Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 2006, 4:48 PM CDT for Brookings County, South Dakota. It was in force for 42 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
- Sep 16, 2006, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2006, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Brookings County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 5:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 E Brookings, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 1:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 162148 TORFSD SDC011-162230- /O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0026.060916T2148Z-060916T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 448 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BROOKINGS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 448 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR VOLGA...OR ABOUT NEAR BROOKINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BRUCE...ELKTON AROUND 455 PM CDT... WHITE AROUND 505 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4420 9702 4422 9648 4453 9644 4453 9697 $$ BT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFSD 162157 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 456 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 SDC011-162230- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-060916T2230Z/ BROOKINGS SD- 456 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR BROOKINGS COUNTY... AT 456 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BROOKINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ELKTON AROUND 505 PM CDT... WHITE AROUND 510 PM CDT... AT 455 PM...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED ROTATING CLOUDS NEAR THE CAMPUS OF SDSU. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4420 9702 4422 9648 4453 9644 4453 9697 $$ BT
000 WWUS53 KFSD 162228 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 526 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 SDC015-162236- /O.CAN.KFSD.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-060916T2300Z/ BRULE SD- 526 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BRULE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM MOVED INTO NORTHWESTERN AURORA COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4393 9881 4382 9880 4386 9833 4409 9835 $$ SDC003-073-162300- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-060916T2300Z/ JERAULD SD-AURORA SD- 526 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN AURORA AND SOUTHERN JERAULD COUNTIES... AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF WESSINGTON SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF CHAMBERLAIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LANE AROUND 550 PM CDT... THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4393 9881 4382 9880 4386 9833 4409 9835 $$ 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, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lake, Moody | 43 min |
| Sep 16, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule | 35 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.