Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 2006, 4:32 PM CDT for Lake County, Moody County, South Dakota. It was in force for 43 min. 3 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
- Sep 16, 2006, 4:32 PM CDT (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2006, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Lake County, SD, Moody County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 4:43 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | S Chester, SD | |
| Sep 16, 4:57 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 S Chester, SD | |
| Sep 16, 4:58 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Sse Chester, SD | TORNADO CROSSED ROAD FROM MINNEHAHA/LAKE COUNTIES BEFORE LIFTING. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 1:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 561 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 481 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 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 162133 TORFSD SDC079-101-162215- /O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0025.060916T2132Z-060916T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 432 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA SOUTHERN MOODY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 432 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHESTER...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL AREAS SOUTHEAST OF CHESTER AROUND 440 PM CDT... TRENT AROUND 455 PM CDT... EGAN AROUND 500 PM CDT... THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4391 9714 4384 9709 4385 9648 4406 9648 $$ CHAPMAN
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFSD 162154 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 454 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 SDC079-101-162215- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-060916T2215Z/ MOODY SD-LAKE SD- 454 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN LAKE AND SOUTHERN MOODY COUNTIES... AT 453 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHESTER NEAR THE LAKE AND MINNEHAHA COUNTY BORDER...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADISON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TRENT...EGAN AROUND 515 PM CDT... A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4391 9714 4384 9709 4385 9648 4406 9648 $$ CHAPMAN
000 WWUS53 KFSD 162206 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 505 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 SDC079-162214- /O.CAN.KFSD.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-060916T2215Z/ LAKE SD- 505 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4394 9690 4385 9690 4385 9648 4406 9648 $$ SDC101-162215- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-060916T2215Z/ MOODY SD- 505 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR MOODY COUNTY... AT 504 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF TRENT...OR ABOUT 19 MILES EAST OF MADISON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. AT 458 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED DAMAGE TO A STRUCTURE 2 MILES NORTH AND 5 MILES EAST OF COLTON. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... EGAN AROUND 510 PM CDT... THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4394 9690 4385 9690 4385 9648 4406 9648 $$ CHAPMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Yankton | 25 min |
| Sep 15, 10:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Yankton | 114 min |
| Sep 16, 1:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Yankton | 83 min |
| Sep 16, 4:35 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 13 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hutchinson | 27 min |
| Sep 16, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson, Hutchinson | 44 min |
| Sep 16, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Hanson, McCook | 29 min |
| Sep 16, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | McCook, Minnehaha | 48 min |
| Sep 16, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule | 35 min |
| Sep 16, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Brookings | 42 min |
| Sep 16, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Gregory | 38 min |
| Sep 16, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | McCook | 37 min |
| Sep 16, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule, Jerauld | 45 min |
| Sep 16, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Moody | 42 min |
| Sep 16, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Douglas | 37 min |
| Sep 16, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Hutchinson | 28 min |
| Sep 16, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake | 26 min |
| Sep 16, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Sanborn | 31 min |
| Sep 16, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson, McCook | 56 min |
| Sep 16, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Moody | 23 min |
| Sep 16, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Moody | 37 min |
| Sep 16, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Beadle, Kingsbury | 50 min |
| Sep 16, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | McCook | 33 min |
| Sep 16, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake | 33 min |
| Sep 16, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Kingsbury | 17 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.