Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1992, 2:35 PM CDT for Sanborn County, South Dakota. It was in force for 25 min. 3 reports 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 16, 1992, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1992, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sanborn County, SD
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2:45 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Sanborn, SD | |
| Jun 16, 3:00 PM CDT | Hail 3 | Sanborn, SD | |
| Jun 16, 3:00 PM CDT | Hail 3 | Sanborn, 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KHON 161935
TORHON
SDC111-162000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
235 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
SOUTHWEST SANBORN
SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE LETCHER AND
CUTHBERT.
AT 230 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND 4 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MITCHELL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
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 THE
LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES IN FAVOR OF A
REINFORCED BUILDING.
STOREYWhat 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
Local storm report, Jun 16, 9:03 AM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 900 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 STORM DATA FOR MON JUN 15 1992 TIME COUNTY..LOCATION CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE ....................................................................... 610 PM CDT SPINK...DOLAND 3/4 INCH HAIL...NWS SPOTTER. 700 PM CDT SPINK...TULARE 60 MPH WINDS...C.D. SPOTTER. 950 PM CDT DAY...WEBSTER 8W TORNADO...STATE POLICE
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 1:50 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
SDZ003-004-005-162030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 150 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR MOST OF NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS WATCH EXTENDS EASTWARD FROM TIMBER LAKE... 30 MILES WEST OF MOBRIDGE TO THE MINNESOTA BORDER. AT 145 PM CDT...SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST DEWEY COUNTY NORTHEAST TO 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF ABERDEEN. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. < GILLESPIE
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 1:53 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
SDZ003-004-005-162015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 150 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR MOST OF NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS WATCH EXTENDS EASTWARD FROM TIMBER LAKE... 30 MILES WEST OF MOBRIDGE TO THE MINNESOTA BORDER. AT 145 PM CDT...SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST DEWEY COUNTY NORTHEAST TO 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF ABERDEEN. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. < GILLESPIE
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 15, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Day | 35 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, 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
Tornado Warnings in South Dakota, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes 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.