Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1990, 9:14 PM CDT for Brown County, Spink County, South Dakota. It was in force for 31 min. 3 reports 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 1, 1990, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1990, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Brown 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Brown, SD | |
| Jun 1, 9:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 | Spink, SD | |
| Jun 1, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Brown, 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 1812 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1129 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KABR 020214
TORABR
SDC013-115-020245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
914 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
SOUTHERN BROWN...NORTHERN SPINK
SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE WARNER...ABERDEEN.
AT 910 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND 4 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WARNER. THE STORM THAT CAUSED IT IS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.
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 1, 4:13 PM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
SDZ003-004-012200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 414 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 410 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR LOWRY...30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOBRIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AS THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WIND. IF YOU LIVE IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA YOU SGOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. KEEFE
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
SDZ004-012300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 510 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 505 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR BOWDLE...60 MILES WEST OF ABERDEEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AS THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WIND. IF YOU LIVE IN EDMUNDS COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA YOU SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAP&IDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF NECCESSARY. KEEFE
Local storm report, Jun 1, 6:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 605 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 STORM DATA FOR JUN 1 1990 TIME COUNTY..LOCATION CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE ....................................................................... 455 PM CDT DEWEY...2 E ISABEL TORNADO...NO DAMAGE REPORTED 530 PM CDT EDMUNDS...3 W ROSCOE PEA SIZE HAIL 545 PM CDT WALWORTH...SELBY 2.60 INCHES RAIN 545 PM CDT ? DEWEY...6 E ISABEL 3.0 INCHES RAIN KEEFE
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 7:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SDZ004-020140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 740 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 735 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR LEBANON...50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOBRIDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AT 735 PM CDT THE POTTER COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL IN LEBANON. THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW AREAS...DONT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. IF YOU LIVE IN POTTER COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. KEEFE
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 8:20 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
SDZ004-020215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 815 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 3 AM CDT SATURDAY... AT 800 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR NORBECK...40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ABERDEEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS IS PART OF AN INTENSIFYING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDS SOUTH INTO NEBRASKA. AS THIS LINE MOVES ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA YOU CAN EXPECT SMALL HAIL...STRONG WIND...AND HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN CAUSE ROADS TO WASH OUT. IF YOU LIVE IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA YOU SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS. KEEFE
Local storm report, Jun 1, 9:04 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 905 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 STORM DATA FOR JUN 1 1990 TIME COUNTY..LOCATION CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE ....................................................................... 600 PM CDT MCPHERSON...20 E EUREKA 3/4 INCH HAIL FOR 7 MINUTES. 850 PM CDT EDMUNDS...5 S IPSWICH 3/4 INCH HAIL 855 PM CDT EDMUNDS...1 S IPSWICH 50 MPH WIND PEA SIZE HAIL KEEFE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Lyman | 59 min |
| Jun 1, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Lyman | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Edmunds | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Beadle, Hand, Jerauld | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Beadle, Sanborn | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Spink | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Kingsbury | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 10:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Brown, Day, Spink | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Miner | 68 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.