Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2007, 8:44 PM CDT for Edmunds County, McPherson County, Walworth County, South Dakota. It was in force for 46 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
- Jun 17, 2007, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2007, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Edmunds County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Walworth County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 8:47 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nw Bowdle, SD | RATED EF0 WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 75 TO 85 MPH. DAMAGE TO TWO POLE BARNS. LARGE COTTONWOOD TREES ALSO DAMAGED. BACK WINDOWS BROKEN OUT OF TWO VEHICLES. |
| Jun 17, 8:47 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nw Bowdle, SD | RATED EF0 WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 75 TO 85 MPH. DAMAGE TO TWO POLE BARNS. LARGE COTTONWOOD TREES ALSO DAMAGED. BACK WINDOWS BROKEN OUT OF TWO VEHICLES. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 1834 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -308 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KABR 180144 TORABR SDC045-089-129-180230- /O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0009.070618T0144Z-070618T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 844 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN EDMUNDS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... CENTRAL MCPHERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... EAST CENTRAL WALWORTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 843 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR BOWDLE...OR 14 MILES EAST OF SELBY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HOSMER AND HILLSVIEW AROUND 910 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4544 9982 4536 9971 4561 9926 4578 9950 $$ HINTZ
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KABR 180202 SVSABR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 902 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007 SDC045-089-129-180230- /O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070618T0230Z/ MCPHERSON SD-WALWORTH SD-EDMUNDS SD- 902 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN EDMUNDS...EAST CENTRAL WALWORTH AND CENTRAL MCPHERSON COUNTIES... AT 900 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BOWDLE...OR 18 MILES EAST OF SELBY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HOSMER AND HILLSVIEW AROUND 930 PM CDT... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4544 9982 4536 9971 4561 9926 4578 9950 $$ HINTZ
000 WWUS53 KABR 180226 SVSABR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 926 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007 SDC045-089-129-180236- /O.EXP.KABR.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070618T0230Z/ MCPHERSON SD-WALWORTH SD-EDMUNDS SD- 926 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN EDMUNDS...EAST CENTRAL WALWORTH AND CENTRAL MCPHERSON COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 930 PM CDT... AT 921 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4544 9982 4536 9971 4561 9926 4578 9950 $$ HINTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey, Potter, Stanley, Sully | 57 min |
| Jun 17, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey, Potter, Walworth | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson, McPherson, Walworth | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Potter, Sully | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Walworth | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | McPherson | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey, Stanley, Sully | 23 min |
| Jun 17, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | McPherson | 17 min |
| Jun 17, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds, McPherson | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 11:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Campbell, Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:35 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Corson, Day, Dewey, Edmunds and 7 more | 17 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.