Tornado Warning 29, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Issued

Jun 12, 2001, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)

Expired

Jun 12, 2001, 8:45 PM CDT

In force

37 min

Issued by

NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA

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.

000 
WFUS53 KFSD 130110
TORFSD
IAC141-143-130145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
808 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWEST OBRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
  SOUTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 808 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF ASHTON...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  ORANGE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MELVIN AROUND 825 PM CDT

THIS REPLACE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WARNING FOR NORTHWEST OBRIEN AND 
SOUTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTIES. 

A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 5 EAST AND 1 NORTH 
OF SHELDON AT 802 PM CDT.  

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

LAT...LON 4326 9587 4313 9578 4332 9542 4337 9582

Tornado Warnings in Iowa, 2001Every tornado warning in 2001Tornadoes in 2001

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.