Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1995

Tornado Warning 8, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 27, 1995Hughes County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 1995, 6:19 PM CDT for Hughes County, South Dakota. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 1995, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Hughes County, SD

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 27, 6:30 PM CDTTornado F1Pierre, SDA narrow path tornado touched down three miles east of Pierre. The tornado tore the roof off a horse barn, destroyed a camper, and injured two horses.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 12:00Z on 1995-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 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 12:00Z on 1995-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-329 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KHON 272320
TORHON
SDC065-280000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
619 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HURON SD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
 
   ...HUGHES COUNTY
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF PIERRE MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. THIS TORNADO WILL STAY TO THE
EAST OF THE TOWN OF PIERRE.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A 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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRJones36 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in South Dakota, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes in 1995

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.