Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1992, 3:08 PM CDT for Mellette County, South Dakota. It was in force for 52 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
- May 15, 1992, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1992, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mellette County, SD
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 3:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Mellette, 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
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 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 152006 SVRFSD SDC095-152100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 308 PM CDT (208 PM MDT) FRI MAY 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT (300 PM MDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA ...NORTHEASTERN MELLETTE COUNTY THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITY OF BADNATION. AT 303 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHITE RIVER...OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF VALENTINE NEBRASKA. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. 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. MENTZER
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, 12:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
IAZ001-004-005-151820- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 1243 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE SIOUXLAND AREA... AT 1240 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MARTINSBURG NEBRASKA...20 MILES WEST OF SIOUX CITY...TO DANBURY IOWA...40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR DAKOTA CITY NEBRASKA. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ANJD POSSIBLY HAIL AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. DROZD
Special weather statement, May 15, 1:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
IAZ001-004-005-151845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 1219 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE SIOUXLAND AREA... AT 1215 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MARTINSBURG NEBRASKA...20 MILES WEST OF SIOUX CITY...TO ANTHON IOWA...30 MILES EAST OF SIOUX CITY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY...NEAR CLIMBING HILL IOWA. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEA VY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 3 PM. DROZD
Special weather statement, May 15, 1:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SDZ015-151930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 155 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN MELLETTE COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... AT 150 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MELLETTE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES OF WHITE RIVER AND CEDAR BUTTE...OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILIP. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING HAIL...GUSTY WINDS... AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. IF YOU OBSERVE A STORM APPROACHING YOUR AREA ...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A BUILDING. ALSO REMEMBER THAT THUNDERSTORMS FREQUENTLY PRODUCE D)ANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MENTZER
Special weather statement, May 15, 2:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
IAZ001-004-005-151945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 204 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE SIOUXLAND AREA... AT 2 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEWCASTLE NEBRASKA...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY...TO CORRECTIONVEILLE IOWA OR 30 MILES EAST OF SIOUX CITY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 15 MILES EAST SIOUX CITY...NEAR MOVILLE IOWA. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY R@AIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SIOUXLAND AREA THIS AFTERNOON. DROZD
Special weather statement, May 15, 2:48 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
IAZ001-004-005-152045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 247 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE SIOUXLAND AREA... AT 245 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ALCESTER SOUTH DAKOTA TO IDA GROVE IOWA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 25 MILES NORTH OF SIOUX CITY...NEAR AKRON IOWA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PASS NEAR LEMARS IOWA BY 330 PM. THE STRONGER STORMS THIS, AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SIOUXLAND AREA FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. DROZD
Special weather statement, May 15, 3:00 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
SDZ019-020-151956- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 355 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992 AT 345 PM CDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED RAPIDLY JUST SOUTHEAST OF PICKSTOWN OVER CHARLES MIX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG SURFACE WINDS AS IT MOVES SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CHARLES MIX AND BON HOMME COUNTY INCLUDING THE COMMUNITES OF AVON...DANTE AND TYNDALL SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STORM UNTIL 4 PM CDT. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR ADDIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BUSS
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, 3:18 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 |
| May 15, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hutchinson | 53 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.