Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1992, 8:08 PM CDT for Moody County, South Dakota. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1992, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1992, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Moody County, SD
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 1328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1311 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 393 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFSD 160109 SVRFSD SDC101-160145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 808 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA ...MOODY COUNTY SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE COLMAN...TRENT...AND EGAN. RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. ONE INCH HAIL FELL AT COLTON SOUTH DAKOTA FROM THIS SEVERE STORM. 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. UMLAND
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 15, 4:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
SDZ010-011-016-162120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 415 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 AT 415 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH INTO BEADLE AND HAND COUNTIES...WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS ON THE HAND... JERAULD COUNTY LINES...HEADING FOR WESSINGTON AND WOLSEY IN BEADLE COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING IN CENTRAL BEADLE COUNTY IN THE HURON AREA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER. STOREY
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
SDZ010-011-016-162155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 455 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 AT 455 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL HAND COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HURON...OVER FAULKTON...5 MILES NORTHEAST OF WESSINGTON...AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AGAR. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS FOR THE TIME BEING...HOWEVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER. STOREY
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
SDZ012-017-108-019-020-152330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 425 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... THE EAST CENTRAL BORDER AREA OF SOUTH DAKOTA INCLUDING BROOKINGS... MADISON...AND FLANDREAU REMAIN UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING TO THE NORTHWEST OF THIS AREA AND A NORTHWARD MOVEMENT WILL KEEP THEM OUT OF THE EXTREME EAST CENTRAL. THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED AFTER 5 PM IN HUTCHINSON AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES INCLUDING ARMOUR...PARKSTON AND TRIPP. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE AND RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR DURING THE EVENING. PEOPLE IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA NEED TO BE WATCHFULL THIS EVENING. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. IF YOU OBSERVE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A REINFORECED BUILDING. UMLAND
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SDZ012-017-108-019-020-152330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 553 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... THE EAST CENTRAL BORDER AREA OF SOUTH DAKOTA INCLUDING BROOKINGS... MADISON...AND FLANDREAU REMAIN UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING TO THE NORTHWEST OF EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND A NORTHWARD MOVEMENT WILL KEEP THESE THUNDERSTORMS OUT OF THE EXTREME EAST CENTRAL. HOWEVER A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF YANKTON NEAR SCOTLAND AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH AT 20 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AROUND 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THE BRUNT OF THIS STORM JUST WEST OF SCOTLAND AT 5 50 PM CDT IN EXTREME NORTHERN BON HOMME COUNTY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL HUTCHISON COUNTY B7Y 6 10 PM JUST EAST OF TRIPP. PERSONS IN NORTHERN BON HOMME COUNTY AND SOUTHERN HUTCHISON COUNTIES ARE ADVISED TO KEEP ALERT AND BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH YOUR AREA. BIER
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
SDZ012-017-108-019-020-152330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 618 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF YANKTON NEAR OLIVET WAS MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL HUTICHISON COUNTY AT 25 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AROUND 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THE BRUNT OF THIS STORM JUST WEST OF OLIVET AT 615 PM CDT IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE TOWNS OF WOLF CREEK AND TSCHETTER COLONY BY 625 PM AND BE NEAR THE CLAYTON AND MILLTOWN AREAS BY 630 PM CDT. PERSONS IN HUTCHISON COUNTY...ESPECIALLY CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL PARTS OF THE COUNTY ARE ADVISED TO KEEP ALERT AND BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH YOUR AREA. BIER
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SDZ012-017-018-019-020-152330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 633 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... AT 630 PM AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING 25 TO 50 MPH NORTH OF YANKTON IN AN AREA APPROXIMATELY BOUNDED BY THE TOWNS OF ALEXANDRIA IN CENTRAL HANSON COUNTY...CLAYTON IN NORTHEAST HUTCHISON AND MARION IN NORTHWEST TURNER COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZED HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AROUND 35 MPH. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST HUTCHISON...NORTHWEST TURNER...HANSON AND MCCOOK COUNTIES OF SOUTHE]AST SOUTH DAKOTA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH YOUR AREA. BIER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Yankton | 53 min |
| Jun 15, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Union | 15 min |
| Jun 15, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Moody | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 1:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 1:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Aurora, Davison | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Brookings | 41 min |
| Jun 16, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings | 13 min |
| Jun 16, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Tripp | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Gregory | 25 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.