Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 501

July 9, 200211 counties in Nebraska; 26 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 9, 2002, 6:00 PM CDT for 11 counties in Nebraska; 26 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2002, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2002, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 37 counties

Antelope County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Holt County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Knox County, NE, Loup County, NE, Madison County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Rock County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brown County, SD, Brule County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clark County, SD, Davison County, SD, Day County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McCook County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Miner County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Spink County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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.

Warnings issued inside it

15 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt, Rock60 min
Jul 9, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown40 min
Jul 9, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt61 min
Jul 9, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFRock57 min
Jul 9, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd57 min
Jul 9, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrule, Charles Mix39 min
Jul 9, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFHolt62 min
Jul 9, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRMarshall39 min
Jul 9, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix, Gregory39 min
Jul 9, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLBFBoyd60 min
Jul 9, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Charles Mix46 min
Jul 9, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDHutchinson44 min
Jul 9, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix32 min
Jul 9, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme27 min
Jul 9, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMcCook47 min

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 2002-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 389 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 12:00Z on 2002-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
389 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.