Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2005, 9:38 PM CDT for Turner County, South Dakota. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2005, 9:38 PM CDT (02:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2005, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Turner County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 9:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Nnw Viborg, SD | FEW QUARTER SIZE STONES...BUT LOTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 210 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFSD 210238 TORFSD SDC125-210315- /O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0010.050621T0238Z-050621T0315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 938 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 938 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HURLEY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF PARKER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DAVIS AROUND 945 PM CDT CENTERVILLE AROUND 1000 PM CDT THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA. TAKE COVER NOW. TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. IT MAY BE TOO LATE. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4335 9714 4321 9723 4310 9695 4333 9693 $$ MG
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KFSD 210301 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1000 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 SDC125-210315- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050621T0315Z/ TURNER SD- 1000 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR TURNER COUNTY... AT 1000 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VIBORG...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF PARKER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CENTERVILLE AROUND 1010 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4335 9714 4321 9723 4310 9695 4333 9693 $$ MG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Clay, Union | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Union | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 23 min |
| Jun 20, 8:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Brookings | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Union | 61 min |
| Jun 20, 8:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Turner | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Turner | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Gregory | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 9:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Moody | 2 hr |
| Jun 20, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jerauld, Sanborn | 62 min |
| Jun 20, 10:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Clay | 2 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sanborn | 62 min |
| Jun 20, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Gregory | 60 min |
| Jun 20, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Turner | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | McCook | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle, Jerauld | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Turner | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 10:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Yankton | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 10:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Beadle, Sanborn | 2 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison | 24 min |
| Jun 20, 11:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | McCook, Minnehaha, Turner | 2 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Yankton | 16 min |
| Jun 20, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Turner | 12 min |
| Jun 20, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson | 58 min |
| Jun 20, 11:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson | 2 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme | 25 min |
| Jun 20, 11:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Moody | 113 min |
| Jun 21, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix | 47 min |
| Jun 21, 12:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Charles Mix | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule | 56 min |
| Jun 21, 1:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Bon Homme | 115 min |
| Jun 21, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Gregory | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Gregory | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 3:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Charles Mix | 3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.