Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1994, 8:31 PM CDT for Hand County, South Dakota. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1994, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1994, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hand County, SD
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KHON 050131
TORHON
SDC059-050200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
831 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
CENTRAL HAND
AT 823 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND ABOUT 3 MILES
WEST MILLER BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
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 FAVOZR OF A
REINFORCED BUILDING.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, 5 hours 11 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, 5 hours 7 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
Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:10 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
810 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 1994
STORM DATA FOR SATURDAY JUN 4 1994
TIME COUNTY..LOCATION CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE
.......................................................................
755 PM CDT FAULK...CRESBARD 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL COVERED
THE GROUND. FAULK COUNTY
SHERIFF
NIELSENLocal storm report, Jun 4, 8:10 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
810 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 1994
STORM DATA FOR SATURDAY JUN 4 1994
TIME COUNTY..LOCATION CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE
.......................................................................
755 PM CDT FAULK...CRESBARD 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL COVERED
THE GROUND. FAULK COUNTY
SHERIFF
NIELSENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand, Hyde | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Hand, Hyde | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Hand, Hyde | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Hand | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Beadle, Hand | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Beadle | 60 min |
| Jun 4, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Sanborn | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 11:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Codington, Hamlin | 6 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.