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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2005, 7:37 PM CDT for Jackson County, Minnesota; Dickinson County, Iowa. It was in force for 23 min. 2 reports 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 29, 2005, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Dickinson County, IA, Jackson County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:52 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Alpha, MN | |
| Jun 29, 7:52 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Alpha, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 2111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 970 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 415 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.1
- Supercell composite
- 18.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFSD 300038 TORFSD IAC059-MNC063-300100- /O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0015.050630T0037Z-050630T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 737 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 737 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES NORTH OF SPIRIT LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ALPHA AROUND 750 PM CDT AT 737 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA. LAT...LON 4346 9523 4334 9505 4359 9468 4378 9496 $$ SCHUMACHER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFSD 300044 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 741 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 IAC059-MNC063-300100- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-050630T0100Z/ DICKINSON IA-JACKSON MN- 741 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN JACKSON AND NORTHERN DICKINSON COUNTIES... AT 741 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TWO THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THE FIRST STORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE IOWA AND MINNESOTA BORDER 5 MILES NORTH OF ORLEANS. THE SECOND STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF SPIRIT LAKE OR NEAR OKOBOJI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SPIRIT LAKE THROUGH 750 PM CDT ALPHA AROUND 800 PM CDT A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA. LAT...LON 4346 9523 4334 9505 4359 9468 4378 9496 $$ SCHUMACHER
000 WWUS53 KFSD 300058 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 758 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 IAC041-300130- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-050630T0130Z/ CLAY IA- 758 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR CLAY COUNTY... AT 758 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EVERLY...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF SPENCER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FOSTORIA...DICKENS AROUND 805 PM CDT A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4295 9541 4292 9492 4324 9493 4325 9534 $$ 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 36 min |
| Jun 29, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 21 min |
| Jun 29, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Clay | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 26 min |
Nearby
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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.