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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 13, 2001Codington County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2001, 5:41 PM CDT for Codington County, South Dakota. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2001, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2001, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Codington County, SD

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 2001-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1179 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

837 
WFUS53 KABR 132241
TORABR
SDC029-132315-
/NEW.KABR.TO.W.0034.132241-132315/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
541 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CODINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 541 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF SOUTH SHORE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF
  WATERTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SOUTH SHORE AROUND 600 PM CDT

NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN SIGHTED FROM THIS DANGEROUS STORM. 
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING 
SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO TAKE SHELTER NOW

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

$$
LAT...LON 4510 9730 4496 9714 4510 9687 4517 9704

BINAU

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand27 min
Jun 12, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand47 min
Jun 13, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRLyman42 min
Jun 13, 1:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBuffalo44 min
Jun 13, 2:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBuffalo28 min
Jun 13, 3:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRClark, Deuel, Hamlin6 hr
Jun 13, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDeuel36 min
Jun 13, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSpink43 min
Jun 13, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDeuel, Grant47 min
Jun 13, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningABRCodington, Hamlin38 min
Jun 13, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Spink45 min
Jun 13, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant30 min
Jun 13, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay56 min
Jun 13, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningABRDay28 min
Jun 13, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant41 min
Jun 13, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Marshall41 min
Jun 13, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay14 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.