Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1990, 8:55 PM CDT for Aurora County, Brule County, South Dakota. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 1990, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1990, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Aurora County, SD, Brule County, SD
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.
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TTAA00 KFSD 020156
SVRFSD
SDC003-015-020230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
855 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
...WESTERN AURORA...EASTERN BRULE
SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE KIMBALL AND WHITE RIVER.
AT 855 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES WEST
OF MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA NEAR KIMBALL. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE AREA BETWEEN KIMBALL
AND WHITE RIVER BETWEEN 855 AND 930 PM CDT.
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 THAT 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.
KAPELAWhat 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 1, 6:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
SDZALL-020015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 620 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...AREAS OF SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT... AT 6 PM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...EXTENDED WEST OF A LINE FROM ABERDEEN TO PIERRE TO WINNER. SKIES ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE WERE CLOUDY. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE 50S WEST TO THEN 70S AND 80S EAST. THROUGH 8 PM CDT THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE AND WITH SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD POTENTIAL WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST. SKIES WILL REMAINN CLOUDY AND TEMPERATURES WILL COOL 2 TO 4 DEGREES. EDDY
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 7:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SDZ015-020110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 702 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA... 700 PM CDT A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA FROM THE EASTERN PARTS OF TODD AND MELLETT COUNTIES INTO THE WESTERN PARTS OF TRIPP COUNTY. THIS LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF WINNER SOUTH DAKOTA. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVES EAST AT 15 MPH. THE WINNER AREA WILL FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THESE STORMS BY 745 PM CDT. AT 623 PM CDT STATE RADIO REPORTED THAT MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS FELL AT MISSION IN TODD COUNTY...OR ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF WINNER. KAPELA
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 7:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SDZALL-020100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 715 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 363 HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA...SHANNON...SOUTHEAST JACKSON...AND EASTERN BENNETT. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER NO LONGER EXISTS FOR THOSE COUNTIES. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FOR SHANNON...SOUTHEAST JACKSON...AND EASTERN BENNETT COUNTIES LATER ON THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 363 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH 10 PM CDT... KAPELA
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 7:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SDZALL-020045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 720 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...AREAS OF SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT... AT 7 PM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE...EXTENDED THROUGH THE CENTRAL PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA. SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE OVER THE WEST...OTHERWISE SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY. NORTHWEST WINDS WERE GUSTING TO ALMOST 50 MPH IN THE RAPID CITY AREA. REPORTED TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 50 AT ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE TO 82 AT SIOUX FALLS. THROUGH 9 PM CDT THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE AND WITH SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD POTENTIAL WILL MOVE SLOWLY INTO THE EAST. SHOWERS AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL AND WEST. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL 2 TO 8 DEGREES. EDDY
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 8:25 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
SDZ016-017-019-020215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 820 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND THE ADJACENT COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 3 AM CDT... AT 815 PM CDT A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA FROM BRULE COUNTY NEAR CHAMBERLAIN SOUTHWARD THROUGH GREGORY COUNTY INTO NEBRASKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRO- DUCED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN THE SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTIES OF BRULE...GEROGORY...AND &CHARLES MIX INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF CHAMBRLAIN...PUKWANA...KIMBALL...BURKE ...GREGORY AND PLATTE SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK FOR THESE STORMS UNTIL 915 PM CDT. BUSS
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 8:49 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
SDZ003-004-010-011-015-016-019-010245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 845 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT FOR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA... AT 830 PM CDT...A SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WERE MOVING INTO EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. THE LINE WAS 30 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM xTHE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF ABERDEEN TO THE NEBRASKA BORDER 35 MILE SOUTHEAST OF WINNER. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. HUTCHEON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Brule | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake, McCook | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 4:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.