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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 16, 1992Kingsbury County, Miner County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1992, 4:08 PM CDT for Kingsbury County, Miner County, South Dakota. It was in force for 37 min. 2 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, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1992, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kingsbury County, SD, Miner County, SD

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 4:35 PM CDTTornado F3Kingsbury, SD
Jun 16, 4:37 PM CDTTornado F0Kingsbury, 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 162108
TORHON
SDC077-097-162145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 
408 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
      EASTERN KINGSBURY...NORTHEAST MINER

SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE OLDHAM...
LAKE PRESTON...ARLINGTON...AND HETLAND.

AT 406 PM CDT  RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
10 MILES NORTH OF HOWARD IN NE MINER COUNTY.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGaHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

 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

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 1:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 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, 2 hours 15 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
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:15 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
SDZ003-004-005-162215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
315 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 315 PM CDT...SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN
NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOSTLY SOUTH OF US HIWAY 12. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES
SOUTH OF ABERDEEN NEAR WARNER. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 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 LATTER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WarningABRSanborn25 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, 4:48 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.