Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

July 8, 1990McCook County, Minnehaha County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1990, 1:40 AM CDT for McCook County, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 1990, 1:40 AM CDT (06:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1990, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties McCook County, SD, 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1990-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1810 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1990-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1810 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFSD 080642
SVRFSD
SDC087-099-080715-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
140 AM CDT SUN JUL 8 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
          ...EASTERN MCCOOK...MINNEHAHA
 
AT 135 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES WEST OF
SIOUX FALLS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
 
SOME CITIES IN THE WARNING ARE CANISTOTA...HARTFORD...SIOUX FALLS...
BRANDON...AND GARRETSON SOUTH DAKOTA.
 
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PA*TH 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.
 
UMLAND

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, Jul 7, 11:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
SDZALL-080515-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1120 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT...

AT 11 PM CDT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM SOUTHWEST
SOUTH DAKOTA INTO THE NORTHEAST. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SKIES OVER THE STATE WERE PARTLY
CLOUDY TO CLOUDY WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 63 AT CUSTER TO 86 AT
SIOUX FALLS.

THROUGH 1 AM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
OVER MUCH OF SOUTH DAKOTA WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLY SEVERE IN THE
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST. SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S EAST TO THE LOWER TO MID 80S EAST.

BEHREND
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 11:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SDZ004-016-017-019-080535-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
1155 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 1990

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR MOST OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...

AT 1130 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WERE
OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA IN A 60 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 30 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF ABERDEEN TO 80 MILES NORTHEAST OF ABERDEEN NEAR THE NORTH
DAKOTA BORDER.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES EAST OF ABERDEEN.

ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
FROM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HURON TO 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAMBERLAIN
NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER.

AILL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
FREDERICK
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 12:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SDZALL-080615-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1215 AM CDT SUN JUL 8 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT...

AT MIDNIGHT CDT A SAMLL AREA OR THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH DAKOTA. A SECOND AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS
IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOVING INTO THE SOUTHEAST. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WAS ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS. SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM
86 DEGREES IN SIOUX FALLS TO 65 DEGREES AT CUSTER.

THROUGH 2 AM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NORTHEAST WILL MOVE OUT OF
THE STATE WHILE THE OTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES INTO THE SOUTHEAST
SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL 2 TO 4 DEGREES IN
THE WEST...AND 4 TO 6 DEGREES IN THE EAST WITH LARGER FLUCTUATIONS NEAR
THE THUNDERSTORMS.                                ^              UMLAND
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 12:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SDZ015>020-MNZ017-IAZ001-080630

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1233 AM CDT SUN JUL 8 1990

AT 1225 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA AND WERE DEVELOPING OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST IOWA AND
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE STRONGEST STORMS THAT COULD BE PRODUCING
GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WERE JUST NORTH OF
MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA...20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MITCHELL NEAR STICKNEY
SOUTH DAKOTA...AND 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MITCHELL. THE LEADING EDGE OF
THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS
SOUTH DAKOTA TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF SIOUX FALLS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EXTREME NORTHWEST IOWA ABOUT 25 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX FALLS OR WEST OF GEORGE IOWA...AND 35 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR SIOUX CENTER IOWA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ON THE
IOWA...MINNESOTA LINE SOUTH OF qWORTHINGTON MINNESOTA AND 25 MILES
EASTSOUTHEAST OF WORTHINGTON.
THEOPHILUS
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 12:49 AM CDT, 51 minutes before
SDZ005-011-015>017-019-080635-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
1248 AM CDT SUN JUL 8 1990

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR MOST OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...

AT 1230 AM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL
HAIL CONTINUED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.  THE
STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF A LINE FROM CHAMBERLAIN TO
MITCHELL.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN
HOUR.  THESE STORMS WILL BE IN THE HURON AREA BY 100 AM CDT.

ANOTHER AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER
NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES
AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING OUT OF SOUTH DAKOTA BY 100 AM CDT.

HUTCHEON
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:16 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
SDZ015>020-MNZ017-IAZ001-080715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
116 AM CDT SUN JUL 8 1990

AT 1AM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WITH POSSIBLE GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL WERE
LOCATED 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF MITCHELL NEAR CARTHAGE AND VILAS SOUTH
DAKOTA AND 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MITCHELL OR JUST WEST OF BRIDGEWATER.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15
MILES WEST OF BROOKINGS TO NEAR YANKTON. OTHER SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WERE SCATTERED FROM
YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA TO THE IOWA MINNESOTA BORDER SOUTH OF WORTHINGTON
MINNESOTA.
 SHEEHAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 2:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMinnehaha42 min
Jul 8, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMinnehaha32 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.