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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Aberdeen, SD

September 22, 2008Jones County, Stanley County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 22, 2008, 9:11 PM CDT for Jones County, Stanley County, South Dakota. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 22, 2008, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jones County, SD, Stanley County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 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
Sep 22, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2008-09-23Temperature 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2008-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
1684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Faulk, Hughes, Hyde, Potter, Sully39 min
Sep 22, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds, Faulk, Hyde, Potter, Walworth50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.