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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 24, 2003Lincoln County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2003, 6:14 PM CDT for Lincoln County, South Dakota. It was in force for 31 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 24, 2003, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2003, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lincoln County, SD

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 24, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 312 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2003-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2003-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1284 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

830 
WFUS53 KFSD 242314
TORFSD
SDC083-242345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
614 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 614 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH OF
  WORTHING...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF BERESFORD...MOVING NORTH AT 30
  MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  WORTHING...LENNOX AROUND 630 PM CDT

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE
COVER NOW.

LAT...LON 4309 9691 4310 9650 4333 9662 4342 9691

$$

08

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Union50 min
Jun 23, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMinnehaha44 min
Jun 24, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLake39 min
Jun 24, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Union30 min
Jun 24, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLake29 min
Jun 24, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLake45 min
Jun 24, 1:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix39 min
Jun 24, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDouglas37 min
Jun 24, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora42 min
Jun 24, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDavison32 min
Jun 24, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrule29 min
Jun 24, 2:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDJerauld, Sanborn40 min
Jun 24, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDavison30 min
Jun 24, 2:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDHanson26 min
Jun 24, 2:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMiner41 min
Jun 24, 2:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBeadle37 min
Jun 24, 3:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDKingsbury42 min
Jun 24, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDavison37 min
Jun 24, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDDavison32 min
Jun 24, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay49 min
Jun 24, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDSanborn42 min
Jun 24, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDSanborn46 min
Jun 24, 5:52 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDJerauld38 min
Jun 24, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDClay51 min
Jun 24, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDSanborn50 min
Jun 24, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLincoln, Minnehaha47 min
Jun 24, 6:37 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDClay38 min
Jun 24, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDBeadle49 min
Jun 24, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMinnehaha24 min
Jun 24, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDTurner51 min
Jun 24, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDKingsbury48 min

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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.