Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1990, 10:45 PM CDT for Charles Mix County, South Dakota. It was in force for 45 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 22, 1990, 10:45 PM CDT (03:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1990, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Charles Mix 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 22, 10:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Charles Mix, 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 962 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KFSD 230351
SVRFSD
SDC003-023-043-035-067-230430-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1045 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
...SOUTHERN AURORA...CHARLES-MIX...DOUGLAS
IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
...SOUTHERN DAVISON...HUTCHINSON
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE ADJACENT WATERS OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.
SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE
STICKNEY...PARKSTON... CORSICA ...ARMOUR...GEDDES...LAKE
ANDES...WAGNER... AND TRIPP.
AT 1045 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 90
MILES WEST OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR PLATTE TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX
FALLS NEAR OLIVET TO 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR PICKSTOWN
SOUTH DAKOTA MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
AT 1045 PM 60 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED AT PLATTE.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD GET TO A
REINFORCED SHELTER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH...HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY
RAIN THAT4 CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
BLOOMWhat 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 22, 7:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 745 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUED FOR CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 730 PM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF WATERTOWN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHEAST AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. IN THE NORTHEAST...THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 35 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF WATERTOWN TO 35 MILES WEST OF ABERDEEN. IN THE WEST...THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 20 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOBRIDGE TO 40 MILES EAST OF RAPID CITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. MOHR
Special weather statement, May 22, 8:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
MNZ017-230215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 813 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 1990 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 805 PM CDT INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA COUNTIES OF LINCOLN AND LYON BY 845 PM CDT. AT 750 PM CDT 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORT 25 MILES EAST OF WATERTOWN SOUTH DAKOTA. PEOPLE IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY IN THE CITIES OF MINNEOTA AND MARSHALL SHOULD BE ALERT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER. BEHREND
Special weather statement, May 22, 9:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SDZ015>020-MNZ017-IAZ01-230305- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 905 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM... AT 905 PM CDT INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA EXTENDING FROM 120 MILES WEST OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR PLATTE TO MITCHELL. SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS AND SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM 70 MILES NORTH OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR ELKTON TO 90 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR SIOUX RAPIDS IOWA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, May 22, 9:56 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 945 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUED FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA ...PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 200 AM CDT... AT 930 PM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA ABOUT 35 MILES WIDE FROM ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF WATERTOWN SOUTHEAST TO LINCOLN COUNTY IN MINNESOTA OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROOKINGS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF WATERTOWN. ELSEWHERE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER AND SOUTH OF A FORT THOMPSON WOONSOCKET LINE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN AURORA COUNTY OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MITCHELL. MOVEMENT OF ALL STORMS WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 M8ILES AN HOUR. MILLER
Special weather statement, May 22, 10:07 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
SDZ015>020-MNZ017-IAZ01-230405- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1006 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM... AT 10 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. IN SOUTH DAKOTA THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF MITCHELL...90 MILES WEST OF SIOUX FALLS JUST WEST OF PLANKINTON...AND 90 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS BETWEEN PLATTE AND LAKE ANDES. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR LAKE BENTON. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ASK THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. < OTHERWISE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA.
Local storm report, May 22, 10:37 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1037 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 1990 STORM DATA FOR SOUTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA TIME COUNTY..LOCATION CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE ....................................................................... 1028 PM CHARLES-MIX LAKE ANDES HAIL LARGER THAN MARBLE 1030 PM PIPESTONE NORTHERN GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 1031 PM CHARLES-MIX LAKE ANDES GOLF BAL L SIZE HAIL BLOOM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings | 53 min |
| May 22, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Charles Mix, Douglas | 48 min |
| May 22, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule | 37 min |
| May 22, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison, Douglas, Hutchinson | 52 min |
| May 22, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix | 52 min |
| May 22, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule, Charles Mix, Gregory | 37 min |
| May 22, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Douglas | 37 min |
| May 22, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings | 50 min |
| May 22, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Davison, Douglas, Hutchinson | 45 min |
| May 22, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Tripp | 37 min |
| May 22, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Gregory | 40 min |
| May 23, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Douglas | 28 min |
| May 23, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule, Gregory | 28 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.