Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Sep 15, 1994, 5:14 PM CDT for Edmunds County, South Dakota. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 15, 1994, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 1994, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Edmunds County, SD
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1319 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 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 152215 TORABR SDC045-152300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 514 PM CDT THU SEP 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES....... IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA ...EASTERN EDMUNDS COUNTY AT 511 PM A TORNADO WAS SIGHTED JUST NORTH OF LOYALTON IN SOUTH CENTRAL EDMUNDS COUNTY...40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ABERDEEN. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT AREAS BETWEEN MINA AND LOYALTON BETWEEN 515 AND 545 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A W|ORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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, Sep 15, 4:38 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-152340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 438 PM CDT (338 PM MDT) THU SEP 15 1994 ...FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED NORTH OF GETTYSBURG AIRPORT... AT 425 PM THE POTTER COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL JUST NORTH OF THE GETTYSBURG AIRPORT. THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN EASTERN POTTER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY OF LEBANON SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS SITUATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. AT 430 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN A LINE FROM SOUTHWEST EDMUNDS COUNTY 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF GETTYSBURG TO SOUTHWEST POTTER COUNTY...15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GETTYSBURG. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. REITER
Special weather statement, Sep 15, 5:05 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
SDZ004>011-016>018-152310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 505 PM CDT THU SEP 15 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... AT 455 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS LINE EXTENDED FROM LEOLA IN EASTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY THROUGH CENTRAL EDMUNDS COUNTY AND INTO EASTERN POTTER COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN BROWN...EASTERN EDMUNDS...NORTHWESTERN FAULK AND SOUTHEASTERN POTTER COUNTIES THROUGH 6 PM. THESE STORMS PRODUCED PEA SIZE HAIL IN ROSCOE EARLIER. WIND GUST TO 35 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF YOU LIVE IN BROWN...FAULK...AND SPINK COUNTIES BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS BETWEEN 530 AND 630 PM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Sully | 44 min |
| Sep 15, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Beadle | 30 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.