Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1992, 6:14 PM CDT for Spink County, South Dakota. It was in force for 61 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
- Jun 15, 1992, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1992, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Spink County, SD
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 6:20 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Spink, 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 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 6 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
- 79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KABR 152314
SVRABR
SDC115-160015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
614 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
SOUTHWEST SPINK
SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE REDFIELD, TULARE,
COTTONWOOD LAKE.
AT 612 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE
BEADLE/SPINK AND HAND COUNTY LINE...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
REDFIELD AND 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ABERDEEN. MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM..YOU SHOULD GET TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES DAMAGING 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.
THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
NIELSENWhat 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 15, 3:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
SDZ003-004-005-152200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER UPDATE FOR NC AND NE SOUTH DAKOTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 330 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT... CLOUDY SKIES COVERED NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON WITH A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN BROWN COUNTY ALONG THE NORTH/SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE LOWER 60S WESTRIVER TO THE MID 70S ACROSS THE FAR NORTHEAST WITH NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS IN THE MOBRIDGE AREA. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION...WITH SOME SEVhERE AND HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. NIELSEN
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SDZ003-004-005-160005- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 500 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 5 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE AREA WAS MOSTLY IN SOUTHERN POTTER AND FAULK COUNTIES. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF ORIENT IN SOUTHERN FAULK COUNTY...OR 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ABERDEEN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING AND DEVELOP INTO THE NORTHEAST. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF NECCESSARY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER UPDATES. NIELSEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Day | 23 min |
| Jun 14, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Day | 63 min |
| Jun 15, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo | 66 min |
| Jun 15, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Spink | 69 min |
| Jun 15, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Spink | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.