Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2002, 7:08 PM CDT for Hughes County, South Dakota. It was in force for 52 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
- Jun 22, 2002, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2002, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hughes County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:35 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Blunt, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 3369 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KABR 230008 SVRABR SDC065-230100- /NEW.KABR.SV.W.0075.230008-230100/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 708 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HUGHES COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 708 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF CANNING...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF PIERRE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BLUNT AROUND 725 PM CDT HARROLD AROUND 745 PM CDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE SHELTER NOW THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND 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 4445 10027 4430 10013 4454 9967 4454 10017 HINTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Edmunds, McPherson | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hyde | 54 min |
| Jun 22, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Hand | 66 min |
| Jun 22, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hyde | 63 min |
| Jun 22, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Sully | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hyde | 63 min |
| Jun 22, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Marshall | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Sully | 32 min |
| Jun 23, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson | 56 min |
| Jun 23, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey | 64 min |
| Jun 23, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 2:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Walworth | 49 min |
| Jun 23, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Walworth | 33 min |
| Jun 23, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2002Every 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.