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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 5, 2003Stanley County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2003, 5:39 PM MDT for Stanley County, South Dakota. It was in force for 36 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
Jun 5, 2003, 5:39 PM MDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2003, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stanley County, SD

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2003-06-05Temperature 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°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 2003-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
1383 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 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 052339
TORABR
SDC117-060015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
538 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  STANLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT(715 PM CDT)

* AT 538 PM MDT(638 PM CDT)...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 4 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF WENDTE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES WEST OF FORT PIERRE...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WENDTE AROUND 545 PM MDT

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 4440 10077 4423 10086 4418 10066 4419 10039
          4432 10023

$$
BERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 2:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant, Roberts34 min
Jun 5, 4:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRRoberts41 min
Jun 5, 5:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRMarshall49 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in South Dakota, 2003Every tornado warning in 2003Tornadoes in 2003

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.