Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1992, 6:52 PM CDT for Hutchinson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1992, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1992, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hutchinson County, SD
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 1974 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFSD 152350 SVRFSD SDC067-160045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 652 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA ...EASTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE FREEMAN AND CLAYTON. AT 650 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF YANKTON MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, May 15, 3:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
SDZ009-010-014-015-016-017-019-020-152200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 340 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT. THE WATCH EXTENDS AS FAR WEST AS JACKSON AND BENNETT COUNTIES AND AS FAR EAST AS SANBORN AND BON HOMME COUNTIES. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO DEVELOP. LISTEN FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. IF YOU OBSERVE A THUNDERSTORM...TAKE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. MENTZER
Special weather statement, May 15, 3:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
IAZ001-004-005-152145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 336 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE SIOUXLAND AREA... AT 335 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ABOUT THE SIOUXLAND AREA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR ELK POINT SOUTH DAKOTA OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD REACH HINTON BY 430 PM. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY...NEAR BLENCOE IOWA. THIS STORM WILL PASS THROUGH MOORHEAD AND SOLDIER IOWA BY 430 PM. THE STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. DROZD
Special weather statement, May 15, 5:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
IAZ001-004-005-152345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 531 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SIOUXLAND AREA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 525 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE SIOUXLAND AREA. THE STORMS WERE MOSTLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE SIOUXLAND AREA THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE... AND A TORNADO IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THE SAFEST PLACE IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. S QUINN
Special weather statement, May 15, 6:24 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
IAZ001-004-005-160045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND UPDATE FOR SIOUX CITY AND VICINITY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 623 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SIOUXLAND AREA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 620 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH OF A LINE FROM JUNCTION CITY SOUTH DAKOTA...30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY TO CHEROKEE IOWA...50 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE SIOUXLAND AREA THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND A TORNADO IS POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD IN THE 60S WITH SOUTHE!AST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. S QUINN
Special weather statement, May 15, 6:47 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
SDZ011-012-152345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 645 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT AND OVER EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 630 PM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM WATERTOWN TO CHAMBERLAIN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A 20 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 30 MILES EAST OF HURON...THROUGH MITCHELL...TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHAMBERLAIN. THE STORMS WERE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE STORM AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST CON?DITIONS. SPRINGER
Special weather statement, May 15, 6:51 PM CDT, 1 minute before
SDZ011-012-152345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 645 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT AND OVER EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 630 PM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM WATERTOWN TO CHAMBERLAIN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A 20 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 30 MILES EAST OF HURON...THROUGH MITCHELL...TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHAMBERLAIN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE STORM AREA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THEz LATEST CONDITIONS. SPRINGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Mellette | 27 min |
| May 15, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Mellette | 52 min |
| May 15, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix | 42 min |
| May 15, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Tripp | 48 min |
| May 15, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora | 22 hr |
| May 15, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Tripp | 27 min |
| May 15, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora | 30 min |
| May 15, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme | 27 min |
| May 15, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule, Charles Mix | 51 min |
| May 15, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison | 43 min |
| May 15, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Hanson | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.