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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 21, 2007Edmunds County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2007, 3:52 AM CDT for Edmunds County, South Dakota. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2007, 3:52 AM CDT (08:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2007, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Edmunds County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 21, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 00:00Z on 2007-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 833 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2007-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
833 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-248 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KABR 210852
TORABR
SDC045-210915-
/O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0013.070621T0852Z-070621T0915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
352 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN EDMUNDS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 350 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BOWDLE...OR
  19 MILES EAST OF SELBY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ROSCOE AROUND 415 AM CDT...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING
SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO TAKE SHELTER NOW

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
ABERDEEN.

LAT...LON 4553 9968 4538 9968 4531 9933 4549 9929

$$
KEEFE
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KABR 210901
SVSABR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
401 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2007

SDC045-210915-
/O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070621T0915Z/
EDMUNDS SD-
401 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR WESTERN
EDMUNDS COUNTY...

AT 358 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF
ROSCOE...OR 21 MILES EAST OF SELBY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

LAT...LON 4552 9965 4537 9964 4531 9933 4549 9929

$$
SCARLETT
000 
WWUS53 KABR 210915
SVSABR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
414 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2007

SDC045-210924-
/O.EXP.KABR.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070621T0915Z/
EDMUNDS SD-
414 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN EDMUNDS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 415 AM
CDT...

AT 411 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE ROTATION HAS WEAKENED.  HOWEVER, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
CONTINUES. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4552 9965 4537 9964 4531 9933 4549 9929

$$
SCARLETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth47 min
Jun 21, 2:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth39 min
Jun 21, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds, McPherson, Walworth46 min
Jun 21, 2:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRMcPherson43 min
Jun 21, 3:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRMcPherson38 min
Jun 21, 3:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds61 min
Jun 21, 4:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth53 min
Jun 21, 4:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson67 min
Jun 21, 5:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Potter, Walworth55 min
Jun 21, 5:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson60 min
Jun 21, 5:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRPotter, Walworth38 min
Jun 21, 6:18 AM CDTTornado WarningABRDewey, Potter27 min
Jun 21, 6:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey55 min
Jun 21, 6:43 AM CDTTornado WarningABRPotter32 min
Jun 21, 7:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Potter58 min
Jun 21, 7:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Potter, Sully59 min
Jun 21, 7:37 AM CDTTornado WarningABRSully23 min
Jun 21, 7:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRPotter, Sully3 hr
Jun 21, 8:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Hyde, Stanley, Sully48 min
Jun 21, 8:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBuffalo, Hand, Hyde46 min
Jun 21, 9:19 AM CDTTornado WarningABRBuffalo, Hand, Hyde26 min
Jun 21, 9:41 AM CDTTornado WarningABRBuffalo34 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.