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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 16, 1992Sanborn County, South Dakota

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 2:45 PM CDTHail 1Sanborn, SD
Jun 16, 3:00 PM CDTHail 3Sanborn, SD
Jun 16, 3:00 PM CDTHail 3Sanborn, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 1992-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
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

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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.

 STOREY

What 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.
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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.
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GILLESPIE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Day36 min
Jun 15, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington42 min
Jun 15, 9:55 PM CDTTornado WarningABRDay35 min
Jun 16, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSanborn44 min
Jun 16, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSanborn42 min
Jun 16, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSanborn40 min
Jun 16, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Kingsbury32 min
Jun 16, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBeadle, Kingsbury, Miner52 min
Jun 16, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown56 min
Jun 16, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningABRKingsbury, Miner37 min
Jun 16, 4:48 PM CDTTornado WarningABRKingsbury27 min
Jun 16, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSpink66 min
Jun 16, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningABRBuffalo, Hyde36 min
Jun 16, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand50 min
Jun 16, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk35 min
Jun 16, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay68 min
Jun 16, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand, Hyde44 min
Jun 16, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk41 min
Jun 16, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSpink56 min
Jun 16, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBeadle66 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.