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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 9, 2001Kingsbury County, Lake County, Miner County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2001, 11:55 PM CDT for Kingsbury County, Lake County, Miner County, South Dakota. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2001, 11:55 PM CDT (04:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2001, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Miner County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 11:58 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EOldham, SDThunderstorm winds blew down six to eight inch diameter tree limbs. Some of the limbs fell on garages and trucks, and knocked down at least one television antenna. A power outage was also caused by debris falling on power lines.
Jun 10, 12:05 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 ERamona, SDThunderstorm winds caused damage to trees and a house. Eight to twelve inch diameter tree limbs were broken off.

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 9, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 9, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1849 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
1849 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

771 
WFUS53 KFSD 100456
TORFSD
SDC077-079-097-100530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1155 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN KINGSBURY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
  NORTHWEST LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
  NORTHEAST MINER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1155 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF OLDHAM...OR ABOUT 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  MADISON...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  OLDHAM AROUND MIDNIGHT CDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 4430 9761 4412 9760 4411 9713 4431 9714

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrule, Charles Mix, Gregory38 min
Jun 9, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrule, Charles Mix, Gregory47 min
Jun 9, 10:28 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDAurora, Brule32 min
Jun 9, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBeadle31 min
Jun 9, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDavison, Douglas34 min
Jun 9, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDSanborn34 min
Jun 9, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDKingsbury, Miner23 min
Jun 9, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDHanson, McCook30 min
Jun 10, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLake, Miner30 min
Jun 10, 12:07 AM CDTTornado WarningFSDMcCook38 min
Jun 10, 12:15 AM CDTTornado WarningFSDBrookings, Lake, Moody30 min
Jun 10, 12:17 AM CDTTornado WarningFSDMinnehaha43 min
Jun 10, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMoody22 min
Jun 10, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Minnehaha, Turner48 min
Jun 10, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMoody37 min
Jun 10, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDUnion27 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.