Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2007, 5:59 PM CDT for Hanson County, Miner County, Sanborn County, South Dakota. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 6:28 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hanson County, SD, Miner County, SD, Sanborn County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 6:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 N Artesian, SD | SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED, POWER POLES LEANED OVER, 3 OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED ON FARMSTEAD, SIDING REMOVED FROM HOUSE. RATED EF1. |
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, 11.0 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
- 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 052259 TORFSD SDC061-097-111-052345- /O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0025.070505T2259Z-070505T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 559 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN MINER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA EASTERN SANBORN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA NORTHWESTERN HANSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTH OF FEDORA...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF MITCHELL...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FEDORA...ARTESIAN...ROSWELL AROUND 610 PM CDT... CARTHAGE AROUND 625 PM CDT... THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED WIDESPREAD DAMAGE ACROSS HANSON COUNTY. 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 4371 9795 4374 9772 4419 9763 4419 9806 $$ 08
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFSD 052315 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 615 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 SDC061-052325- /O.CAN.KFSD.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-070505T2345Z/ HANSON SD- 615 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HANSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA. LAT...LON 4385 9797 4401 9779 4419 9763 4419 9806 $$ SDC097-111-052345- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-070505T2345Z/ SANBORN SD-MINER SD- 615 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN MINER AND EASTERN SANBORN COUNTIES... AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ARTESIAN...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTH OF MITCHELL...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CARTHAGE AROUND 620 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 4385 9797 4401 9779 4419 9763 4419 9806 $$ 08
000 WWUS53 KFSD 052328 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 628 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 SDC097-111-052338- /O.CAN.KFSD.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-070505T2345Z/ SANBORN SD-MINER SD- 628 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINER AND EASTERN SANBORN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND EXITED THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 4385 9797 4401 9779 4419 9763 4419 9806 $$ CHAPMAN
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, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Hanson | 47 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, 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 |
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.