Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1994, 10:18 PM CDT for Marshall County, South Dakota. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 1994, 10:18 PM CDT (03:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1994, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marshall County, SD
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 1212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2117 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KABR 240320 RRA SVRABR SDC091-240415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1018 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES....... IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA ...MARSHALL COUNTY AT 1015 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN MARSHALL COUNTY. THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM WAS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY...5 MILES SOUTH OF BRITTON...OR 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF ABERDEEN. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM HAS BEEN TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG AREA OF DEVELOPMENT WAS INDICATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF VEBLEN...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SISSETON. THIS STORM HAS ALREAD PRODUCED DIME SIZE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTH OF BRITTON...IN NORTHEAST BROWN COUNTY. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE EARLIER WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BROWN AND NORTHWEST MARSHALL COUNTIES. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST BROWN COUNTY HAD MOVED INTO WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM..YOU SHOULD GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH..HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER..DEADLY LIGHTNING..AND HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA. BUCKLEW
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, May 23, 7:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
721 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994
STORM DATA FOR MAY 23 1994
TIME COUNTY..LOCATION CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE
.......................................................................
714 PM CDT ROBERTS...4 MI. WEST GOLFBALL HAIL/DOWNED TREES
OF SISSETON FROM POLICE
OLSON
NNNNLocal storm report, May 23, 7:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
721 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994
STORM DATA FOR MAY 23 1994
TIME COUNTY..LOCATION CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE
.......................................................................
714 PM CDT ROBERTS...4 MI. WEST GOLFBALL HAIL/DOWNED TREES
OF SISSETON FROM POLICE
OLSON
NNNNLocal storm report, May 23, 9:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
909 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994
STORM DATA FOR MAY 23 1994
TIME COUNTY..LOCATION CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE
.......................................................................
842 PM CDT ROBERTS...5 MI. SE GOLFBALL HAIL 5 TO 6 IN.
OF WILMOT DEEP...1.2" RAIN..HIGH WINDS
BY SPOTTER.
OLSON
NNNNLocal storm report, May 23, 9:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
909 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994
STORM DATA FOR MAY 23 1994
TIME COUNTY..LOCATION CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE
.......................................................................
842 PM CDT ROBERTS...5 MI. SE GOLFBALL HAIL 5 TO 6 IN.
OF WILMOT DEEP...1.2" RAIN..HIGH WINDS
BY SPOTTER.&
OLSON
NNNNSpecial weather statement, May 23, 9:35 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
SDZ003>011-015>018-240400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 935 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 11 PM CDT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING ACROSS MARSHALL AND ROBERTS COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA HAVE DIMINISHED. THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND UPROOTED TREES. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN INDICATED IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AS OF 930 PM CDT...BUT THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BROWN...MARSHALL AND DAY COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AT 931 PM CDT THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST BROWN COUNTY... JUST WEST OF HECLA...OR 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF ABERDEEN. SMALL HAIL... GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH INCLUDES SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND LARGE HAIL. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY AS THESE STORMS DEVELOP AND APPROACH YOUR AREA. BUCKLEW
Special weather statement, May 23, 9:35 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
SDZ003>011-015>018-240400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 935 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 11 PM CDT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING ACROSS MARSHALL AND ROBERTS COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA HAVE DIMINISHED. THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND UPROOTED TREES. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN INDICATED IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AS OF 930 PM CDT...BUT THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BROWN...MARSHALL AND DAY COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AT 931 PM CDT THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST BROWN COUNTY... JUST WEST OF HECLA...OR 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF ABERDEEN. SMALL HAIL... GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH INCLUDES SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND LARGE HAIL. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY AS THESE STORMS DEVELOP AND APPROACH YOUR AREA. BUCKLEW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Roberts | 55 min |
| May 23, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Roberts | 63 min |
| May 23, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Day, Marshall | 24 min |
| May 23, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown | 34 min |
| May 23, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Roberts | 47 min |
| May 23, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Day | 30 min |
| May 23, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Grant | 32 min |
| May 23, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Day | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.