Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jul 29, 1986, 11:21 PM CDT for Codington County, South Dakota. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 1986, 11:21 PM CDT (04:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1986, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Codington County, SD
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 11:40 PM CDT | Hail 2 | Codington, SD |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 3602 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1336 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.5
- Supercell composite
- 24.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHON 300421 TORHON SDC029-300500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 1121 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...CODINGTON SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WARNING AREA ARE WATERTOWN.. AND THE LAKE KAMPESKA AREA. AT 1113 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND ON THE WESTERN SHORE OF LAKE KAMPESKA BY WATERTOWN POLICE. IT WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST TOWARD WATERTOWN. ADDITIONAL TORNADOS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CODINGTON COUNTY THAT WAS TO HAVE BEEN IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...YOU SHOULD GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE GO TO A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THEw LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING. JAS/TDK
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 29, 11:14 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1110 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 1986
TIME EVENT AND LOCATION
825 PM CDT FERNEY (BROWN COUNTY) PEA SIZE HAIL.
826 PM CDT 2 MILES SOUTH OF ABERDEEN AIRPORT. PEA SIZE HAIL.
900 PM CDT BUTLER (DAY COUNTY) HEAVY RAIN AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
902 PM CDT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST BRISTOL (DAY COUNTY) GOLFBALL HAIL.
915 PM CDT WEBSTER (DAY COUNTY) MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
1000 PM CDT WEBSTER (DAY COUNTY) VERY HEAVY RAIN WIND TO 40 MPH.
1000 PM CDT BUTLER (DAY COUNTY) VERY HEAVY RAIN.
1020 PM CDT POLLOCK (CAMPBELL COUNTY) MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
935 PM CDT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST FERNEY (BROWN COUNTY) GOLFBALL TO
BASEBALL HAIL.
110h5 PM CDT LILY (DAY COUNTY) ONE INCH TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL,
GROUND COVERED.
STUDNICKAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Hamlin, Kingsbury | 60 min |
| Jul 29, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Day | 64 min |
| Jul 29, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hamlin, Kingsbury | 64 min |
| Jul 29, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Deuel | 64 min |
| Jul 29, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Deuel | 30 min |
| Jul 29, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Day | 57 min |
| Jul 29, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson | 67 min |
| Jul 29, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell | 58 min |
| Jul 29, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Grant | 56 min |
| Jul 29, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Clark | 30 min |
| Jul 29, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Walworth | 55 min |
| Jul 29, 10:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Codington | 38 min |
| Jul 29, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Day | 60 min |
| Jul 29, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell | 64 min |
| Jul 29, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, McPherson | 69 min |
| Jul 29, 11:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Codington, Deuel, Hamlin | 32 min |
| Jul 30, 12:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Deuel, Grant | 32 min |
| Jul 30, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk, Spink | 59 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in South Dakota, 1986Every tornado warning in 1986Tornadoes in 1986
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.