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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

May 23, 1989Gregory County, Tripp County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1989, 7:52 PM CDT for Gregory County, Tripp County, South Dakota. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 1989, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 1989, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area: Whole counties

Counties Gregory County, SD, Tripp County, SD

The radar

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

The text

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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, May 23, 5:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
520 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 1989

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
AND SMALL HAIL WERE MOVING ACROSS MOVING ACROSS MOODY COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND ALONG THE SOUTHWEST BORDER OF PIPESTONE
COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AT 515 PM CDT.

THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE A HAZARD FOR MOTORISTS AND ANYONE OUTDOORS
SHOULD SEEK SHELTER WHEN LIGHTNING MOVES INTO THEIR IMMEDIATE AREA.

THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN
FLANDREAU...EGAN...AND LONE TREE IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...AND PERSONS
IN PIPESTONE AND TROSKY IN PIPESTONE COUNTY AND HARDWICK IN ROCK COUNTY
OF SOUTHWEST IOWA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLITLY OF THESE STORMS
INTENSIFYING AND CAUSING SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH 630 PM CDT.

UMLAND

Special weather statement, May 23, 5:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  ...CORRECTED..
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
520 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 1989

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
AND SMALL HAIL WERE MOVING ACROSS MOODY COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND ALONG THE SOUTHWEST BORDER OF PIPESTONE
COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AT 515 PM CDT.

THE VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE A HAZARD FOR MOTORISTS AND ANYONE OUTDOORS
SHOULD SEEK SHELTER WHEN LIGHTNING MOVES INTO THEIR IMMEDIATE AREA.

THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN
FLANDREAU...EGAN...AND LONE TREE IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...AND PERSONS
IN PIPESTONE AND TROSKY IN PIPESTONE COUNTY AND HARDWICK IN ROCK COUNTY
OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLITLY OF THESE
STORMS INTENSIFYING AND CAUSING SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH 630 PM CDT.

UMLAND

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Bon Homme	39 min
May 23, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lyon	48 min
May 23, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Osceola	48 min
May 23, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Lyon, Osceola	38 min
May 23, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	O'Brien	69 min
May 23, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Osceola	38 min
May 23, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Sioux	38 min
May 23, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Cherokee	61 min
May 23, 11:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Cherokee, Ida	56 min
May 24, 12:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Ida	28 min
May 23, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Nobles	39 min
May 23, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Nobles	37 min

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.