Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Aug 1, 1992, 7:41 PM CDT for Spink County, South Dakota. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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
- Aug 1, 1992, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 1992, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Spink County, SD
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:52 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Spink, 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 6 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
- 2071 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1506 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KABR 020041
TORABR
SDC115-020115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
741 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
SOUTHERN SPINK
SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE REDFIELD...
DOLAND...FRANKFORT AND THE SPINK COLONY.
AT 738 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF REDFIELD WITH LITTLE IF ANY MOVEMENT.
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. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR
A REINFORCED BUILDING.
STUDNICKAWhat 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, Aug 1, 5:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
536 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 1992
STORM DATA FOR SAT AUG 1 1992
TIME COUNTY..LOCATION CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE
.......................................................................
433 PM CDT DAY...PIEPONT 5E. WIND 60 TO 65 MPH.
435 PM CDT BROWN...TACOMA PARK 1E WIND DAMAGE. TREE LIMBS 3 IN
DIAMETER BROKEN CLEAN.
440 PM CDT BROWN...TACOMA PARK 3W SEVERE WIND DAMAGE TO CROPS.
ESTIMATED WIND 60 TO 65 MPH.
R.S.Local storm report, Aug 1, 6:55 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 655 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 1992 STORM DATA FOR SAT AUG 1 1992 TIME COUNTY..LOCATION CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE ....................................................................... 610 PM CDT WALWORTH...MOBRIDGE WATER PLANT...WND GUST TO 58. 616 PM CDT WALWORTH...MOBRIDGE WND GUST TO 60 MPH. (POLICE) 620 PM CDT WALWORTH...MOBRIDGE WATER PLANT...WND GUST TO 60. R.S.
Local storm report, Aug 1, 7:27 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 725 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 1992 STORM DATA FOR SAT AUG 1 1992 TIME COUNTY..LOCATION CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE .......................0................................................ 655 PM CDT EDMUNDS...BOWDLE HAIL 3/4 INCH (SHERIFF) 703 PM CDT EDMUNDS...BOWDLE GOLFBALL HAIL (SHERIFF) R.S.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Roberts | 25 min |
| Aug 1, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Potter | 66 min |
| Aug 1, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown | 38 min |
| Aug 1, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand | 64 min |
| Aug 1, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Spink | 65 min |
| Aug 1, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Beadle, Jerauld, Sanborn | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Beadle, Kingsbury, Miner | 67 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.