Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 1994, 4:45 PM MDT for Dewey County, South Dakota. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1994, 4:45 PM MDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1994, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dewey County, SD
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1290 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABR 062247 TORABR SDC041-062315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 545 PM CDT (445 PM MDT) WED JUL 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT (515 PM MDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES....... IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA ...CENTRAL DEWEY COUNTY AT 435 PM CDT...A WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO 10 MILES NORTH OF EAGLE BUTTE OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUPREE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. REITER
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, Jul 6, 3:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 18 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, 3:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 18 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 4:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey | 58 min |
| Jul 6, 5:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey, Walworth | 56 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.