Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 1992, 9:55 PM CDT for Day County, South Dakota. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1992, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1992, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Day County, SD
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 1328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1311 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 393 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KABR 160255
TORABR
SDC037-160330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
955 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
CENTRAL DAY
SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE WEBSTER, HOLMQUEST,
AND GRENVILLE
AT 950 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 8 MILES WEST OF WEBSTER
BY THE STATE POLICE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...YOU SHOULD GO TO A BASEMENT
SHELTER IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE GO TO A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THEQ
LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR
A REINFORCED BUILDING.
NIELSENWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 5:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 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
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 8:59 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
SDZ003-004-005-160400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 900 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 9 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN EASTERN DAY COUNTY FROM AROUND LANGFORD SOUTH TO BRISTOL...OR 35 MILES NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST OF ABERDEEN. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED ON THE SPINK BROWN COUNTY LINE SOUTH OF STRATFORD...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ABERDEEN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH AxND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF NECCESSARY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. NIELSEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Day | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Sanborn | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Sanborn | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Sanborn | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Sanborn | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Kingsbury | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Beadle, Kingsbury, Miner | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Kingsbury, Miner | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Kingsbury | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Spink | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Hyde | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Day | 68 min |
| Jun 16, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand, Hyde | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk | 41 min |
| Jun 16, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Spink | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Beadle | 66 min |
Nearby
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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.