Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1990, 5:58 AM CDT for Beadle County, South Dakota. It was in force for 62 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 28, 1990, 5:58 AM CDT (10:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1990, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Beadle 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 28, 6:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 54 | Beadle, 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 1502 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2138 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 371 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 17.6
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, Jun 28, 2:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
SDZ003-280835- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 240 AM CDT THU JUN 28 1990 AT 235 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE SHERIFF REPORTED 45 MPH WIND IN MCINTOSH... 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOBRIDGE. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN...BUT THEY ARE ALSO PRODUCING VERY STRONG WIND. IF YOU LIVE IN CORSON COUNTY OF SOUTH DAKOTA YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR S1TRONG WIND AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS. KEEFE
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
SDZ003-005-005-281000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 400 AM CDT THU JUN 28 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT... AT 355 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF MOBRIDGE SOUTH DAKOTA AT POLLOCK ON SOUTH TO THE MISSOURI/CHEYENNE RIVER INTERSECTION 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF PIERRE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS ALONG THE RIVER AND THE AJOINING COUNTIES OF CAMPBELL...WALWORTH AND POTTER IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS BETWEEN 4 AM AND 6 AM CDT THIS EARLY THURSDAY MORNNING. AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND VERY GUSTY WINDS OF 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY PASS. STUDNICKA
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SDZ003-005-005-281000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 450 AM CDT THU JUN 28 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT... AT 445 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF MOBRIDGE SOUTH DAKOTA AT POLLOCK ON SOUTH TO THE MISSOURI/CHEYENNE RIVER INTERSECTION 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF PIERRE AND EASTWARD TO NEAR REDFIELD SOUTH DAKOTA MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS ALONG THE RIVER AND ALL COUNTIES EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER IN NORTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS BETWEEN 5 AM AND 7 AM THIS THURSDAY MORNING. AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND VERY GUSTY WINDS OF 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY PASS. STUDNICKA
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SDZ003-004-005-281100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 450 AM CDT THU JUN 28 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT... AT 445 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF MOBRIDGE SOUTH DAKOTA AT POLLOCK ON SOUTH TO THE MISSOURI/CHEYENNE RIVER INTERSECTION 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF PIERRE AND EASTWARD TO NEAR REDFIELD SOUTH DAKOTA MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS ALONG THE RIVER AND ALL COUNTIES EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER IN NORTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS BETWEEN 5 AM AND 7 AM THIS THURSDAY MORNING. AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND VERY GUSTY WINDS OF 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY PASS. STUDNICKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Kingsbury | 55 min |
| Jun 27, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Beadle, Miner, Sanborn | 66 min |
| Jun 27, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Kingsbury | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson, Dewey | 60 min |
| Jun 28, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Beadle | 60 min |
| Jun 28, 5:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Hand, Hyde | 34 min |
| Jun 28, 6:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Hamlin, Kingsbury | 57 min |
| Jun 28, 7:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey, Potter | 54 min |
| Jun 28, 8:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk, Potter | 34 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.