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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 16, 1992Davison County, Hanson County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1992, 2:32 PM CDT for Davison County, Hanson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 43 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, 2:32 PM CDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1992, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Davison County, SD, Hanson County, SD

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 3:00 PM CDTHail 1.75Davison, 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 141 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 1992-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 1992-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFSD 161933
TORFSD
SDC035-061-162015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
232 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIESS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
 
   ...EASTERN DAVISON COUNTY...HANSON COUNTY
 
AT 230 PM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND 5 MILES WEST OF MITCHELL.
ITS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IT WILL BE IN MITCHELL IN THE NEXT FEW
MINUTES.
 
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  IF YOU LIVE
IN A MOBILE HOME...ABANDON IT FOR A STRONGER SHELTER.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMoody37 min
Jun 15, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Yankton53 min
Jun 15, 9:40 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDUnion15 min
Jun 15, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMinnehaha41 min
Jun 15, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMoody30 min
Jun 16, 1:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix27 min
Jun 16, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora35 min
Jun 16, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDAurora, Davison36 min
Jun 16, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings57 min
Jun 16, 4:49 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDBrookings41 min
Jun 16, 5:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings13 min
Jun 16, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDTripp32 min
Jun 16, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings30 min
Jun 16, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDGregory25 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.