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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 4, 1994Hand County, Hyde County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1994, 7:50 PM CDT for Hand County, Hyde County, South Dakota. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1994, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1994, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hand County, SD, Hyde County, SD

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 77 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1994-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2609 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1994-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2609 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1236 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
9.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KHON 050050
TORHON
SDC069-059-050115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 
750 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 1994

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
      NORTHEAST HYDE...NORTHERN HAND

AT 745 PM CDT  RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
POLO. STORM WAS STATIONARY.

 STORM IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT EAST AFFECTING POLO UNTIL AT LEAST 820
PM CDT.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...YOU SHOULD GO TO A BASEMENT
SHELTER IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE GO TO A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES IN FAVOR OF A
REINFORCED BUILDING.

 PURDY/SPRINGER

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, Jun 4, 3:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
SDZ003>005-009-010-015-016-042215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
320 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 9 PM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
UNTIL 9 PM CDT. AT 315 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
IN NORTHERN CORSON COUNTY BETWEEN MCINTOSH AND MCLAUGHLIN...OR ABOUT
30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOBRIDGE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND
TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

NIELSEN
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 3:24 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
SDZ003>005-009-010-015-016-042215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
320 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 9 PM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
UNTIL 9 PM CDT. AT 315 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
IN NORTHERN CORSON COUNTY BETWEEN MCINTOSH AND MCLAUGHLIN...OR ABOUT
30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOBRIDGE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND
TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

NIELSEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand, Hyde52 min
Jun 4, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningABRHand, Hyde28 min
Jun 4, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk61 min
Jun 4, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningABRHand25 min
Jun 4, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningABRHand29 min
Jun 4, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBeadle, Hand62 min
Jun 4, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBeadle60 min
Jun 4, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSanborn51 min
Jun 4, 11:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRCodington, Hamlin6 hr

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.