Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2005, 8:04 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Iowa. It was in force for 26 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 29, 2005, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2005, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Dickinson County, IA
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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 300104 TORFSD IAC059-300130- /O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0017.050630T0104Z-050630T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 804 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEAST DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 804 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SUPERIOR... OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF SPIRIT LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS 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 4350 9509 4337 9504 4341 9492 4350 9493 $$ SCHUMACHER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFSD 300117 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 816 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 IAC059-300130- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050630T0130Z/ DICKINSON IA- 816 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR NORTHEAST DICKINSON COUNTY... AT 816 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SUPERIOR...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF SPIRIT LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. AT 810 PM CDT...DICKINSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 2 MILES SOUTH OF SUPERIOR. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4350 9509 4337 9504 4341 9492 4350 9493 $$ SCHUMACHER
000 WWUS53 KFSD 300127 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 826 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 IAC059-300136- /O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050630T0130Z/ DICKINSON IA- 826 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEAST DICKINSON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 830 PM CDT... THE WARNING HAS EXPIRED. THE STORM HAS EXITED THE COUNTY. OTHER STORMS MOVING TOWARD SPIRIT LAKE MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL THROUGH 9 PM CDT. LAT...LON 4350 9509 4337 9504 4341 9492 4350 9493 $$ SCHUMACHER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 23 min |
| Jun 29, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Clay | 45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.