Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2001, 12:15 AM CDT for Brookings County, Lake County, Moody County, South Dakota. It was in force for 30 min. 3 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 10, 2001, 12:15 AM CDT (05:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2001, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Brookings County, SD, Lake County, SD, Moody County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 12:15 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 E | Nunda, SD | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including 10 to 12 inch diameter limbs blown down. |
| Jun 10, 12:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Brookings, SD | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including large branches blown down. |
| Jun 10, 12:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | White, SD | Thunderstorm winds blew down power poles and caused tree damage. The winds also caused damage to farm buildings and equipment and twisted road signs. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFSD 100515 TORFSD SDC011-079-101-100545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1215 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BROOKINGS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA NORTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA NORTHWESTERN MOODY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 1245 AM CDT * AT 1214 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SINAI...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF MADISON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NUNDA AROUND 1220 AM CDT AURORA AROUND 1240 AM CDT THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. LAT...LON 4436 9713 4409 9715 4408 9666 4432 9668
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule, Charles Mix, Gregory | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule, Charles Mix, Gregory | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 10:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison, Douglas | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sanborn | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Kingsbury, Miner | 23 min |
| Jun 9, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson, McCook | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 11:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Kingsbury, Lake, Miner | 35 min |
| Jun 10, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake, Miner | 30 min |
| Jun 10, 12:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | McCook | 38 min |
| Jun 10, 12:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Moody | 22 min |
| Jun 10, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Minnehaha, Turner | 48 min |
| Jun 10, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Moody | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Union | 27 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.