Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 23, 2000Clark County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2000, 1:16 AM CDT for Clark County, South Dakota. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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
Jun 23, 2000, 1:16 AM CDT (06:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2000, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Clark County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 23, 1:33 AM CDTHail 1Bradley, 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 2000-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2956 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 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.

117 
WUUS53 KABR 230618
SVRABR
SDC025-230645-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
116 AM CDT FRI JUN 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 116 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF BRADLEY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
  NORTH OF CLARK...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE IN...
  RURAL CLARK COUNTY THROUGH 130 AM CDT

THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 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 FORECAST
OFFICE IN ABERDEEN.

$$

LAT...LON 4514 9784 4498 9779 4499 9754 4513 9756

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds42 min
Jun 23, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington46 min
Jun 23, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington, Hamlin60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.