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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 7, 2005McPherson County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2005, 10:31 PM CDT for McPherson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 14 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 7, 2005, 10:31 PM CDT (03:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2005, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County McPherson County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 7, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 7, 9:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 115 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2005-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 179 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2005-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
179 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-232 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 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.

000 
WFUS53 KABR 080331
TORABR
SDC089-080345-
/O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0008.050608T0331Z-050608T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1031 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MCPHERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT(945 PM MDT)

* AT 1031 PM CDT(931 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3
  MILES SOUTH OF SPRING CREEK COLONY..MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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 4584 9903 4577 9880 4593 9874 4594 9900

$$
LILES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson44 min
Jun 7, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson60 min
Jun 7, 8:03 PM CDTTornado WarningABRJones57 min
Jun 7, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell63 min
Jun 7, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson21 min
Jun 7, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Hughes, Potter, Stanley, Sully58 min
Jun 7, 8:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRCampbell6 hr
Jun 7, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRJones, Lyman66 min
Jun 7, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, McPherson61 min
Jun 7, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Hyde, Potter, Sully42 min
Jun 7, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk, Hand60 min
Jun 7, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Edmunds62 min
Jun 7, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSpink43 min
Jun 7, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRMcPherson44 min
Jun 7, 10:48 PM CDTTornado WarningABRBrown42 min
Jun 7, 10:50 PM CDTTornado WarningABREdmunds, McPherson40 min
Jun 7, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk, Hand42 min
Jun 7, 11:06 PM CDTTornado WarningABRDay, Spink24 min
Jun 7, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Codington, Hamlin64 min
Jun 7, 11:25 PM CDTTornado WarningABRMarshall50 min
Jun 7, 11:33 PM CDTTornado WarningABRBrown27 min
Jun 7, 11:35 PM CDTTornado WarningABRDay25 min
Jun 7, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds, McPherson31 min
Jun 7, 11:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRWalworth6 hr
Jun 7, 11:56 PM CDTTornado WarningABRRoberts49 min
Jun 7, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant31 min
Jun 8, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDeuel42 min
Jun 8, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington, Hamlin45 min
Jun 8, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant31 min
Jun 8, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDeuel31 min
Jun 8, 1:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRRoberts3 hr
Jun 8, 3:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRBrown12 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.