Tornado Warning 23, NWS Aberdeen, SD

Issued

Jul 29, 1986, 11:58 PM CDT (04:58 UTC)

Expired

Jul 30, 1986, 12:30 AM CDT

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS Aberdeen, SD

Area

Whole counties

Counties Codington County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Hamlin County, SD

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

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TORHON
SDC029-039-057-300530-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
1158 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...EASTERN CODINGTON...DEUEL AND NORTHEAST 
 HAMLIN

SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WARNING AREA ARE
WAVERLY AND CLEAR LAKE AND CASTLEWOOD

AT 1155 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO MOVING SOUTHEAST
 AT 35 MILES AN HOUR ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF WATERTOWN.

 SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED NEAR WATERTOWN..SOME WERE ON
 THE GROUND.

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 THE
LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR
A REINFORCED BUILDING.

SPRINGER/MILLER

In the hours 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.
 STUDNICKA

Tornado Warnings in South Dakota, 1986Every tornado warning in 1986Tornadoes in 1986

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.