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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Aberdeen, SD

July 22, 1993McPherson County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1993, 7:55 PM CDT for McPherson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 22, 1993, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 1993, 8:27 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area: Whole counties

County McPherson County, SD

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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

Local storm report, Jul 22, 4:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
423 PM CDT THU JUL 22 1993

STORM DATA FOR JULY 22 1993

 TIME            COUNTY..LOCATION           CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE
.......................................................................

 414 PM CDT     POTTER...7 MILES           FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED BY THE
                SW OF GETTYSBURG.          POTTER COUNTY SHERIFFS
                                           OFFICE.

GILLESPIE

Local storm report, Jul 22, 4:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
423 PM CDT THU JUL 22 1993

STORM DATA FOR JULY 22 1993

 TIME            COUNTY..LOCATION           CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE
.......................................................................

 414 PM CDT     POTTER...7 MILES           FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED BY THE
                SW OF GETTYSBURG.          POTTER COUNTY SHERIFFS
                                           OFFICE.

GILLESPIRE

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 5:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

SDZ003-004-005-240100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
534 PM CDT THU JUL 22 1993

...TORNADO WATCH ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH
    DAKOTA UNIL 9 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA EAST OF
LAKE OAHE AND FOR BROWN AND SPINK COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
UNTIL 9 PM CDT. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING
THUNDERSTORMS WINDS ARE POSSILE IN THE WATCH AREA.

AT 530 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
WERE IN SOUTHEAST POTTER COUNTY 15 MILES EAST OF GETTYSBURG. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE INTO
SOUTHWEST FAULK COUNTY BY 545 PM CDT. RESIDENTS IN SOUTHEAST POTTER AND
SOUTHWEST FAULK COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER.
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GILLESPIE

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 5:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

SDZ003-004-005-240100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
534 PM CDT THU JUL 22 1993

...TORNADO WATCH ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH
    DAKOTA UNIL 9 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA EAST OF
LAKE OAHE AND FOR BROWN AND SPINK COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
UNTIL 9 PM CDT. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING
THUNDERSTORMS WINDS ARE POSSILE IN THE WATCH AREA.

AT 530 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
WERE IN SOUTHEAST POTTER COUNTY 15 MILES EAST OF GETTYSBURG. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE INTO
SOUTHWEST FAULK COUNTY BY 545 PM CDT. RESIDENTS IN SOUTHEAST POTTER AND
SOUTHWEST FAULK COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER.
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GILLESPIE

Local storm report, Jul 22, 5:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
550 PM CDT THU JUL 22 1993

STORM DATA FOR JULY 22 1993

 TIME            COUNTY..LOCATION           CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE
.......................................................................

 453 PM CDT     POTTER...4 MILES           60 MPH WINDS RPTD BY POTTER
                S OF GETTYSBURG.           COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.

GILLESPIE

Local storm report, Jul 22, 5:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
550 PM CDT THU JUL 22 1993

STORM DATA FOR JULY 22 1993

 TIME            COUNTY..LOCATION           CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE
.......................................................................

 453 PM CDT     POTTER...4 MILES           60 MPH WINDS RPTD BY POTTER
                S OF GETTYSBURG.           COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.

GILLESPIE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Buffalo	40 min
Jul 23, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	McPherson	61 min
Jul 23, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Brown	64 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.