Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1988
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 1988, 8:51 PM CDT for Roberts 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
- Jun 24, 1988, 8:51 PM CDT (01:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1988, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Roberts 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Roberts, 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 1618 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3380 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KABR 250151
TORABR
SDC109-250230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
851 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
NORTHERN ROBERTS
SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE CLAIRE CITY...
NEW EFFINGTON.
AT 845 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED JUST EAST OF CLAIRE CITY...
75 MILES NORTHEAST OF ABERDEEN.
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.
KEEFEWhat 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
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 530 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS FORMING IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... AT 525 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD FORMED IN WESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY JUST EAST OF EUREKA...50 MILES NORTHWEST OF ABERDEEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM FORMED RAPIDLY AND AT THIS TIME CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WIND AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF YOU LIVE BETWEEN ABERDEEN AND EUREKA BE AWARE OF THIS STORM AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER. KEEFE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 7:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 710 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 1988 AT 705 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN CENTRAL BROWN COUNTY NEAR COLUMBIA...10 MILES NORTH OF ABERDEEN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. AT 705 PM CDT THE VISIBILTY IN ABERDEEN WAS REDUCED TO 21/2 MILES IN BLOWING DUST CAUSED BY GUSTS TO 47 MPH IN THIS STORM. IF YOU LIVE IN BROWN COUNTY YOU SHOU%LD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. KEEFE
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 7:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 740 PM CDT FRI JUN 24 1988 AT 735 PM CDT THERE WAS AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHERN BROWN COUNTY NEAR FREDRICK...30 MILES NORTH OF ABERDEEN. THERE WAS ANOTHER STORM NEAR GROTON...20 MILES EAST OF ABERDEEN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. BOTH OF THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED GUSTY SURFACE WIND OF AROUND 45 MPH. AT 725 PM CDT THE STATE PATROL REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL NORTH OF GROTON. VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED IN BLOWING DUST. AS THESE STORMS MOVE EAST INTO MARSHALL AND DAY COUNTY RESIDENTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE WEATHER AND ESPECIALLY BE PREPARED FOR HIGH WIND. CAMPERS AND DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFRILE VEHICHLES SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL. KEEFE
Nearby
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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.