Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2007, 7:53 PM CDT for Kingsbury County, Miner County, South Dakota. It was in force for 28 min. 3 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, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 8:21 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kingsbury County, SD, Miner County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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, 7:56 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 E Carthage, SD | POLE BARN DOWN. RATED EF1. |
| May 5, 7:56 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 E Carthage, SD | |
| May 5, 8:03 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 N Carthage, SD | SEVERAL OUTBUILINGS DESTROYED. 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 329 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 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 060055 TORFSD SDC077-097-060145- /O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0033.070506T0053Z-070506T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 753 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN KINGSBURY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA NORTHERN MINER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 753 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC THUNDESRTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARTHAGE...OR ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF MADISON...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CARTHAGE AROUND 800 PM CDT... BANCROFT AROUND 830 PM CDT... THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A LARGE TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. THIS TORNADO HAS BEGUN TO TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHWEST. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE. TAKE COVER NOW. LAT...LON 4401 9770 4402 9747 4454 9755 4454 9785 $$ PS
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFSD 060100 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 757 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 SDC077-097-060145- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-070506T0145Z/ MINER SD-KINGSBURY SD- 800 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR WESTERN KINGSBURY AND NORTHERN MINER COUNTIES... AT 757 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES EAST OF CARTHAGE...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL MOVE INTO KINGSBURY COUNTY BY 805 PM CDT. THE STORM WILL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WEST OF DE SMET...CROSSING HIGHWAY 14 AROUND 830 PM CDT. THE TORNADO WILL THEN BE NEAR BANCROFT AROUND 840 PM CDT. A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE AND LARGE TORNADOES. TAKE COVER NOW. LAT...LON 4401 9770 4402 9747 4454 9755 4454 9785 $$ PS
000 WWUS53 KFSD 060109 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 807 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 SDC097-060117- /O.CAN.KFSD.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-070506T0145Z/ MINER SD- 807 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MINER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA. LAT...LON 4421 9772 4424 9751 4454 9755 4454 9785 $$ SDC077-060145- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-070506T0145Z/ KINGSBURY SD- 807 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR WESTERN KINGSBURY COUNTY... AT 807 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF DE SMET...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BANCROFT AROUND 835 PM CDT... AT 805 PM CDT...A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED THE TORNADO HAD LIFTED NORTH OF CARTHAGE. THIS STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AS MOVES NORTH TOWARD HIGHWAY 14 WEST OF DE SMET. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING NOW. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE. LAT...LON 4421 9772 4424 9751 4454 9755 4454 9785 $$ PS
000 WWUS53 KFSD 060121 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 821 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 SDC077-060131- /O.CAN.KFSD.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-070506T0145Z/ KINGSBURY SD- 821 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN KINGSBURY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SEVERE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING. LAT...LON 4421 9772 4424 9751 4454 9755 4454 9785 $$ PS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | McCook | 27 min |
| May 5, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle | 25 min |
| May 5, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule, Charles Mix, Gregory | 51 min |
| May 5, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jerauld | 36 min |
| May 5, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Jerauld | 37 min |
| May 5, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Hanson, McCook, Miner | 34 min |
| May 5, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle | 52 min |
| May 5, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle | 17 min |
| May 5, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Gregory | 52 min |
| May 5, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jerauld | 34 min |
| May 5, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule, Charles Mix | 44 min |
| May 5, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle | 40 min |
| May 5, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Beadle | 12 min |
| May 5, 9:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Brule | 112 min |
| May 5, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle | 24 min |
| May 5, 10:46 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | FSD | Brookings, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Moody | 8 hr |
| May 5, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Yankton | 32 min |
| May 5, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Yankton | 37 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.