Tornado Warning 4, NWS Aberdeen, SD

Issued

Jul 3, 1995, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)

Expired

Jul 3, 1995, 9:57 PM CDT

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Aberdeen, SD

Area

Whole counties

County McPherson County, SD

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KABR 040211
TORABR
SDC089-040300-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
911 PM CDT MON JUL 3 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT (900 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

   ...WESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY
 
AT 909 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS DETECTED BY ABERDEEN DOPPLER RADAR 43
MILES EAST OF MOBRIDGE OR 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EUREKA MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 17 MPH. THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN RURAL
AREAS.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABL,E...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.

GS/HG

In the hours before

SDZ003>011-015>018-040340-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
438 PM CDT (338 PM MDT) MON JUL 3 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR ALL OF
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

THE AIRMASS OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA HAS BECOME
VERY UNSTABLE AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING STRONG UPPER LEVEL AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE. THIS WILL ALLOW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

AT 430 PM...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LANGTREE ABOUT
5 MILES EAST OF DUPREE.  OTHERWISE...AN AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN END OF CORSON AND DEWEY
COUNTIES.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. BOATERS ARE URGED TO MOVE ONTO SHORE QUICKLY
AND SEEK REFUGE IN A BUILDING. CAMPERS WITHOUT BUILDINGS AVAILABLE
SHOULD MOVE FROM TENTS INTO FULLY ENCLOSED AUTOMOBILES...IF POSSIBLE...
FOR LIGHTNING PROTECTION.

GUERRERO/MIDDLEBROOKE

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.