Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Aug 13, 1989, 10:00 PM CDT for Clark County, Spink County, South Dakota. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 1989, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1989, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clark 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 691 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1883 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KHON 140300
TORHON
SDC025-115-140330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
1000 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
WESTERN CLARK...
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
SOUTHEAST SPINK...
SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE DOLAND...RAYMOND...
AND CLARK.
AT 955 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES EAST OF
DOLAND OR 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF HURON.
AT 950 PM CDT A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY STATE POLICE 5 MILES
EAST OF DOLAND.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER
IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE GO TO A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED
BUILDING OR A LOW AREA.
HUTCHEONWhat 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, Aug 13, 6:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
609 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1989
STORM DATA FOR AUGUST 13 1989
TIME COUNTY..LOCATION CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE
.......................................................................
350 PM CDT BROWN..RICHMOND LAKE 1/2 INCH HAIL..WEATHER
SPOTTER
402 PM CDT BROWN..ABERDEEN 15NW GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL..PUBLIC
410 PM CDT BROWN..ABERDEEN 3/4 INCH HAIL..CIVIL DEF.
411 PM CDT BROWN..ABERDEEN 2W 3/4 INCH HAIL..NWS OBSERVER
413 PM CDT BROWN..ABERDEEN 6W 1 INCH HAIL..NWS OBSERVER
413 PM CDT BROWN..ABERDEEN 6NW 1 1/4 INCH HAIL..POLICE
417 PM CDT BROWN..ABERDEEN 3NW 3/4 INCH HAIL..POLICE
437 PM CDT BROWN..ABERDEEN 3NW 1 INCH HAIL..POLICE
440 PM CDT BROWN..ABERDEEN 6W 3/4 INCH HAIL..NWS OBSERVER
500 PM CDT BROWN..STRATFORkD 3/4 INCH HAIL..CIVIL DEF.
HUSTONLocal storm report, Aug 13, 6:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
612 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1989
STORM DATA FOR AUGUST 13 1989
TIME COUNTY..LOCATION CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE
.......................................................................
530 PM CDT ROBERTS..SISSETON 2N PEA SIZE HAIL..CIVIL DEF.
530 PM CDT MARSHALL..VEBLEN 6SE 2-3 INCHES RAIN..MARBLE AND
LARGER HArIL..WEATHER SPOTTER
HUSTONSpecial weather statement, Aug 13, 6:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 647 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TIL 10 PM CDT... AT 640 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST CAMPBELL AND NORTHWEST MCPHERSON COUNTIES...35 TO 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOBRIDGE IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS LIKELY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUST3Y WIND. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. HUSTON
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 7:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 725 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUN}DERSTORM WATCH FOR BROWN...SPINK...DAY...MARSHALL AND ROBERTS COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HUSTON
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 8:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 851 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1989 AT 845 PM CDT RADAR A THUNDERSTORM RAPIDLY INCREASING IN INTENSITY 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ABERDEEN NEAR FERNEY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM CONTAINS BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGI:NG WEATHER CONDITIONS. HUSTON
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 9:07 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 850 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1989 AT 845 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM RAPIDLY INCREASING IN INTENSITY 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ABERDEEN NEAR FERNEY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM CONTAINS BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THISU STORM BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. HUSTON
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.