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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

September 16, 2006Hutchinson County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 2006, 5:33 PM CDT for Hutchinson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 28 min. 2 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, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 2006, 6:01 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hutchinson County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 16, 5:45 PM CDTTORNADO5 S Parkston, SDBRIEF TOUCHDOWN IN OPEN AREA.
Sep 16, 5:50 PM CDTHAIL 12 S Parkston, SDIN ADDITION TO THE QUARTER SIZED HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH ACCOMPANIED THE STORM.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 16, 1:53 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2006-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 561 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2006-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KFSD 162233
TORFSD
SDC067-162315-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0031.060916T2233Z-060916T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
533 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HUTCHINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 533 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF
  TRIPP...OR ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF LAKE ANDES...MOVING EAST AT 40
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   TRIPP AROUND 545 PM CDT...
   MENNO AROUND 610 PM CDT...
   FREEMAN AROUND 620 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 4338 9811 4324 9812 4320 9811 4318 9808
      4317 9740 4339 9741

$$
BT
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KFSD 162243
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
542 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006

SDC067-162315-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-060916T2315Z/
HUTCHINSON SD-
542 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
HUTCHINSON COUNTY...

AT 542 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TRIPP...OR ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF LAKE ANDES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   PARKSTON AROUND 550 PM CDT...
   OLIVET AROUND 605 PM CDT...
   MENNO AROUND 610 PM CDT...

RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS STORM.  LARGE 
HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...MAINLY NORTH OF THE 
INDICATED TORNADO. 

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 4342 9811 4324 9812 4320 9811 4318 9808
      4317 9740 4344 9741

$$
BT
000 
WWUS53 KFSD 162301
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
601 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006

SDC067-162311-
/O.CAN.KFSD.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-060916T2315Z/
HUTCHINSON SD-
601 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HUTCHINSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND EXITED THE COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING 
FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. 

LAT...LON 4342 9811 4324 9812 4320 9811 4318 9808
      4317 9740 4344 9741

$$
BT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Yankton25 min
Sep 15, 10:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDYankton114 min
Sep 16, 1:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDYankton83 min
Sep 16, 4:35 AM CDTWind AdvisoryFSDAurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more13 hr
Sep 16, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDHutchinson27 min
Sep 16, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDHanson, Hutchinson44 min
Sep 16, 3:46 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDHanson, McCook29 min
Sep 16, 4:12 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDMcCook, Minnehaha48 min
Sep 16, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLake, Moody43 min
Sep 16, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrule35 min
Sep 16, 4:48 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDBrookings42 min
Sep 16, 4:52 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDCharles Mix, Gregory38 min
Sep 16, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMcCook37 min
Sep 16, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDAurora, Brule, Jerauld45 min
Sep 16, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDMoody42 min
Sep 16, 5:23 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDCharles Mix, Douglas37 min
Sep 16, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLake26 min
Sep 16, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDSanborn31 min
Sep 16, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDHanson, McCook56 min
Sep 16, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMoody23 min
Sep 16, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDMoody37 min
Sep 16, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDBeadle, Kingsbury50 min
Sep 16, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDMcCook33 min
Sep 16, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLake33 min
Sep 16, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDKingsbury17 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.