Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1992, 4:33 PM CDT for Brookings County, South Dakota. It was in force for 57 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 16, 1992, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1992, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brookings County, SD
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado F3 | Brookings, 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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFSD 162133 SVRFSD SDC011-162230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 433 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA ...BROOKINGS COUNTY AT 425 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROOKINGS. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE CITIES MOST THREATENED BY THIS STORM ARE SINAI AND BROOKINGS. IT SHOULD MOVE OVER SINAI IN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES AND INTO THE BROOKINGS AREA BETWEEN 515 PM AND 530 PM. THIS STORM IS THE SAME STOcRM THAT PRODUCED A TORNADO NEAR MITCHELL. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT. KRIEHN
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
Local storm report, Jun 16, 2:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
STORM REPORT...CORRECT HEADER. THIS DATA IS FOR 6-16-92
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
200 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
COUNTY/STATE TIME EVENT
AURORA/SD 140 PM DIME SIZED HAIL IN STICKNEY.
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN PLANKINTON.Local storm report, Jun 16, 2:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 244 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 COUNTY/STATE TIME EVENT DAVISON/SD 239 PM 10 N MT. VERNON GOLF BALL HAIL. DAVISON/SD 239 PM [ 6 W MITCHELL TORNADO ON GROUND. HARMON
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SDZ015-162100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 301 PM CDT (201 PM MDT) TUE JUN 16 1992 AT 255 PM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES EAST OF MISSION OR 25 MILES WEST OF WINNER. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN TRIPP COUNTY IN THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. KRIEHN
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:39 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
SDZ004-005-010-011-012-015-016-017-018-019-020-MNZ017-IAZ001-162145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 339 PM CDT (239 PM MDT) TUE JUN 16 1992 ...TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING... AT 330 PM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THE MOST ACTIVE WEATHER SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN BETWEEN CHADRON NEBRASKA AND MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA. THERE WERE 3 REPORTED TORNADO SIGHTINGS IN THE MITCHELL AREA AROUND 300 PM. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL FELL IN PLANKINTON. IN THE PAST HALF HOUR, THE MAIN ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING BETWEEN MITCHELL AND WATERTOWN. ALSO...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE RUMBLING THROUGH THE SOUTH CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE BETWEEN PHILIP AND MISSION. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. PEOPLE IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER CONSCIOUS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY CLOSE TO A RADIO OR TV IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED. KRIEHN
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:48 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
IAZ001-004-005-162200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 348 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SIOUXLAND AREA UNTIL 11 PM CDT... NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE AREA AT 346 PM. HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA OR WESTERN IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME STORMS BECOMING SEVERE. YOU SHOULD REVIEW SAFET}Y RULES SO YOU WILL KNOW WHAT ACTION TO TAKE IF A TORNADO OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OCCURS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND ADVISORIES. HOPPES
Local storm report, Jun 16, 4:18 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
415 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
COUNTY/STATE TIME EVENT
DAVISON/SD 240 PM MITCHELL PD REPORTS OLD FARM HOUSE
` AND COUNTRY SCHOOL NEAR MITCHELL DESTROYED
BY A TORNADO. ALSO A LARGE AMOUNT OF CROP
DAMAGE REPORTED.
KRIEHNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Moody | 37 min |
| 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, 4:49 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.