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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 24, 2003Lincoln County, Minnehaha County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2003, 6:28 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. It was in force for 47 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, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2003, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lincoln County, SD, Minnehaha 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 298 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.

960 
WFUS53 KFSD 242328
TORFSD
SDC083-099-250015-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 627 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 4 MILES EAST OF LENNOX...
  MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  TEA...HARRISBURG AROUND 640 PM CDT
  SIOUX FALLS AROUND 710 PM CDT
  CROOKS AROUND 715 PM CDT

THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM APPEARS TO BE BETWEEN LENNOX AND 
WORTHING MOVING RAPIDLY NORTH.

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

LAT...LON 4325 9692 4326 9659 4351 9661 4351 9648
          4370 9647 4370 9712 4351 9712 4351 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, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLincoln31 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.