Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1992, 11:10 PM CDT for Clay County, South Dakota. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 1992, 11:10 PM CDT (04:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1992, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clay County, SD
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOVN), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -329 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 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 280410 SVRFSD SDC027-280445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1110 PM CDT MON JUL 27 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA ...EASTERN CLAY COUNTY AT 1105 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTH OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR ALSEN SOUTH DAKOTA MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE HUB CITY AND ALSEN AREAS AROUND 1115 PM. 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. 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. BLOOM
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, Jul 27, 8:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
IAZ013-020-021-031-032-043-NEZ094>096-SDZ066-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 812 PM CDT MON JUL 27 1992 ...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... AT 810 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BERESFORD SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN THIS EVENING. HOWEVER BERESFORD SOUTH DAKOTA CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN 830 AND 9 PM. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. DROZD
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 8:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
IAZ013-020-021-031-032-043-NEZ094>096-SDZ066-280235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 857 PM CDT MON JUL 27 1992 ...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... AT 855 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY OR 10 MILES WEST OF BERESFORD SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET. HOWEVER BERESFORD... NORA AND SPINK SOUTH DAKOTA CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN 915 AND 945 PM. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. DROZD
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 9:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
IAZ013-020-021-031-032-043-NEZ094>096-SDZ066-280315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 941 PM CDT MON JUL 27 1992 ...AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... AT 940 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY JUST WEST OF SPINK SOUTH DAKOTA. ALTHOUGH THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...IT WAS WEAKENING AS IT MOVED SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SPINK AND JUNCTION CITY CAN EXPECT A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN UNTIL 1015 PM. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. OTHER STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE BERESFORD SOUTH DAKOTA AREA BY 1030 PM. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMAL|L HAIL GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. DROZD
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 10:16 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
IAZ013-020-021-031-032-043-NEZ094>096-SDZ066-280400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 1016 PM CDT MON JUL 27 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED NORTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY... AT 1015 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY JUST NORTHWEST OF BERESFORD SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH BERESFORD AND ALCESTER SOUTH DAKOTA BY 11 PM. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES WEST OF NEWCASTLE NEBRASKA OR 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH NEWCASTLE...MARTINSBURG AND ALLEN NEBRASKA BY 11 PM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. DROZD
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 10:43 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
SDZ020-280430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1044 PM CDT MON JUL 27 1992 ...MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... AT 1035 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS BETWEEN CENTERVILLE AND HUB CITY SOUTH DAKOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH AREAS AROUND HUB CITY AND ALSEN SOUTH DAKOTA BETWEEN 11 PM AND 1130 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG WINDS... VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS AND THOSE TRAVELING IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THIS ADVERSE WEATHER ^AND SEEK A SAFE REINFORCED SHELTER IF NECESSARY. BLOOM
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 10:56 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
IAZ013-020-021-031-032-043-NEZ094>096-SDZ066-280445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 1056 PM CDT MON JUL 27 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED NORTH AND WEST OF SIOUX CITY... AT 1055 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORA SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH NORA AND APPROACH SPINK SOUTH DAKOTA AND AKRON IOWA BY 1145 PM. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR DIXON NEBRASKA OR 30 MILES WEST OF SIOUX CITY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH ALLEN AND WATERBURY AND APPROACH EMERSON NEBRASKA BY 1145 PM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. DROZD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Turner | 33 min |
| Jul 27, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 28 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.