 40 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 2000-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1705 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KABR 160030
SVRABR
SDC115-160115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
729 PM CDT MON MAY 15 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SPINK COUNTY IN SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 729 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BRENTFORD...OR ABOUT 16
  MILES NORTHEAST OF REDFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR TURTON AROUND 755 PM CDT
  9 MILES NORTH OF DOLAND AROUND 800 PM CDT

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  HAIL UP TO THE SIZE eOF QUARTERS.

STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

$$
LAT...LON 4519 9846 4502 9853 4485 9798 4514 9798

HINTZ

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark44 min
May 15, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningABRClark36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.