Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 7, 2002Bon Homme County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2002, 4:11 PM CDT for Bon Homme County, South Dakota. It was in force for 49 min. 4 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
Jun 7, 2002, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2002, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Bon Homme County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 7, 4:30 PM CDTHail 1.75Springfield, SD
Jun 7, 4:43 PM CDTHail 1.75Springfield, SD
Jun 7, 4:51 PM CDTHail 0.75Springfield, SD
Jun 7, 5:01 PM CDTHail 0.75Springfield, 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 2002-06-07Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2002-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -129 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2358 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KFSD 072111
SVRFSD
SDC009-072200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
411 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BON HOMME COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 411 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT
  25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SPRINGFIELD AROUND 445 PM CDT

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix28 min
Jun 7, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme30 min
Jun 7, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDUnion39 min
Jun 7, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDUnion19 min
Jun 7, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDUnion25 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.