Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1994, 6:55 PM MDT for Stanley County, South Dakota. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1994, 6:55 PM MDT (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1994, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stanley County, SD
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 537 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KHON 080055
TORHON
SDC117-080130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
755 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL STANLEY
AT 650 PM MDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 15 MILES WEST OF HAYES.
THIS TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO REACH HAYES AROUND 715 PM MDT/815 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 INX FAVOR OF A
REINFORCED BUILDING.
SPRINGERWhat 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 7, 2:25 PM MDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
SDZ003>011-015>018-072130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...AREA CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 320 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS STARTING TO RUMBLE OVER THE NORTHCENTRAL...
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 2:30 PM MDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
SDZ003>011-015>018-072130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...AREA CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 320 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS STARTING TO RUMBLE OVER THE NORTHCENTRAL... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE NORTHCENTRAL REGION NEAR EAGLE BUTTE AND GREEN GRASS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AND SHOULD BE IN THE TRAIL CITY...MOBRIDGE AND MCLAUGHLIN AREA BY 3 PM MDT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHCENTRAL REGION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE IN NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER WITH THESE AND OTHER ADDITIONAL STORMS. STUDNICKA
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:17 PM MDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
SDZ003>011-015>018-080030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 517 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING IN NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOBRODGE NEAR ARTAS TO NEAR ISABEL...25 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUPREE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHCENTRAL REGION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE IN NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF WEATHER THREATENS. GILLESPIE
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:18 PM MDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
SDZ003>011-015>018-080030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 517 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLING IN NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOBRODGE NEAR ARTAS TO NEAR ISABEL...25 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUPREE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHCENTRAL REGION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE IN NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF WEATHER THREATENS. GILLESPIE
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:15 PM MDT, 40 minutes before
SDZ003>011-015>018-080230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 715 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... AT 715 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST DEWEY COUNTY...25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DUPREE. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF SEVERE WEATHER AND IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN DEWEY COUNTY AND THOSE PEOPLE FISHING OR BOATING ON LAKE OAHE ADJACENT TO SOUTHERN DEWEY COUNTY NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS STRONG STORM. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF WEATHER THREATENS. GILLESPIE
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:15 PM MDT, 40 minutes before
SDZ003>011-015>018-080230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 715 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... AT 715 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST DEWEY COUNTY...25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DUPREE. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF SEVERE WEATHER AND IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN DEWEY COUNTY AND THOSE PEOPLE FISHING OR BOATING ON LAKE OAHE ADJACENT TO SOUTHERN DEWEY COUNTY NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS STRONG STORM. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF WEATHER THREATENS. GILLESPIE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Stanley | 56 min |
| Jun 8, 5:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Jones, Lyman | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 5:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Lyman | 64 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.