Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Aberdeen, SD
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:42 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Tulare, SD | |
| May 15, 7:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Turton, 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.
- 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
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 NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark | 44 min |
| May 15, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Clark | 36 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.