Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1990, 5:25 PM CDT for Miner County, South Dakota. It was in force for 35 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
- May 18, 1990, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1990, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Miner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 5:50 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Miner, 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 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 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 KHON 182225
SVRHON
SDC097-182300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
525 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
MINER
SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE CARTHAGE AND
HOWARD.
AT 520 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST
OF ARTESIAN SOUTH DAKOTA MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
AT APPROXIMATELY 510 PM CDT 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN
ARTESIAN BY A WEATHER SPOTTER.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM..YOU SHOULDh GET TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING...
WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER...HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER...AND HEAVY
RAIN THAT CAN FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS RAPIDLY.
PFEIFFERWhat 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 18, 2:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
SDZ003-182100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 235 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 1990 AT 230 PM CDT RADAR INDICATES AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WIND OF 30 TO 40 MPH MOVING ONTO THE MISSOURI RIVER WEST OF GETTYSBURG SD OR 40 MILES SOUTH OF MOBRIDGE SD MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. REPORTS FROM THE POTTER COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT INDICATES BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WITH STRONG WIND IN ADVANCE OF THIS THUNDERS9TORM AS REPORTED BY THE PARK RANGER ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER NEAR US HIWAY 212. PERSONS WITHIN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER AS NEEDED. STUDNICKA
Special weather statement, May 18, 3:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SDZ003-SDZ004-182300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 315 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 1990 AT 310 PM CDT RADAR INDICATES AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM GREENWAY SD OR 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOBRIDGE SD ON SOUTH TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF GETTYSBURG SD OR 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOBRIDGE SD MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM IS PRESENTLY LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF GETTYSBURG. RECENT REPORTS FROM ALONG THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS HAD PEA SIZE HAIL FALL AT OR NEAR AKASKA SD...SELBY SD AND ALONG THE RIVER WEST OF GETTYSBURG ALL IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES. PERSONS WITHIN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTOMS IN MOST OF OR ALL OF THE FOLLbOWING COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL SD SHOULD BE PREPARED [ FOR ADVERSE WEATHER BETWEEN 4 AND 6 PM CDT. THOSE COUNTIES ARE...FAULK EDMUNDS AND MCPHERSON. STUDNICKA
Special weather statement, May 18, 4:40 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
SDZ004-SDZ011-190000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 435 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 1990 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOME INTENSE HAVE MOVED INTO BOTH BROWN AND SPINK COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST SD. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST OVER THE AREA PROVIDING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND SOME SMALL HAIL. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF BOTH COUNTIES BY 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM A CTIVITY IS FORECAST THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT TIME HOURS. STUDNICKA
Local storm report, May 18, 5:01 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 500 PM CDT FRI MAY 18 1990 STORM DATA FOR MAY 18 1990 TIME COUNTY..LOCATION CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE .........................?.............................................. 320 PM CDT POTTER...GETTYSBURG SHERIFF REPORTS 60 MPH WIND. 407 PM CDT POTTER...HOVEN 1S CO OP OBSERVER...MARBLE HAIL. STUDNICKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Potter | 60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.