Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1992, 10:38 PM CDT for Dakota County, Thurston County, Nebraska. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1992, 10:38 PM CDT (03:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1992, 11:38 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dakota County, NE, Thurston County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 4794 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 449 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 8.2
- Supercell composite
- 39.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSUX 170338
SVRSUX
NEC051-043-173-170445-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA
1038 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
EXTREME SOUTHEAST DIXON...DAKOTA...THURSTON
AT 1035 PM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF
SIOUX CITY FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY TO PENDER
NEBRASKA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO HOMER...WALTHILL AND ROSEALIE NEBRASKA
AROUND 11 PM.
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. IF A
TORNADO IS SIGHTED GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER OR INTERIOR ROOM ON
LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HBOMES FOR A REINFORCED
BUILDING.
ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR REPORTS
OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
HOPPESWhat 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, 7:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
STORM REPORT...CORRECTION TO INCLUDE TOWNS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
738 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
STORM DATA FOR TUESDAY JUNE 16 1992
TIME COUNTY CHARACTER OF STORM...DAMAGE
.......................................................................
700 PM GREGORY BONESTEEL WIND GUST TO 60
MPH DOWNED TREES AND
SCHOOL ROOF. 1.12 INCHES
RAIN IN LESS THAN 20 MIN.
SOME GOLF BALL HAIL.
710PM GREGORY FAIRFAX...HIGH LINE POWER
LINES DOWN..WIND TO 60 MPH.Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
SDZ012-015>020-160130-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
740 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
...TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING...
AT 735 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
85 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS TO 100 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS.
THIS LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
AHEAD OF THIS LINE...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL
WERE DEVELOPING IN HUTCHINSON AND BON-HOMME COUNTIES OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WERE LOCATED IN
BROOKINGS COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES
PER AN HOUR.
AT THE CURRENT SPEED...THIS LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CITY OF SIOUX
FALLS BETWEEN 9 PM AND 10 PM CDT.
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SEVERAL REPORTS OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS
HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DURING THE
EVENING.
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE O{N THE LOOKOUT FOR
TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS.
STAY TUNED TO RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.
GEELHARTSpecial weather statement, Jun 16, 8:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
IAZ001-004-005-170215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 836 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SIOUXLAND AREA UNTIL 11 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP SOUTH OF SIOUX CITY OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF ONAWA IOWA AT 836 PM. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE QUICKLY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND ADVISORIES. HOPPES
Local storm report, Jun 16, 10:10 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA
2207 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
TIME EVENT AND LOCATION
2126 CDT 1/2 TO 1 INCH HAIL 2 MI WEST OF BERESFORD IN UNION COUNTY
SOUTH DAKOTA...SPOTTER.
2148 CDT PLYMOUTH COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT
AKRON. WALL CLOUD 9 MILES WEST OF LE MARS AND ANOTHER
AT KINGSLEY.
2125 CDT 40 TO 50 MPH WIND GUSTS AT PONCA...DIXON COUNTY NEB.
2125 CDT SIOUX CITY FAA CONTROL TOWER REPORTS CLASIC HOOK ECHO
19 NORTHWEST OF SIOUX GATEWAY AIRPORT.
2118 CDT SPOTTER REPORTS FUNNEL CLOUD N OF NEWCASTLE NEB.
2204 CDT SPOTTER REPORTS FUNNEL CLOUD 2 SOUTHEAST OF SOLDIER
IN MONONA CO IA.
J QUINNLocal storm report, Jun 16, 10:33 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1030 PM CDT WED JUN 16 1992
STORM DATA FOR JUNE 16 1992
TIME COUNTY...LOCATION AND STATE CHARACTER OF STORM...DAMAGE
.......................................................................
901 PM CDT PARKER...LENNOX SD 70 MPH WIND GUSTS
905 PM CDT MINNEHAHA...COLTON SD ROOF TORN OFF 4 HOUSES...
POSSIBLE TORNADO...POWER
LINES DOWN
916 PM CDT BROOKINGS...BROOKINGS SD FUNNEL CLOUD SOUTHWEST OF
TOWN...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
WIND GUSTS OVER 60MPH
930 PM CDT LINCOLN...2SE FAIRVIEW SD POSSIBLE TORNADO
948 PM CDT MCCOOK...BRIDGEWATER SD CHEMICAL BUILDING DES-
TROYED...$300,000-400,000
DAMAGE
955 PM CDT SIOUX...2S HULL IA TORNADO ON GROUND
1002 PM CDT PIPESTONE...PIPESTONE MN BARN AND SHED BLOWN DOWN
IN NORTHEAST PART OF
D COUNTY..POWER LINES DOWN
GEELHARTSpecial weather statement, Jun 16, 10:38 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SDZ012-015>020-MNZ017-170500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1040 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELED IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA... THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN CANCELED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED ON INTO IOWA AND MINNESOTA WHERE TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT. UMLAND
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dixon | 53 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.