Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 8, 2002Campbell County, McPherson County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2002, 9:03 PM CDT for Campbell County, McPherson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 8, 2002, 9:03 PM CDT (02:03 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2002, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Campbell County, SD, McPherson County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 8, 9:30 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52 E	Eureka, 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 8, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 863 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1927 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

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

091 
WUUS53 KABR 090203
SVRABR
SDC021-089-090245-
/NEW.KABR.SV.W.0235.090203-090245/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
903 PM CDT THU AUG 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CAMPBELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
  MCPHERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 903 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 16 MILES WEST OF ARTAS TO 13
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF EUREKA...OR FROM 14 MILES SOUTH OF STRASBURG TO
  13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EUREKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ARTAS AROUND 925 PM CDT
  EUREKA AROUND 930 PM CDT
  GREENWAY AROUND 940 PM CDT

A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 70 MPH WIND IN HERRIED AS THESE 
STORMS PASSED.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND. 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 OFFICE IN
ABERDEEN.

LAT...LON 4595 10015 4560 9978 4573 9948 4594 9949

KEEFE

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 Aug 8, 3:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 3:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR CENTRAL/N-EAST SD AND W-CENTRAL MN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
350 PM CDT THU AUG 8 2002

DISCUSSION WILL BE RATHER SHORT. CONVECTION FIRING ALONG WEAK
CONVERGENCE LINE ACROSS CENTRAL CWA.  THIS AREA A BIT DISPLACED FROM
MAIN MID LEVEL DYNAMICS BUT MOISTURE MORE THAN PLENTIFUL.  WILL
CONTINUE TO SEE THIS LINE MOVE SLOWLY ENE ACROSS EASTERN CWA THIS
EVENING.  MID LEVEL WINDS AND CORFIDI VECTORS INDICATE SLOW
PROPOGATION OF MCS.  THUS SOME HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS LIKELY.  THE
GOOD NEWS IS MOST OF THE CWA STILL HAS RELATIVELY HIGH FFG AND
THEREFORE EXPECT MAJORITY OF THE RAINFALL WILL BE HANDLED OKAY WITH
ONLY LOCALIZED PROBLEMS.  ANOTHER LINE OF STORMS COULD LIKELY CLIP
WESTERN OR NORTHWEST CWA AS STRONG S/W HEADS NORTHEAST INTO NORTH
DAKOTA OVERNIGHT.  MEANWHILE FRONT EDGES TOWARD MN BORDER BY
AFERNOON AND IT APPEARS MAJORITY OF ACTIVITY ON FRIDAY WILL BE EAST
OF THE REGION.  FOR FRI NIGHT AND SATURDAY UPPER LEVEL LOW SWINGS
EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA.  EXPECT AT LEAST INSTABILITY SHOWERS
ON SATURDAY.  NEXT MAJOR SYSTEM STILL BEING ADVERTISED AND PROBABLY
WILL SEE SOME EFFECT OF THIS SYSTEM BY LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS
ALMOST FALL LIKE PATTERN SETS UP ACROSS NORTHERN PLAINS.

TDK

.EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
MAIN CHALLENGE OF EXT WILL BE CHANCE OF PRECIP ON MON. AVN EXT
CONTINUES TO SHOW UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVG THRU AREA ON SUN INTO MON.
FRONT LOOKS TO HAVE PASSED THROUGH AREA BY MON SO WILL JUST HAVE
THREAT OF PRECIP DUE TO H5 TROUGH MOVG OVER NRN PLAINS. AS FOR
TIMING OF PRECIP...BEST CHANCE LOOKS TO BE SUN OVERNIGHT INTO MON
MORNING WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIP STILL MON AFTERNOON ACROSS
THE NE PORTIONS OF THE CWA. WITH THE NW FLOW ACROSS THE STATE FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE EXT...WILL SEE COOLER TEMPS THROUGHOUT THE
WEEK WITH THE AREA REACHING BACK UP INTO THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S BY
MIDWEEK. ON WED AVN EXT SHOWS WEAK S/W SLIDING SOUTH OUT OF
CANADA...WHICH COULD AFFECT REGION WED INTO THU...BUT WILL LEAVE
FCST DRY FOR NOW.

ALBRECHT

.ABR...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 8, 3:24 PM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN, SD
324 PM CDT THU AUG 8 2002

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

0230 PM    2 NW STEPHAN              SD   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/08/02   HYDE

GEM

Local storm report, Aug 8, 4:08 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN, SD
408 PM CDT THU AUG 8 2002

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

0349 PM    13 NE FORT THOMPSON       SD   60 MPH WIND GUST
08/08/02   BUFFALO

0350 PM    MILLER                    SD   .88 INCH HAIL
08/08/02   HAND

MJA

Local storm report, Aug 8, 4:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN, SD
442 PM CDT THU AUG 8 2002

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

0407 PM    8 NE SAINT LAWRENCE       SD   60 MPH WIND GUST
08/08/02   HAND

0410 PM    SHELBY                    SD   60 MPH WIND GUST
08/08/02   BUFFALO

0410 AM    SHELBY                    SD   .75 INCH HAIL
08/08/02   BUFFALO

SK

Local storm report, Aug 8, 8:13 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN, SD
813 PM CDT THU AUG 8 2002

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

0753 PM    7 S MCLAUGHLIN            SD   59 MPH TSTORM WIND
08/08/02   CORSON

0800 PM    MCLAUGHLIN                SD   75-80 MPH TSTORM WIND
08/08/02   CORSON

0811 PM    2 N TIMBER LAKE           SD   60-70 MPH TSTORM WIND
08/08/02   DEWEY

0812 PM    MCINTOSH                  SD   73 MPH TSTORM WIND
08/08/02   CORSON                         MEASURED WITH WIND GAGE

TMK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Corson, Dewey	57 min
Aug 8, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Campbell, Walworth	42 min
Aug 8, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Jones, Lyman	49 min
Aug 9, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Roberts	25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2002 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.