Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2006, 7:11 PM CDT for Beadle County, South Dakota. It was in force for 64 min. 7 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
- Aug 24, 2006, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2006, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Beadle County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 7:13 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Sw Huron, SD | |
| Aug 24, 7:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | Huron, SD | TORNADO ALONG 21ST STREET ON SOUTH SIDE OF HURON |
| Aug 24, 7:17 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 Sw Cavour, SD | |
| Aug 24, 7:22 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Se Huron, SD | TORNADO ROPED OUT. |
| Aug 24, 7:33 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Sw Cavour, SD | LARGE WEDGE TORNADO. |
| Aug 24, 7:35 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Ssw Cavour, SD | |
| Aug 24, 7:38 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 S Cavour, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 1638 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFSD 250012 TORFSD SDC005-250115- /O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0019.060825T0011Z-060825T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 711 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BEADLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 711 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF VIRGIL...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF HURON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HURON AROUND 720 PM CDT... CAVOUR AROUND 735 PM CDT... YALE AROUND 740 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR IS CURRENTLY INDICATING NEW CELL DEVELOPMENT ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS STORM. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4444 9847 4420 9848 4421 9786 4445 9787 $$ BT
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFSD 250015 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 713 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 SDC005-250115- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-060825T0115Z/ BEADLE SD- 713 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR BEADLE COUNTY... AT 713 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF VIRGIL...OR ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF HURON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HURON AROUND 715 PM CDT... CAVOUR AROUND 740 PM CDT... YALE AROUND 745 PM CDT... A LARGE TORNADO WAS REPORTED AT 713 BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HURON. ADDITIONALY...A SECOND STORM IS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THIS STORM. THIS STORM HAS ALSO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A TORNADO. THIS STORM IS LOCATED NEAR CAVOUR. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4444 9847 4420 9848 4421 9786 4445 9787 $$ BT
000 WWUS53 KFSD 250020 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 717 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 SDC005-250115- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-060825T0115Z/ BEADLE SD- 717 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR BEADLE COUNTY... AT 717 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HURON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CAVOUR AROUND 725 PM CDT... YALE AROUND 730 PM CDT... AT 715 PM..EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR 21ST STREET ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF HURON. AT 717 PM....A RAPIDLY ROTATING WALL CLOUD AND FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAVOUR BY TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4444 9847 4420 9848 4421 9786 4445 9787 $$ BT
000 WWUS53 KFSD 250027 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 726 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 SDC005-250115- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-060825T0115Z/ BEADLE SD- 726 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR BEADLE COUNTY... AT 726 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF HURON MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CAVOUR AROUND 735 PM CDT... YALE AROUND 740 PM CDT... AT 722 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERED REPORTED THAT THE TORNADO HAD ROPED OUT. HOWEVER...A NEW WALL CLOUD AND ASSOCIATED FUNNEL WAS DEVELOPING ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THIS STORM. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4444 9847 4420 9848 4421 9786 4445 9787 $$ BT
000 WWUS53 KFSD 250032 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 730 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 SDC005-250115- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-060825T0115Z/ BEADLE SD- 730 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR BEADLE COUNTY... AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HURON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE... SOUTH OF CAVOUR AROUND 735 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICTAED TWO SEPERATE AREAS OF ROTATION THAT HAVE BEEN INCREASING IN INTENSITY...IF YOU LIVE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF BEADLE COUNTY...TAKE COVER NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4444 9847 4420 9848 4421 9786 4445 9787 $$ BT
000 WWUS53 KFSD 250037 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 735 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 SDC005-250115- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-060825T0115Z/ BEADLE SD- 735 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR BEADLE COUNTY... AT 735 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAVOUR...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HURON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE IN... RURAL BEADLE COUNTY... AT 733 PM...LOCAL MEDIA REPORTED A LARGE TORNADO ON THE GROUND. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU ARE IN SOUTHEASTERN BEADLE COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4444 9847 4420 9848 4421 9786 4445 9787 $$ BT
000 WWUS53 KFSD 250041 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 739 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 SDC005-250115- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-060825T0115Z/ BEADLE SD- 739 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR BEADLE COUNTY... AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF CAVOUR...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HURON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL BEADLE COUNTY THROUGH 750 PM CDT AT 735 PM...BEADLE COUNTY EM REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 6 MILES SOUTH OF CAVOUR. AT 735 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LARGE WEDGE TORNADO SOUTH OF CAVOUR. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4444 9847 4420 9848 4421 9786 4445 9787 $$ BT
000 WWUS53 KFSD 250046 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 745 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 SDC005-250115- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-060825T0115Z/ BEADLE SD- 745 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR BEADLE COUNTY... AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAVOUR...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HURON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INIDICATED THAT THE ROTATION SOUTH OF CAVOUR HAS WEAKENED...HOWEVER...RADAR HAS INDICATED A SECOND AREA OF ROTATION RAPIDLY INCREASING 8 MILES SOUTH OF IROQUOIS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4444 9847 4420 9848 4421 9786 4445 9787 $$ BT
000 WWUS53 KFSD 250114 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 814 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 SDC005-250124- /O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-060825T0115Z/ BEADLE SD- 814 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BEADLE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 815 PM CDT... THE STORM HAS EXITED THE COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4444 9847 4420 9848 4421 9786 4445 9787 $$ BT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Kingsbury | 52 min |
| Aug 24, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Miner | 36 min |
| Aug 24, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Kingsbury | 33 min |
| Aug 24, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson, McCook | 37 min |
| Aug 24, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 35 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in South Dakota, 2006Every tornado warning in 2006Tornadoes in 2006
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.