Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2006, 4:00 PM CDT for Beadle County, Jerauld County, Sanborn County, South Dakota. It was in force for 30 min. 5 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 5, 2006, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2006, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Beadle County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Sanborn County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:16 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 2 N Alpena, SD | |
| Jun 5, 4:18 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Alpena, SD | |
| Jun 5, 4:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 9 N Woonsocket, SD | |
| Jun 5, 4:28 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 N Woonsocket, SD | 1 1/2 MILES NORTH OF WOONSOCKET |
| Jun 5, 4:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Woonsocket, SD |
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 5, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 999 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1239 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFSD 052100 TORFSD SDC005-073-111-052130- /O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0012.060605T2100Z-060605T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 400 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BEADLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA NORTHEAST JERAULD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA NORTHERN SANBORN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF VIRGIL...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HURON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ALPENA AROUND 405 PM CDT... WOONSOCKET AROUND 425 PM CDT... FORESTBURG AROUND 430 PM CDT... THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA. A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VIRGIL AT 400 PM. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4435 9845 4420 9859 4396 9814 4414 9797 $$ JM
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFSD 052110 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 408 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 SDC005-073-111-052130- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-060605T2130Z/ JERAULD SD-SANBORN SD-BEADLE SD- 408 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR BEADLE... SANBORN AND JERAULD COUNTIES... AT 408 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALPENA...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HURON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM WILL BE NEAR... WOONSOCKET...FORESTBURG AROUND 430 PM CDT... SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY STRONG WINDS NEAR ALPENA AT 408 PM. BLOWING DUST IS REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO MPH WITH THESE WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4435 9845 4420 9859 4396 9814 4414 9797 $$ JM
000 WWUS53 KFSD 052123 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 420 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 SDC005-052130- /O.CAN.KFSD.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-060605T2130Z/ BEADLE SD- 420 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BEADLE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4420 9841 4420 9859 4396 9814 4414 9797 $$ SDC073-111-052130- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-060605T2130Z/ JERAULD SD-SANBORN SD- 420 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR SANBORN AND JERAULD COUNTIES... AT 420 PM CDT...A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALPENA...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF HURON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WOONSOCKET...FORESTBURG AROUND 430 PM CDT... HAIL UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE WAS REPORTED 2 MILES NORTH OF ALPENA AT 416 PM AND HAIL UP TO A QUARTER SIZE WAS REPORTED IN ALPENA AT 418 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4420 9841 4420 9859 4396 9814 4414 9797 $$ JM
000 WWUS53 KFSD 052135 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 433 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 SDC073-111-052143- /O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-060605T2130Z/ JERAULD SD-SANBORN SD- 433 PM CDT MON JUN 5 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SANBORN AND JERAULD COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 430 PM CDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SANBORN COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM... THE STORM HAS MOVED INTO SANBORN COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4420 9841 4420 9859 4396 9814 4414 9797 $$ JM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle | 57 min |
| Jun 5, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jerauld, Sanborn | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sanborn | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Sanborn | 25 min |
| Jun 5, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison | 36 min |
| Jun 5, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson, Miner | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson, McCook | 31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.