Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 2006, 5:18 PM CDT for Pipestone County, Minnesota; Moody County, South Dakota. It was in force for 42 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, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2006, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Pipestone County, MN, Moody County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 5:25 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 6 E Flandreau, SD | |
| Sep 16, 5:28 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 Sse Ward, MN | |
| Sep 16, 5:48 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 W Ruthton, MN |
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, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 162218 TORFSD MNC117-SDC101-162300- /O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0029.060916T2218Z-060916T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 518 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MOODY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA PIPESTONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 518 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FLANDREAU...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF PIPESTONE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PIPESTONE AROUND 530 PM CDT... HOLLAND AROUND 545 PM CDT... RUTHTON AROUND 555 PM CDT... 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 4391 9673 4396 9633 4419 9607 4420 9646 $$ CHAPMAN
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFSD 162233 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 533 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 MNC117-SDC101-162300- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-060916T2300Z/ PIPESTONE MN-MOODY SD- 533 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR MOODY AND PIPESTONE COUNTIES... AT 533 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF PIPESTONE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL AREAS NORTHWEST OF PIPESTONE AROUND 540 PM... HOLLAND AROUND 550 PM CDT... RUTHTON AROUND 600 PM CDT... THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. LAT...LON 4400 9661 4396 9633 4419 9607 4420 9646 $$ CHAPMAN
000
WWUS53 KFSD 162249
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
549 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006
SDC101-162259-
/O.CAN.KFSD.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-060916T2300Z/
MOODY SD-
549 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MOODY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED INTO PIPESTONE COUNTY. HOWEVER...ANOTHER SEVERE
STORM IN LAKE COUNTY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE COLMAN AREA...
AND A WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED SHORTLY.
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 4399 9647 4396 9633 4400 9626 4419 9607
4420 9646
$$
MNC117-162300-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-060916T2300Z/
PIPESTONE MN-
549 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PIPESTONE
COUNTY...
AT 548 PM CDT...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC 5 MILES
WEST OF RUTHTON...MOVING TO THE EAST.
AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HOLLAND...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF PIPESTONE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RUTHTON AROUND 555 PM CDT...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE
COVER NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST
IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4399 9647 4396 9633 4400 9626 4419 9607
4420 9646
$$
CHAPMAN000
WWUS53 KFSD 162258
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
558 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006
MNC117-162308-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-060916T2300Z/
PIPESTONE MN-
558 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PIPESTONE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 600 PM CDT...
THE STORM IS NO LONGER SEVERE...AND HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHERN LINCOLN
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 4399 9647 4396 9633 4400 9626 4419 9607
4420 9646
$$
CHAPMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 4:35 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Sep 16, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 51 min |
| 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, 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, 4:48 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, 5:23 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.