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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

May 5, 2007Kingsbury County, Miner County, South Dakota

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 5, 7:56 PM CDTTORNADO5 E Carthage, SDPOLE BARN DOWN. RATED EF1.
May 5, 7:56 PM CDTTORNADO5 E Carthage, SD
May 5, 8:03 PM CDTTORNADO6 N Carthage, SDSEVERAL 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 5, 4:33 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2007-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2007-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 7:03 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDMcCook27 min
May 5, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBeadle25 min
May 5, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrule, Charles Mix, Gregory51 min
May 5, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDJerauld36 min
May 5, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Jerauld37 min
May 5, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDHanson, McCook, Miner34 min
May 5, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBeadle52 min
May 5, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBeadle17 min
May 5, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDGregory52 min
May 5, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDJerauld34 min
May 5, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrule, Charles Mix44 min
May 5, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBeadle40 min
May 5, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDBeadle12 min
May 5, 9:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDBrule112 min
May 5, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBeadle24 min
May 5, 10:46 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningFSDBrookings, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Moody8 hr
May 5, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Yankton32 min
May 5, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Yankton37 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.