Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1992, 8:47 PM CDT for Brule County, South Dakota. It was in force for 53 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
- Jun 3, 1992, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1992, 9:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brule County, SD
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 9:17 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Brule, 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 2205 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 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 040148 SVRFSD SDC015-040245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 847 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA ...BRULE COUNTY AT 845 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAMBERLAIN. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. IT SHOULD MOVE JUST SOUTH OF CHAMBERLAIN IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE ADJACENT WATERS OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. PEOPLE NEAR THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS...DON'T DRIVE INTO FLOODED CROSSINGS.
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, Jun 3, 6:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
SDZ015-040100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 605 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH DAKOTA INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF WHITE RIVER...MISSION...AND WINNER IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL...BUT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO THE AREA BY 8 PM CDT. THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT MAY BRING SEVERE WEATHER TO THE SOUTH CENTRAL LATER THIS EVENING AND PEOPLE SHOULD MONITOR THE RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTS AND KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY. UMLAND
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SDZ010-011-040040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 638 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 11 PM CDT... AT 630 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH ODF ABERDEEN...JUST NORTH OF REDFIELD AND JUST WEST OF EAGLE BUTTE. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...GET TO A SAFE PLACE UNTIL IT PASSES. THE MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. FREDERICK
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 720 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. TODD...MELETTE...AND TRIPP COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED. AT 700 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST TOWARD SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THEY WILL MOVE INTO THE WHITE RIVER AND ROSEBUD AREA AFTER 9 PM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH. ...SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA EARLY THIS EVENING. AT 710 PM THEY EXTENDED FROM NEAR HURON TO NEAR PICKSTOWN. THIS LINE HAS NOT PRODUCED ANY SEVERE WEATHER AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ANY. THUNDERSTORMS ON THIS LINE WILL MOVE INTO THE SIOUX FALLS AREA AFTER 10 PM. BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WHEN THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH. KRIEHN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SDZ010-011-040140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 741 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 11 PM CDT... AT 730 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THE STORMS WERE MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM SISSETON...TO HURON...TO GREGORY. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...GET TO A SAFE PLACE UNTIL IT PASSES. THE MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. FREDERICK
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SDZ015-040200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE FORECAST...CORRECTED TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD INCLUDE GENERIC 743 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 CODING ...SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. TODD...MELETTE...AND TRIPP COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED. AT 700 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST TOWARD SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THEY WILL MO$AVE INTO THE WHITE RIVER AND ROSEBUD AREA AFTER 9 PM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH. SDZ017>020-040200- ...SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... < A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA EARLY THIS EVENING. AT 710 PM THEY EXTENDED FROM NEAR HURON TO NEAR PICKSTOWN. THIS LINE HAS NOT PRODUCED ANY SEVERE WEATHER A0ND IS NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ANY. THUNDERSTORMS ON THIS LINE WILL MOVE INTO THE SIOUX FALLS AREA AFTER 10 PM. BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WHEN THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH. KRIEHN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 8:42 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
SDZ010-011-040240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 841 PM CDT WED JUN 3 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 11 PM CDT... AT 830 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WIND AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF ABERDEEN...ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF PIERRE...AND JUST WEST OF CHAMBERLAIN. AT 8PM CDT WINDS GUSTED TO AROUND 60 MILES AN HOUR AT PIERRE. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...GET TO A SAFE PLACE UNTIL IT PASSES. MOVEMENbT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. FREDERICK
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.