Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1992, 6:30 PM CDT for Brookings County, South Dakota. It was in force for 30 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, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 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, 6:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | 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, 11.5 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 162330 SVRFSD SDC011-170000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 630 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA ...WESTERN BROOKINGS COUNTY AT 525 PM RADAR A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARLINGTON SOUTH DAKOTA OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF BROOKINGS. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN ARLINTON. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING NORTH THROUGH THE EXTREME WESTERN PART OF BROOKINGS COUNTY. 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.
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 16, 4:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
IAZ001-004-005-162300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 442 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 440 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 SAFETIY 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
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SDZ012-015>020-MNZ017-IAZ001-162245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 440 PM CDT (340 PM MDT) TUE JUN 16 1992 ...TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING... AT 440 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO BROOKINGS COUNTY OF SOUTH DAKOTA...ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF BROOKINGS. THIS IS THE SAME STORM THAT PRODUCED TORNADOES NEAR MITCHELL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR HOWARD TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATERTOWN NEAR BRANDT SOUTH DAKOTA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED NORTH AND EAST OF SIOUX FALLS...EXTENDING FROM DELL RAPIDS SOUTH DAKOTA TO NEAR ADRIAN MINNESOTA. 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. GEELHART
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:57 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
SDZ012-015>020-MNZ017-162345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 555 PM CDT (455 PM MDT) TUE JUN 16 1992 ...TORNADO WARNING FOR MURRAY COUNTY OF MINNESOTA UNTIL 600 PM CDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BROOKINGS COUNTY OF SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 6PM... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING... AT 545 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND 4 MILES NORTH OF LAKE WILSON MINNESOTA...IN WESTERN MURRAY COUNTY. IT HAS DAMAGED SEVERAL BUILDINGS AND CAUSED INJURIES. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN BROOKINGS COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM. THE STORM IS IN NORTH CENTRAL BROOKINGS COUNTY AND HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL TORNADOES IN ITS LIFETIME. THIS STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN CENTRAL AURORA COUNTY...NEAR PLANKINTON. ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PICKSTOWN SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN GREGORY AND CHARLES MIX COUNTIES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER CONSCIOUS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY CLOSE TO A RADIO OR TV IN CASE A WA*RNING IS ISSUED. GEELHART
Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:07 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
605 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
STORM DATA FOR TUESDAY JUNE 16 1992
TIME COUNTY CHARACTER OF STORM...DAMAGE
.......................................................................
603 PM TRIPP COUNTY CD REPORTS 50 TO 60
MPH WINDS IN WINNER.Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:15 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
IAZ001-004-005-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 615 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 612 PM. HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WESTERN IOWA THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS..LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADOES. YOU SHOULD REVIEW SAFETY RULES SO YOU WILL KNOW WHAT ACTION T2O 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
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:27 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
SDZ015-019-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 625 PM CDT (525 PM MDT) TUE JUN 16 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING... AT 620 PM CDT A POWERFUL THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA/NEBRASKA BORDER...30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PICKSTOWN SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS RATE...THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN CHARLES MIX COUNTY OF SOUTH DAKOTA BY 715 PM CDT. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. GEELHART
The 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, 4:33 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, 6:50 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.