Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 1993, 8:41 PM CDT for Buffalo County, South Dakota. It was in force for 14 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1993, 8:41 PM CDT (01:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1993, 8:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Buffalo County, SD
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 294 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
- 151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -287 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1196 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KHON 130141
TORHON
SDC017-085-130230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
841 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
WESTERN BUFFALO...CENTRAL AND EASTERN LYMAN
SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE LOWER BRULE
AND FORT THOMPSON
AT 833 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY A WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER
AND RADAR ALSO INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
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. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES IN FAVOR OF A
REINFORCED BUILDING.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
MOHRWhat 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 12, 3:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
SDZ003-122100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 340 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE STARTED TO DEVELOPE ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER ACCORDING TO CURRENT RADAR INFORMATION. THESE STORMS...SOME HAVING HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST. THESE STORMS WILL BE A PROBLEM FOR BOATERS ON THE OAHE FROM 35 NORTH OF PIERRE TO THE NORTH DAKOTA STATE LINE NORTH OF POLLOCK. REMEMBER...SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD DEVELOPE RAPIDLY INTO A SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION...SO PLEASE KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION STUDNICKA
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
SDZ003-122100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 340 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE STARTED TO DEVELOPE ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER ACCORDING TO CURRENT RADAR INFORMATION. THESE STORMS...SOME HAVING HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST. THESE STORMS WILL BE A PROBLEM FOR BOATERS ON THE OAHE FROM 35 NORTH OF PIERRE TO THE NORTH DAKOTA STATE LINE NORTH OF POLLOCK. REMEMBER...SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD DEVELOPE RAPIDLY INTO A SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION...SO PLEASE KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION STUDNICKA
Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 730 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 1993 STORM DATA FOR SAT JUN 12 1993 TIME COUNTY..LOCATION CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE ....................................................................... 525 PM MDT CORSON...WAKPALA. HAIL (PENNY SIZE) POLICE. 638 PM CDT CAMPBELL...3W POLLOCK. HAIL (PENNY SIZE) SPOTTER. 659 PM CDT WALWORTH...3N GLENHAM. HAIL (GOLFBALL) SPOTTER. R.S.
Local storm report, Jun 12, 7:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 730 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 1993 STORM DATA FOR SAT JUN 12 1993 TIME COUNTY..LOCATION CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE ....................................................................... 525 PM MDT CORSON...WAKPALA. HAIL (PENNY SIZE) POLICE. 638 PM CDT CAMPBELL...3W POLLOCK. HAIL (PENNY SIZE) SPOTTER. 659 PM CDT WALWORTH...3N GLENHAM. HAIL (GOLFBALL\) SPOTTER. R.S.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Walworth | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Stanley | 63 min |
| Jun 12, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Hughes, Sully | 54 min |
| Jun 12, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Hughes, Stanley | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Lyman | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Stanley | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Lyman | 50 min |
| Jun 12, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo | 40 min |
| Jun 13, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Miner | 52 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.