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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 13, 2001Day County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2001, 6:17 PM CDT for Day County, South Dakota. It was in force for 28 min. 3 reports 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
Jun 13, 2001, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2001, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Day County, SD

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 6:30 PM CDTHail 0.75Webster, SD
Jun 13, 6:34 PM CDTHail 1Webster, SD
Jun 13, 6:48 PM CDTHail 0.75Waubay, 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.

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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 81 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°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.

000 
WFUS53 KABR 132317
TORABR
SDC037-132345-
/NEW.KABR.TO.W.0036.132317-132345/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF WEBSTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WEBSTER AROUND 625 PM CDT
  WAUBAY...GRENVILLE...ROSLYN AROUND 640 PM CDT
  WAUBAY WILDLIFE REFUGE AROUND 645 PM CDT

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY
ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA.

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 REPOLRT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
ABERDEEN.

$$
LAT...LON 4530 9773 4513 9756 4536 9721 4554 9745

HARDING

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, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningABRCodington34 min
Jun 13, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay56 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.