Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1993, 5:59 PM CDT for Rock County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1993, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1993, 6:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rock County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 579 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 372 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 509 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFSD 072300 TORFSD MNC133-072345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 559 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA ...ROCK COUNTY AT 555 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO JUST 1 MILE WEST OF LUVERNE...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF PIPESTONE. THE STORM PRODUCING THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. LUVERNE...KENNETH...AMD HARDWICK ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. 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. MENTZER
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
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SDZALL-072240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 438 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST...EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 8PM CDT... AT 330 PM CDT...NUMEROUS VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CONTINUED OVER NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...FROM SIOUX FALLS TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROOKINGS. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF SIOUX FALLS TO ABERDEEN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE ARE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TORNADOES AND FUNNELS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THESE STORMS. IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THE PATH OF ONE OF THESE STORMS SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A REINFORCED SHELTER. STOREY
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SDZALL-072240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 438 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST...EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 8PM CDT... AT 330 PM CDT...NUMEROUS VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CONTINUED OVER NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...FROM SIOUX FALLS TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROOKINGS. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF SIOUX FALLS TO ABERDEEN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE ARE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TORNADOES AND FUNNELS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THESE STORMS. IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THE PATH OF ONE OF THESE STORMS SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A REINFORCED SHELTER. STOREY
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SDZ011-072220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 445 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST...EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 8PM CDT... AT 445 PM CDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN BEADLE AND WESTERN KINGSBURY COUNTIES HAD DECREASED IN INTENSITY...AND NO FURTHER SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED. THE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR EASTERN BEADLE AND WESTERN KINGSBURY COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 445 PM CDT. STOREY
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SDZ011-072220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 445 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST...EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 8PM CDT... AT 445 PM CDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN BEADLE AND WESTERN KINGSBURY COUNTIES HAD DECREASED IN INTENSITY...AND NO FURTHER SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED. THE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR EASTERN BEADLE AND WESTERN KINGSBURY COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 445 PM CDT. STOREY
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:16 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
IAZ013-020-021-031-032-043-NEZ094>096-SDZ066-072330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 516 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. AS A RESULT...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNITL 8 PM. IN ADDITION WINDS SHOULD BECOME WEST AND REMAIN GUSTY AT 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. STONGER WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. HUMPHREY
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:17 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
IAZ013-020-021-031-032-043-NEZ094>096-SDZ066-072330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 516 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS EVENING... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. AS A RESULT...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNITL 8 PM. IN ADDITION WINDS SHOULD BECOME WEST AND REMAIN GUSTY AT 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. STONGER WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. HUMPHREY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Nobles | 35 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.