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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Aberdeen, SD

May 4, 2003Jones County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2003, 5:04 PM CDT for Jones County, South Dakota. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 4, 2003, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2003, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jones County, SD

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2003-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 2003-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-244 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1428 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 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 042204
TORABR
SDC075-042230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
504 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JONES COUNTY IN SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT(430 PM MDT)

* AT 504 PM CDT(404 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5   
MILES NORTH OF MURDO...MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DRAPER AROUND 530 PM CDT

THE PUBLIC REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF MURDO...JUST 
TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90.

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 4412 10067 4381 10080 4374 10046 4403 10037

$$
HINTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey48 min
May 3, 7:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABREdmunds, Potter, Walworth3 hr
May 3, 8:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRDewey3 hr
May 4, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Stanley50 min
May 4, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRJones, Lyman40 min
May 4, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRStanley40 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.