Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1994, 8:15 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1994, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1994, 8:54 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lincoln County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 2212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1152 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.6
- Supercell composite
- -2.5
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 6, 7:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
700 PM CDT MON JUN 6 1994
STORM DATA FOR JUNE 6 1994
TIME COUNTY...LOCATION AND STATE CHARACTER OF STORM...DAMAGE
.......................................................................
438 PM CDT 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL LAKE BENTON/TYLER AREA OF LINCOLN CO.
MINNESOTA. RELAYED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
444 PM CDT 1 INCH HAIL ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AT WHITE IN
BROOKINGS CO. SD.
555 PM CDT BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AT CHANDLER MN IN MURRAY CO. MN
RELAYED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
542 PM CDT 1 INCH HAIL AND WIND GUST TO 60 MPH AT LAKE WILSON IN
MURRAY CO MN. BY NWS EMPLOYEE.
550 PM CDT 3/4 INCH HAIL AND WIND GUST 60 MPH IN CHANDLER MN IN
MURRAY COUNTY. BY NWS EMPLOYEE.
645 PM CDT MARBLE TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 32 TO 38 MPH WIND GUSTS AT
BREWSTER MN IN NOBLES COUNTY MN. BY NWS SPOTTER.
647 PM CDT DIME TO NICKLE SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND 30 TO 40 MPH
WIND GUSTS AT BREWSTER MN IN NOBLES COUNTY MN. REPORTED
BY BREWSTER FIRE DEPT.
DEMORINSpecial weather statement, Jun 6, 7:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SDZ062-MNZ089-098-070100Z- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 705 PM CDT MON JUN 6 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 8 PM CDT... AT 655 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 NORTH OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR BALTIC SOUTH DAKOTA TO 15 MILES WEST OF WORTHINGTON NEAR ADRIAN MINNESOTA. HAIL...STRONG WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR. AT 645 PM PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR GARRETSON. AT 7 PM PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED JUST WEST OF BEAVER CREEK MINNESOTA. AT 705 PM PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT TERRACE PARK IN SIOUX FALLS. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THIS ADVERSE WEATHER. MOVE TO A SAFE REINFORCED SHELTER IF NECESSARY. STAY OUT OF LOW LYING AREAS. BLOOM
Local storm report, Jun 6, 7:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
700 PM CDT MON JUN 6 1994
STORM DATA FOR JUNE 6 1994
TIME COUNTY...LOCATION AND STATE CHARACTER OF STORM...DAMAGE
.......................................................................
438 PM CDT 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL LAKE BENTON/TYLER AREA OF LINCOLN CO.
MINNESOTA. RELAYED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
444 PM CDT 1 INCH HAIL ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AT WHITE IN
BROOKINGS CO. SD.
555 PM CDT BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AT CHANDLER MN IN MURRAY CO. MN
RELAYED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
542 PM CDT 1 INCH HAIL AND WIND GUST TO 60 MPH AT LAKE WILSON IN
MURRAY CO MN. BY NWS EMPLOYEE.
550 PM CDT 3/4 INCH HAIL AND WIND GUST 60 MPH IN CHANDLER MN IN
MURRAY COUNTY. BY NWS EMPLOYEE.
645 PM CDT MARBLE TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 32 TO 38 MPH WIND GUSTS AT
BREWSTER MN IN NOBLES COUNTY MN. BY NWS SPOTTER.
647 PM CDT DIME TO NICKLE SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND 30 TO 40 MPH
WIND GUSTS AT BREWSTER MN IN NOBLES COUNTY MN. REPORTED
BY BREWSTER FIRE DEPT.
DEMORINSpecial weather statement, Jun 6, 7:40 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
SDZ062-070130Z- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 735 PM CDT MON JUN 6 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 8 PM CDT... AT 730 PM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SIOUX FALLS. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE SIOUX FALLS METROPOLITAN AREA THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE OUT OF THE SIOUX FALLS AREA BY 830 PM. PERSONS IN THE SIOUX FALLS ARE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND LOCALLIZED STREET FLOODING. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES..B.SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 8:07 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 60 min |
| Jun 6, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 29 min |
| Jun 6, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Tripp | 14 min |
| Jun 7, 2:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Union | 36 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.