Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 385, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

October 1, 2002Turner County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 1, 2002, 1:24 PM CDT for Turner County, South Dakota. It was in force for 36 min. 3 reports 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
Oct 1, 2002, 1:24 PM CDT (18:24 UTC)
Expired
Oct 1, 2002, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Turner County, SD

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 1, 1:50 PM CDTHail 1.75Hurley, SD
Oct 1, 1:50 PM CDTHail 1.25Hurley, SD
Oct 1, 2:03 PM CDTHail 0.88Davis, 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 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 12:00Z on 2002-10-01Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2002-10-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -190 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2123 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 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.

415 
WUUS53 KFSD 011824
SVRFSD
SDC125-011900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
124 PM CDT TUE OCT 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 124 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HURLEY...OR ABOUT 15
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARKER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HURLEY...MARION AROUND 150 PM CDT
  DAVIS AROUND 155 PM CDT
  PARKER...CHANCELLOR AROUND 200 PM CDT

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4347 9739 4318 9739 4319 9694 4350 9702

BOUSTEAD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 1, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Yankton36 min
Oct 1, 1:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDYankton29 min
Oct 1, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Turner41 min
Oct 1, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMinnehaha28 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.