Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 27, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2007, 6:11 PM CDT for Charles Mix County, Gregory County, South Dakota. It was in force for 34 min. 6 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, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Charles Mix County, SD, Gregory County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 6:27 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Platte, SD | ESTIMATED 50 MPH WINDS ALONG WITH DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL |
| May 5, 6:32 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Platte, SD | |
| May 5, 6:32 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Platte, SD | |
| May 5, 6:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 10 W Platte, SD | NEAR ACADEMY ROAD |
| May 5, 6:35 PM CDT | TORNADO | 10 W Platte, SD | ACCOMPANIED BY MULTIPLE FUNNELS |
| May 5, 6:37 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Platte, SD |
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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 052311
TORFSD
SDC023-053-052345-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0027.070505T2311Z-070505T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
611 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CHARLES MIX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
EASTERN GREGORY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 611 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BONESTEEL...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPENCER...
MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BONESTELL AROUND 615 PM CDT...
PLATTE AROUND 635 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 4302 9926 4300 9869 4337 9871 4349 9872
4350 9929
$$
084 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KFSD 052321
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
620 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
SDC023-053-052345-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-070505T2345Z/
GREGORY SD-CHARLES MIX SD-
620 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CHARLES MIX AND EASTERN GREGORY COUNTIES...
AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF
BONESTEEL...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM WAS SHOWING VERY
STRONG ROTATION.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PLATTE AROUND 640 PM CDT...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE
COVER NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWEST IOWA.
LAT...LON 4302 9926 4300 9869 4337 9871 4349 9872
4350 9929
$$
08000
WWUS53 KFSD 052333
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
632 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
SDC023-053-052345-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-070505T2345Z/
GREGORY SD-CHARLES MIX SD-
632 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CHARLES MIX AND EASTERN GREGORY COUNTIES...
AT 632 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF
PLATTE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE ANDES...MOVING NORTH AT
55 MPH.
AT 627 PM CDT...QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN PLATTE.
AT 632 PM CDT...60 MPH WINDS AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL WERE REPORTED.
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 4302 9926 4300 9869 4337 9871 4349 9872
4350 9929
$$
08000
WWUS53 KFSD 052338 RRA
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
637 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
SDC023-053-052345-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-070505T2345Z/
GREGORY SD-CHARLES MIX SD-
637 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CHARLES MIX AND EASTERN GREGORY COUNTIES...
AT 637 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PLATTE...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE ANDES...MOVING NORTH AT
55 MPH.
AT 635 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 10 MILES WEST OF PLATTE NEAR
ACADEMY ROAD. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE
COVER NOW.
A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW.
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWEST IOWA.
LAT...LON 4302 9926 4300 9869 4337 9871 4349 9872
4350 9929
$$
08000
WWUS53 KFSD 052350
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
650 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
SDC023-053-060000-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-070505T2345Z/
GREGORY SD-CHARLES MIX SD-
650 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHARLES MIX AND EASTERN
GREGORY COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 645 PM CDT...
THE STORM HAS EXITED THE COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWEST IOWA.
LAT...LON 4302 9926 4300 9869 4337 9871 4349 9872
4350 9929
$$
08The 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, 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, 6:13 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.