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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Aberdeen, SD

July 3, 1993Edmunds County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 1993, 5:35 PM CDT for Edmunds County, South Dakota. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1993, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1993, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Edmunds County, SD

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 1993-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 208 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 1993-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
208 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-234 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KABR 032235
TORABR
SDC045-032300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
535 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
      EASTERN EDMUNDS

SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE MINA AND
MINA LAKE.

AT 530 PM CDT   A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY A SPOTTER 12 MILES
WEST OF WARNER OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ABERDEEN MOVING NORTH. THIS
FUNNEL IS ALSO BEING OBSERVED FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT
ABERDEEN.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...YOU SHOULD GO TO A@ BASEMENT
SHELTER IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE GO TO A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR
A REINFORCED BUILDING.

STUDNICKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 11:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant52 min
Jul 3, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey33 min
Jul 3, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHyde49 min
Jul 3, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand28 min
Jul 3, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.