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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 15, 1992Spink County, South Dakota

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 6:20 PM CDTHail 1Spink, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 1992-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 79 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 12:00Z on 1992-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

NIELSEN

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, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay23 min
Jun 14, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay63 min
Jun 15, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBuffalo66 min
Jun 15, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSpink69 min
Jun 15, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSpink62 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.