Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2012, 8:14 PM MDT for Corson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 46 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
- Mar 26, 2012, 8:14 PM MDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2012, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Corson County, SD
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 5:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 939 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 483 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
995
WUUS53 KABR 270214
SVRABR
SDC031-270300-
/O.NEW.KABR.SV.W.0002.120327T0214Z-120327T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
814 PM MDT MON MAR 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN CORSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 900 PM MDT
* AT 813 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SHAMBO RANCH...OR 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF DUPREE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 40 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MORRISTOWN AND KELDRON AROUND 855 PM MDT...
THIS WARNING INCLUDES HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 107 AND 120.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 4595 10186 4595 10169 4589 10144 4547 10160
4547 10199 4548 10201 4554 10201
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 203DEG 37KT 4552 10187
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
SERR2 follow-up statements
124
WWUS53 KABR 270238
SVSABR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
838 PM MDT MON MAR 26 2012
SDC031-270300-
/O.CON.KABR.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120327T0300Z/
CORSON SD-
838 PM MDT MON MAR 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CORSON
COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM MDT...
AT 836 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES
SOUTH OF MORRISTOWN...OR 42 MILES WEST OF MCLAUGHLIN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
KELDRON AROUND 845 PM MDT...
MORRISTOWN AROUND 850 PM MDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4547 10160 4551 10176 4567 10192 4595 10186
4595 10169 4589 10144
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 207DEG 47KT 4576 10166
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
SERR947
WWUS53 KABR 270259
SVSABR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
959 PM CDT MON MAR 26 2012
SDC031-270308-
/O.EXP.KABR.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120327T0300Z/
CORSON SD-
859 PM MDT MON MAR 26 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN CORSON COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT/900 PM MDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 4547 10160 4551 10176 4567 10192 4595 10186
4595 10169 4589 10144
TIME...MOT...LOC 0258Z 207DEG 47KT 4596 10156
$$
SERRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 6:14 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Corson and 20 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 26, 7:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson | 38 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.