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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Aberdeen, SD

May 26, 2013Hyde County, Sully County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2013, 3:59 AM CDT for Hyde County, Sully 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2013, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2013, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Hyde County, SD, Sully County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 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 26, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2013-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 00:00Z on 2013-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-560 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 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
May 25, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson30 min
May 25, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson45 min
May 25, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson56 min
May 25, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson38 min
May 25, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson48 min
May 25, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson46 min
May 25, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson, Dewey44 min
May 26, 1:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey63 min
May 26, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey45 min
May 26, 3:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Potter, Sully55 min
May 26, 4:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand, Hughes, Hyde, Sully53 min
May 26, 5:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand, Spink61 min
May 26, 10:38 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningABRHand56 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.