Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1990, 2:16 AM CDT for Minnehaha County, South Dakota. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1990, 2:16 AM CDT (07:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1990, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Minnehaha 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFSD 130718
SVRFSD
SDC099-130745-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
216 AM CDT WED JUN 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
...EASTERN MINNEHAHA
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF GARRETSON AND CORSON SOUTH DAKOTA.
BETWEEM 2 AM AND 210 AM CDT 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE
SIOUX FALLS AREA.
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD GET TO A
REINFORCED SHELTER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES WINDS zIN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH...HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY
RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.
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, Jun 12, 11:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
IAZ004-130500-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA
1116 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990
...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST IOWA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHEST SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 1 PM CDT...
AT 1115 PM RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PENDER
NEBRASKA OR 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY MOVE THROUGH THURSTON
COUNTY BY MIDNIGHT PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. ANOTHER STORM WAS DEVELOPING JUST
EAST OF SIOUX CITY.
DROZDSpecial weather statement, Jun 12, 11:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
SDZ018-020-130430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1140 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH 450 FOR PART OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA CANCELLED... THE TORNADO WATCH FOR PART OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS INCLUDED THE SIOUX FALLS AREA. KOSCIELSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 11:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
IAZ004-130530-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA
1148 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990
...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
UNTIL 6 AM CDT...
AT 1145 PM RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS OVER MOST OF
THURSTON COUNTY TO THE SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
DROZDSpecial weather statement, Jun 13, 12:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
IAZ004-130630-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA
1220 AM CDT TUE JUN 13 1990
...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
UNTIL 6 AM CDT...
AT 1205 AM RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED NORTH
OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS NEBRASKA TO IDA GROVE IOWA...50 EAST OF SIOUX
CITY. THIS AREA EXTENDED TO 20 MILES NORTH OF SIOUX CITY. THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE 15 MILES WEST OF SIOUX CITY AND 30 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST
OF SIOUX CITY. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40
MILE AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH
DANGEROUS LIGHTING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
TANNERSpecial weather statement, Jun 13, 1:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
IAZ004-130730-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA
110 AM CDT TUE JUN 13 1990
...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
UNTIL 6 AM CDT...
AT 1 AM RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF SIOUX CITY TO NORFOLK NEBRASKA. THIS AREA
EXTENDED SOUTH TO 25 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM IDA GROVE...50 MILES EAST OF SIOUX CITY TO
SOLDIER IA...50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY. THIS AREA WAS MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG GUSTY WINDS HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL
HAIL ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTING CAN BE EXPECTED W!ITH THESE STORMS.
TANNERSpecial weather statement, Jun 13, 2:12 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
IAZ004-130830-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA
210 AM CDT TUE JUN 13 1990
...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
UNTIL 6 AM CDT...
AT 205 AM RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ACROSS
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. THIS
LARGE AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILE AN HOUR. STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO
50 MILES AN HOVUR HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
TANNERNearby
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.