Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 31, 1988Brown County, Spink County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 1988, 9:32 PM CDT for Brown County, Spink County, South Dakota. It was in force for 58 min. 3 reports 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
Aug 31, 1988, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 1988, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Brown County, SD, Spink 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 31, 9:50 PM CDTHail 1Brown, SD
Aug 31, 10:20 PM CDTHail 0.75Brown, SD
Aug 31, 10:40 PM CDTHail 1.75Brown, 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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Marshall55 min
Aug 31, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown57 min
Aug 31, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Day, Marshall64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

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.