Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Aberdeen, SD

July 23, 2001Day County, Roberts County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2001, 12:41 AM CDT for Day County, Roberts County, South Dakota. It was in force for 64 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
Jul 23, 2001, 12:41 AM CDT (05:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2001, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Day County, SD, Roberts County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:43 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 23, 12:45 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56 EGrenville, SDMany large tree branches were downed by the high winds.
Jul 23, 1:40 AM CDTHail 0.75Corona, 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2001-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2747 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 2001-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2747 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1276 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
13.2

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The text

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

844 
WUUS53 KABR 230541
SVRABR
SDC037-109-230645-
/NEW.KABR.SV.W.0235.230541-230645/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1241 AM CDT MON JUL 23 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
  ROBERTS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 1241 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF PICKEREL
  LAKE STATE PARK TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRENVILLE...OR FROM 11
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF SISSETON TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEBSTER...
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  PICKEREL LAKE STATE PARK AROUND 1250 AM CDT
  WAUBAY WILDLIFE REFUGE AROUND 100 AM CDT
  PEEVER...RUDEBUSCH CORNER AROUND 125 AM CDT

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
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...LON 4566 9684 4563 9703 4562 9723 4556 9723
          4556 9737 4547 9750 4536 9772 4539 9741
          4540 9713 4542 9699 4548 9691 4551 9681
          4555 9679 4559 9685

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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 Jul 22, 10:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 10:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR CENTRAL/NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
10 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2001

ONE DECENT STORM HAS MOVED INTO MINNESOTA.  MORE APPROACHING FROM
WEST...HOWEVER CONCUR WITH SPC THAT ACTIVITY OVER CENTRAL SECTIONS
OF STATE WILL PROBABLY BE ON THE WANE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS.
WILL UPDATE AS WATCH IS DROPPED OTHERWISE NO OTHER UPDATES PLANNED.
e
.ABR...NONE.
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 22, 8:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN, SD
843 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2001

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

0736 PM    3 S FLORENCE              SD   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/22/01   CODINGTON                      REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS

0833 PM    1 W WAVERLY               SD   .75 INCH HAIL
07/22/01   CODINGTON                      REPORTED BY
SPOTT{ERS

0815 PM    11/2 NE RAUVILLE          SD   1.50 INCH HAIL
07/22/01   CODINGTON                      REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS

GN
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 9:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-018>023-230315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
952 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 610 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL
OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 610 HAS ALSO BEEN CANCELLED FOR
TRAVERSE AND BIG STONE COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA.

THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED OVER THE REGION
AND THEREFORE THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  MORE STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE
MINIMAL.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/ABR OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington24 min
Jul 22, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington45 min
Jul 23, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRJones, Stanley29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.