Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1994, 9:05 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Lyman County, South Dakota. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1994, 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1994, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Buffalo County, SD, Lyman County, SD
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 2491 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1107 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
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 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, Jul 6, 4:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
SDZ003-004-009-015-016-062230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 425 PM CDT (325 PM MDT) WED JUL 6 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARDS CORSON AND DEWEY COUNTIES... ...AT 325 MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN ZEIBACH COUNTY 5 MILES WEST OF DUPREE. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF DEWEY COUNTY INCLUDING ISABEL WHICH IS 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUPREE BY 400 PM MDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH HAIL ALONG WITH WINDS OF 60 MPH...BUT THE STORM WAS SHOWING SOME SIGNS OF WEAKENING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR THE TELEPHONE UNLESS YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY. REITER
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 4:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
SDZ003-004-009-015-016-062230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 425 PM CDT (325 PM MDT) WED JUL 6 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARDS CORSON AND DEWEY COUNTIES... ...AT 325 MDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN ZEIBACH COUNTY 5 MILES WEST OF DUPREE. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF DEWEY COUNTY INCLUDING ISABEL WHICH IS 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUPREE BY 400 PM MDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH HAIL ALONG WITH WINDS OF 60 MPH...BUT THE STORM WAS SHOWING SOME SIGNS OF WEAKENING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR THE TELEPHONE UNLESS YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY. REITER
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 6:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes, Stanley | 67 min |
| Jul 6, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Spink | 62 min |
| Jul 6, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Spink | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Spink | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Grant | 49 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.