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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 29, 2005Clay County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2005, 7:45 PM CDT for Clay County, Iowa. It was in force for 45 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 29, 2005, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2005, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clay County, IA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 29, 8:02 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 61Spencer, IA

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 29, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 216 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2005-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1390 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2005-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 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
1390 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2195 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KFSD 300045
TORFSD
IAC041-300130-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0016.050630T0045Z-050630T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
745 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ROYAL...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPENCER...
  MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ROYAL...EVERLY AROUND 750 PM CDT
  GREENVILLE...SPENCER AROUND 755 PM CDT
  WEBB...FOSTORIA AROUND 800 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

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 4295 9541 4292 9492 4324 9493 4325 9534

$$

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3 follow-up statements
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
000 
WWUS53 KFSD 300104
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
804 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005

IAC041-300130-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-050630T0130Z/
CLAY IA-
804 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR CLAY COUNTY...

AT 804 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SPENCER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  FOSTORIA...DICKENS AROUND 810 PM CDT

AT 802 PM CDT...A 61 MPH WIND GUST WAS MEASURED IN SPENCER.

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 4295 9541 4292 9492 4324 9493 4325 9534

$$

08
000 
WWUS53 KFSD 300125 RRA
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
825 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005

IAC041-300135-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-050630T0130Z/
CLAY IA-
825 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CLAY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 830 PM CDT...

THE WARNING HAS EXPIRED. THE STORM HAS EXITED THE COUNTY.

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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 7:37 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDDickinson23 min
Jun 29, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDDickinson26 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.