Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 1993, 6:04 PM CDT for Hughes County, South Dakota. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 1993, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1993, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hughes County, SD
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 tornado 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, 1 hour 41 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.
GILLESPIELocal storm report, Jul 22, 4:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 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.
GILLESPIRESpecial weather statement, Jul 22, 5:34 PM CDT, 30 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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GILLESPIESpecial weather statement, Jul 22, 5:34 PM CDT, 30 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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GILLESPIELocal storm report, Jul 22, 5:50 PM CDT, 14 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.
GILLESPIELocal storm report, Jul 22, 5:50 PM CDT, 14 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.
GILLESPIEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Potter | 28 min |
| Jul 22, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Potter | 28 min |
| Jul 22, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Lyman | 26 min |
| Jul 22, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Campbell, Walworth | 29 min |
| Jul 22, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Lyman | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.