Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 9, 2003Hughes County, Lyman County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2003, 7:07 PM CDT for Hughes County, Lyman County, South Dakota. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2003, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2003, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hughes County, SD, Lyman County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 9, 2:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 00:00Z on 2003-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2003-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 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.

268 
WUUS53 KABR 100007
SVRABR
SDC065-085-100030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED   ....RESEND...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
659 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HUGHES COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
  LYMAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 659 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR CREEK REC AREA...OR
  ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF PRESHO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CEDAR CREEK REC AREA AROUND 705 PM CDT
  JOE CREEK REC AREA AROUND 710 PM CDT
  WEST BEND REC AREA AROUND 720 PM CDT

GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT. SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE 
OR NO WARNING.

LAT...LON 4419 10015 4399 10011 4407 9956 4424 9963

$$
PARKIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Lyman28 min
Jun 9, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Hyde45 min
Jun 9, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Hyde39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.