Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 1992, 9:40 PM CDT for Union County, South Dakota. It was in force for 15 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 15, 1992, 9:40 PM CDT (02:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1992, 9:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Union County, SD
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 9:45 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Union, 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 3614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 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 KSUX 160240
TORSUX
SDC127-160300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA
940 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
EXTREME NORTHWEST UNION
AT 937 PM CDT A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY THE UNION COUNTY
SOUTH DAKOTA CIVIL DEFENSE AT 6 MILES SOUTH OF BERESFORD SOUTH
DAKOTA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR
THE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO BERESFORD SOUTH DAKOTA SHORTLY.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN A
STRONG BUILDING GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID
WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR
GET INTO A DITCH OR DEPRESSION...COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 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 15, 5:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
SDZ010-011-016-162155- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 455 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 AT 455 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL HAND COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HURON...OVER FAULKTON...5 MILES NORTHEAST OF WESSINGTON...AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AGAR. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS FOR THE TIME BEING...HOWEVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER. STOREY
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
SDZ012-017-108-019-020-152330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 425 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... THE EAST CENTRAL BORDER AREA OF SOUTH DAKOTA INCLUDING BROOKINGS... MADISON...AND FLANDREAU REMAIN UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING TO THE NORTHWEST OF THIS AREA AND A NORTHWARD MOVEMENT WILL KEEP THEM OUT OF THE EXTREME EAST CENTRAL. THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED AFTER 5 PM IN HUTCHINSON AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES INCLUDING ARMOUR...PARKSTON AND TRIPP. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE AND RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR DURING THE EVENING. PEOPLE IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA NEED TO BE WATCHFULL THIS EVENING. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. IF YOU OBSERVE A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A REINFORECED BUILDING. UMLAND
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
SDZ012-017-108-019-020-152330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 553 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... THE EAST CENTRAL BORDER AREA OF SOUTH DAKOTA INCLUDING BROOKINGS... MADISON...AND FLANDREAU REMAIN UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM CDT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING TO THE NORTHWEST OF EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND A NORTHWARD MOVEMENT WILL KEEP THESE THUNDERSTORMS OUT OF THE EXTREME EAST CENTRAL. HOWEVER A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF YANKTON NEAR SCOTLAND AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH AT 20 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AROUND 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THE BRUNT OF THIS STORM JUST WEST OF SCOTLAND AT 5 50 PM CDT IN EXTREME NORTHERN BON HOMME COUNTY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL HUTCHISON COUNTY B7Y 6 10 PM JUST EAST OF TRIPP. PERSONS IN NORTHERN BON HOMME COUNTY AND SOUTHERN HUTCHISON COUNTIES ARE ADVISED TO KEEP ALERT AND BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH YOUR AREA. BIER
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
SDZ012-017-108-019-020-152330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 618 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF YANKTON NEAR OLIVET WAS MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL HUTICHISON COUNTY AT 25 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AROUND 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THE BRUNT OF THIS STORM JUST WEST OF OLIVET AT 615 PM CDT IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE TOWNS OF WOLF CREEK AND TSCHETTER COLONY BY 625 PM AND BE NEAR THE CLAYTON AND MILLTOWN AREAS BY 630 PM CDT. PERSONS IN HUTCHISON COUNTY...ESPECIALLY CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL PARTS OF THE COUNTY ARE ADVISED TO KEEP ALERT AND BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH YOUR AREA. BIER
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
SDZ012-017-018-019-020-152330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 633 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... AT 630 PM AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING 25 TO 50 MPH NORTH OF YANKTON IN AN AREA APPROXIMATELY BOUNDED BY THE TOWNS OF ALEXANDRIA IN CENTRAL HANSON COUNTY...CLAYTON IN NORTHEAST HUTCHISON AND MARION IN NORTHWEST TURNER COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZED HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AROUND 35 MPH. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST HUTCHISON...NORTHWEST TURNER...HANSON AND MCCOOK COUNTIES OF SOUTHE]AST SOUTH DAKOTA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH YOUR AREA. BIER
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 8:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
IAZ001-004-005-040830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 838 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SIOUXLAND AREA UNTIL 1 AM CDT... NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE SIOUXLAND AREA AT 835 PM.... HOWEVER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. SHOWERS WERE ALSO LOCATED 25 MILES WEST OF SIOUX CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SIOUXLAND AREA THIS EVENING. IF THREATENING APPROACHES...YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE QUICKLY. HOPPES
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, 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, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Gregory | 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.