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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Aberdeen, SD

May 5, 2007Buffalo County, Hand County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2007, 5:43 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Hand County, South Dakota. It was in force for 20 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
May 5, 2007, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2007, 6:03 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Buffalo County, SD, Hand County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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
May 5, 4:33 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2007-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 302 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 12:00Z on 2007-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 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
302 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 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.

000 
WUUS53 KABR 052243
SVRABR
SDC017-059-052315-
/O.NEW.KABR.SV.W.0021.070505T2243Z-070505T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
543 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL BUFFALO COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN HAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 542 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF AMES...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  FORT THOMPSON...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AMES AROUND 555 PM CDT...
  MILLER DALE COLONY AROUND 610 PM CDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS. TAKE SHELTER NOW

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
ABERDEEN.

LAT...LON 4408 9927 4408 9902 4442 9900 4443 9930

$$
PARKIN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KABR 052303
SVSABR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
603 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

SDC017-059-052313-
/O.CAN.KABR.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070505T2315Z/
BUFFALO SD-HAND SD-
603 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAND AND NORTH
CENTRAL BUFFALO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 601 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED. THEREFORE...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4408 9927 4408 9902 4442 9900 4443 9930

$$
PARKIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Hamlin37 min
May 5, 2:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRClark, Codington, Day6 hr
May 5, 4:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchABRBrown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Day and 15 more36 hr
May 5, 4:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRClark, Day, Marshall6 hr
May 5, 5:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRBrown, Spink6 hr
May 5, 5:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRBrown, Spink6 hr
May 5, 6:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRBuffalo, Faulk, Hand6 hr
May 5, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningABRSpink20 min

Nearby

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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.