Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2007, 6:58 PM CDT for Spink County, South Dakota. It was in force for 20 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
- May 5, 2007, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 7:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Spink County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 1 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
- 302 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 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 KABR 052358 TORABR SDC115-060030- /O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0004.070505T2358Z-070506T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 658 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SPINK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF REDFIELD... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TULARE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF REDFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FRANKFORT AND REDFIELD AROUND 705 PM CDT... ASHTON AROUND 715 PM CDT... BRENTFORD AND MELLETTE AROUND 730 PM 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 4473 9860 4468 9835 4515 9803 4523 9851 $$ ZELTWANGER
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KABR 060010 SVSABR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 710 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 SDC115-060030- /O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070506T0030Z/ SPINK SD- 710 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN SPINK COUNTY... AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR REDFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ASHTON AROUND 715 PM CDT... TURTON AROUND 725 PM CDT... BRENTFORD AND MELLETTE AROUND 730 PM CDT... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. LAT...LON 4484 9858 4482 9826 4515 9803 4523 9851 $$ ZELTWANGER
000 WWUS53 KABR 060018 SVSABR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 719 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 SDC115-060029- /O.CAN.KABR.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070506T0030Z/ SPINK SD- 719 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN SPINK COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 715 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED. THEREFORE... THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4484 9858 4482 9826 4515 9803 4523 9851 $$ ZELTWANGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Hamlin | 37 min |
| May 5, 2:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Clark, Codington, Day | 6 hr |
| May 5, 4:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABR | Brown, Buffalo, Campbell, Clark, Codington, Day and 15 more | 36 hr |
| May 5, 4:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Clark, Day, Marshall | 6 hr |
| May 5, 5:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Brown, Spink | 6 hr |
| May 5, 5:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Brown, Spink | 6 hr |
| May 5, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Hand | 20 min |
| May 5, 6:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Faulk, Hand | 6 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.