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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Aberdeen, SD

May 15, 2000Clark County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2000, 7:39 PM CDT for Clark County, South Dakota. It was in force for 36 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, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2000, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Clark County, SD

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 15, 7:40 PM CDTHail 1Clark, SD
May 15, 8:10 PM CDTHail 0.88Clark, 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, 0.7 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 2000-05-16Temperature 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°0°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 
WFUS53 KABR 160039
TORABR
SDC025-160115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
739 PM CDT MON MAY 15 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 739 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 15 MILES NORTH OF WILLOW LAKE...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF
  CLARK. THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  6 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLOW LAKE AROUND 805 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING OR UNDERGROUND
SHELTER. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH...CULVERUT OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
$$

LAT...LON 4489 9765 4479 9786 4460 9763 4475 9750

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, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSpink46 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.