Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1992, 8:09 PM CDT for McCook County, South Dakota. It was in force for 20 min. 2 reports 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, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1992, 8:29 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County McCook County, SD
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Mccook, SD | |
| Jun 16, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Mccook, 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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 409 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 13.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFSD 170109 TORFSD SDC087-170145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 809 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA ...SOUTHERN MCCOOK COUNTY AT 810 PM THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL NEAR BRIDGEWATER OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MITCHELL. RADAR INDICTAED A POSSIBLE TORNADO WITH THIS STORM. IT IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL THREATEN CANISTOTA AROUND 830 PM. THE STORM MAY ALSO THREATEN STANLEY CORNER. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 6:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SDZ012-015>020-160045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 653 PM CDT (553 PM MDT) TUE JUN 16 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING... AT 640 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN GREGORY COUNTY OF SOUTH DAKOTA. THE BONESTEEL POLICE REPORTED GOLFBALL-SIZE HAIL AT 638 PM CDT. THIS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL WILL BE MOVING INTO CHARLES-MIX COUNTY BY 700 PM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED IN NORTHWEST BROOKINGS COUNTY...10 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE CITY OF BROOKINGS. IT CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN LYON COUNTY OF MINNESOTA. IT IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND HAS PRODUCED TORNADOES IN THE RECENT PAST. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS. GEELHART
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SDZ012-015>020-160100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 705 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING... A TORNADO WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA INCLUDING THE CITY OF SIOUX FALLS. AT 700 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 100 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS TO 100 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST/NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO HOLD TOGETHER AS IT MOVES EASTWARD AND MAY ALSO INTENSIFY. AT THE CURRENT SPEED...THIS LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CITY OF SIOUX FALLS BETWEEN 9 PM AND 10 PM CDT. < PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STOARMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. STAY TUNED TO RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:18 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
IAZ001-004-005-170115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 718 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 SIOUXLAND AREA AT 717 PM. HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO WESTERN IOWA LATER THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS..LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADOES. YOU SHOULD REVIEW SAFETY 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, 7:24 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
720 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 HIGH LINE POWER LINES DOWN
o WIND GREATER THAN 60 MPH.Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:40 PM CDT, 29 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, 26 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.
GEELHARTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Charles Mix | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hutchinson | 41 min |
| Jun 16, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Turner | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Yankton | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | McCook, Minnehaha | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Clay | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings, Moody | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Union | 25 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in South Dakota, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes 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.