Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1994, 8:45 PM CDT for Clark County, South Dakota. It was in force for 20 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 1994, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 1994, 9:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clark County, SD
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 604 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 437 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KHON 260145
SVRHON
SDC025-260215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
845 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
NORTHERN CLARK
SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE GARDEN CITY...
BRADLEY...AND CROCKER.
AT 835 PM CDT...DIME SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED BY A SPOTTER NEAR
ELROD. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTH AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF CLARK COUNTY BY 915 PM CDT.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD GET TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 55 MPH...3/4 INCH HAIL OR LARGER...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.
SPRINGERWhat 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
Special weather statement, Apr 25, 5:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
SDZ003-004-009-015-016-260200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 510 PM CDT MON APR 25 1994 ...WINTER WEATHER RETURNS TO NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE MISSOURI RIVER IN NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA ON TUESDAY. THE COUNTIES INCLUDE CORSON...CAMPBELL...DEWEY...WALWORTH AND POTTER. SOME COMMUNITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE MOBRIDGE...MCINTOSH...TIMBER LAKE...GETTYSBURG SELBY AND MOUND CITY. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW TONIGHT AND CHANCE TO SNOW TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT 25 TO 40 MPH WHICH MAY CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG WITH WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. > RESIDENTS AND THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE READzY FOR THE ADVERSE WINTER WEATHER. LIVESTOCK OWNERS MAY NEED TO TAKE EXTRA STEPS TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK AS THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE STRESSFUL. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS. NIELSEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Miner, Sanborn | 29 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.