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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Aberdeen, SD

May 27, 2013Jones County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2013, 10:16 PM CDT for Jones County, South Dakota. It was in force for 44 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 27, 2013, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2013, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Jones County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:16 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 27, 12:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 2013-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 317 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, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2013-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 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
317 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-163 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1053 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.9

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRJones, Lyman24 min
May 27, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Lyman44 min
May 28, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBuffalo, Hand50 min

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.