Tornado Warning 22, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Issued

Jun 7, 1999, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)

Expired

Jun 7, 1999, 10:15 PM CDT

In force

51 min

Issued by

NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Area

Whole counties

County Davison County, SD

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.

655 
WFUS1 KFSD 080226 RRA
TORFSD
SDC035-080315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
924 PM CDT MON JUN 7 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DAVISON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 924 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTH
  OF STICKNEY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF PLANKINTON...MOVING EAST 
  AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT...
  RURAL AREAS FROM STICKNEY TO ETHAN THROUGH 1000 PM CDT

A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 2 TORNADOES ON THE GROUND...2 
MILES SOUTH OF STICKNEY IN SOUTHEAST AURORA COUNTY.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING
SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY. GO TO THE BASEMENT. IF A BASEMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE...GO
TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN SIOUX FALLS.

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.