Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2007, 5:13 PM CDT for Hanson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 47 min. 4 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
- May 5, 2007, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hanson County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 5:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Ese Mitchell, SD | MOVING NORTH. RATED EF1. |
| May 5, 5:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 E Mitchell, SD | |
| May 5, 5:41 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Nw Alexandria, SD | TORNADO DAMAGE REPORTED 6 TO 7 MILES NW OF ALEXANDRIA |
| May 5, 5:49 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Nw Alexandria, SD | WIND DAMAGE FROM TORNADO PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AT 1741 PM. DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH INCLUDE BARNS DESTOYED...WINDOWS BLOW OUT OF HOUSES ALONG PATH IN HANSON COUNTY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 KFSD 052213 TORFSD SDC061-052300- /O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0021.070505T2213Z-070505T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 513 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HANSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF MITCHELL...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ALEXANDRIA...EMERY AROUND 520 PM CDT... FULTON AROUND 525 PM CDT... FARMER AROUND 530 PM CDT... THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA. LAT...LON 4350 9795 4350 9762 4384 9762 4383 9795 $$ 08
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFSD 052220 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 519 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 SDC061-052300- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070505T2300Z/ HANSON SD- 519 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR HANSON COUNTY... AT 519 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF ALEXANDRIA...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MITCHELL...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER VERY STRONGLY ROTATING STORM WAS NORTHEAST OF PARKSTON...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FULTON AROUND 525 PM CDT... THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA. LAT...LON 4350 9796 4350 9762 4384 9762 4383 9795 $$ 08
000 WWUS53 KFSD 052222 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 521 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 SDC061-052300- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070505T2300Z/ HANSON SD- 521 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR HANSON COUNTY... AT 521 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FULTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MITCHELL...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. AT 520 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS CONFIRMED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MITCHELL IN HANSON COUNTY. IT WAS MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA. LAT...LON 4350 9796 4350 9762 4384 9762 4383 9795 $$ 08
000 WWUS53 KFSD 052230 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 530 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 SDC061-052300- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070505T2300Z/ HANSON SD- 530 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR HANSON COUNTY... AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MITCHELL...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA. LAT...LON 4350 9796 4350 9762 4384 9762 4383 9795 $$ 08
000 WWUS53 KFSD 052237 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 537 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 SDC061-052300- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070505T2300Z/ HANSON SD- 537 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR HANSON COUNTY... AT 537 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MITCHELL...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. ALEXANDRIA IS DIRECTLY IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA. LAT...LON 4350 9796 4350 9762 4384 9762 4383 9795 $$ 08
000 WWUS53 KFSD 052244 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 543 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 SDC061-052300- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070505T2300Z/ HANSON SD- 543 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR HANSON COUNTY... AT 543 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS REPORTEDLY LARGE TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA. LAT...LON 4350 9796 4350 9762 4384 9762 4383 9795 $$ 08
000 WWUS53 KFSD 052249 RRA SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 549 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 SDC061-052300- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070505T2300Z/ HANSON SD- 549 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR HANSON COUNTY... AT 549 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FULTON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF MITCHELL...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. BARNS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED AND WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF HOUSES ALONG THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA. LAT...LON 4350 9796 4350 9762 4384 9762 4383 9795 $$ 08
000 WWUS53 KFSD 052256 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 556 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 SDC061-052300- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070505T2300Z/ HANSON SD- 556 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR HANSON COUNTY... AT 556 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO AT MILE MARKER 335...OR 3 MILES EAST OF MITCHELL...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA. LAT...LON 4350 9796 4350 9762 4384 9762 4383 9795 $$ 08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson | 35 min |
| May 4, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Hanson | 32 min |
| May 4, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Hanson | 25 min |
| May 4, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake, Miner | 33 min |
| May 4, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Hanson | 31 min |
| May 4, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison | 26 min |
| May 4, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison, Sanborn | 36 min |
| May 5, 12:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Beadle | 3 hr |
| May 5, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Union | 19 min |
| May 5, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 31 min |
| May 5, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Yankton | 30 min |
| May 5, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Minnehaha | 47 min |
| May 5, 1:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Turner | 38 min |
| May 5, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Yankton | 15 min |
| May 5, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Yankton | 39 min |
| May 5, 1:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Hutchinson, Yankton | 3 hr |
| May 5, 2:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Hanson | 4 hr |
| May 5, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake, McCook, Miner | 41 min |
| May 5, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson | 32 min |
| May 5, 3:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Miner | 6 hr |
| May 5, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson, McCook, Miner | 44 min |
| May 5, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Miner | 24 min |
| May 5, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Bon Homme | 54 min |
| May 5, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson | 32 min |
| May 5, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Beadle, Kingsbury, Sanborn | 6 hr |
| May 5, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Hanson, Miner | 37 min |
| May 5, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Gregory | 50 min |
| May 5, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Davison | 26 min |
| May 5, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Kingsbury | 36 min |
| May 5, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Hutchinson | 37 min |
| May 5, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Miner | 15 min |
| May 5, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Bon Homme | 21 min |
| May 5, 4:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Hutchinson, Yankton | 6 hr |
| May 5, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Sanborn | 31 min |
| May 5, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Gregory | 30 min |
| May 5, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Hutchinson | 19 min |
| May 5, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle, Kingsbury | 23 min |
| May 5, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Davison | 36 min |
| May 5, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Yankton | 47 min |
| May 5, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Douglas | 16 min |
| May 5, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Yankton | 36 min |
| May 5, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora | 49 min |
| May 5, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Kingsbury | 13 min |
| May 5, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Gregory | 25 min |
| May 5, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Hanson, Miner, Sanborn | 29 min |
| May 5, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Aurora, Jerauld | 39 min |
| May 5, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Gregory | 34 min |
| May 5, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Hutchinson, Turner, Yankton | 32 min |
| May 5, 6:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Brule | 3 hr |
| May 5, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Brule | 19 min |
| May 5, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hutchinson, McCook | 32 min |
| May 5, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jerauld | 30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.