Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 1994, 4:14 PM CDT for Spink County, South Dakota. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1994, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1994, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Spink County, SD
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 273 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
- 85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABR 132115 TORABR SDC115-132200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 414 PM CDT WED JUL 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES....... IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA ...NORTHERN SPINK COUNTY AT 405 PM CDT SPINK COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ON THE GROUND LESS THAN 5 MILES WEST OF ASHTON. ALSO SEVERAL REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN RECIEVED WEST OF NORTHVILLE. THE MOVEMENT OF THE POSSIBLE TONRADO HAS BEEN TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MILES PER HOUR. THE CITIES OF ASHTON...MELLETTE AND BRENTFORD ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOULD TAKE ACTION NOW. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEAR^BY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. BUCKLEW &
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 13, 1:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
SDZ007-008-011-132015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 108 PM CDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL EXPECTED OVER FAR NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... AT 1 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SOME PEA SIZED HAIL WERE IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA FROM 40 MILES EAST OF ABERDEEN NEAR ROSLYN TO NEAR SISSETON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY PRODUCE ENOUGH HEAVY RAIN TO CAUSE STREET FLOODING AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. RESIDENTS IN FAR NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA CAN EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THEIR AREA UNTIL ABOUT 4 PM AND THEN MOVE INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA. SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS W,ELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AS THE STORMS APPROACH AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. GILLESPIE
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SDZ005>008-010-011-017-018-132015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 208 PM CDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... AT 2 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 45 MILES AN HOUR WERE IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR WEBSTER...30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SISSETON. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD TULARE AND REDFIELD FROM NORTHERN HAND COUNTY. A STATE TROOPER IN HAND COUNTY 14 MILES NORTH OF MILLER HAD TO STOP DRIVING DUE TO NO VISIBILITY IN HEAVY RAIN. OTHERWISE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDER/ STROMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. SOME WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. AS THESE STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA MOVE INSIDE AND WAIT UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. GILLESPIE
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SDZ005>008-010-011-017-018-132015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 208 PM CDT WED JUL 13 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... AT 2 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 45 MILES AN HOUR WERE IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR WEBSTER...30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SISSETON. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD TULARE AND REDFIELD FROM NORTHERN HAND COUNTY. A STATE TROOPER IN HAND COUNTY 14 MILES NORTH OF MILLER HAD TO STOP DRIVING DUE TO NO VISIBILITY IN HEAVY RAIN. OTHERWISE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDER/ STROMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. SOME WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. AS THESE STORMS MOVE INTO YOUR AREA MOVE INSIDE AND WAIT UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. GILLESPIE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hyde | 27 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.