Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1992, 4:48 PM CDT for Kingsbury County, South Dakota. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1992, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1992, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kingsbury County, SD
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 162148
TORHON
SDC077-162215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
448 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
EASTERN KINGSBURY
SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE ARLINGTON AND
HETLAND.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A RE INFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
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
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 1:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 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, 2 hours 55 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
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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
Local storm report, Jun 16, 4:21 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
420 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
STORM DATA FOR TUESDAY JUNE 16 1992
TIME COUNTY..LOCATION CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE
.......................................................................
352 PM CDT BROWN...ABERDEEN PEA SIZE HAIL...NWS OBSVR
410 PM CDT BROWN...ABERDEEN 3/4 INCH HAIL COVERING
PARKING LOT AT KKAA.
GILLESPIEThe 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, 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, 4:54 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 |
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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.