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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

August 28, 2007Plymouth County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 2007, 4:32 PM CDT for Plymouth County, Iowa. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 2007, 4:32 PM CDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2007, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Plymouth County, IA

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2007-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 438 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2007-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
438 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-240 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 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 282133
TORFSD
IAC149-282200-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0043.070828T2132Z-070828T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
432 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 432 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER SOUTH
  CENTRAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF LE MARS...
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS EAST OF HINTON AND NORTH 
  OF KINGSLEY.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE
COVER NOW.

LAT...LON 4269 9625 4257 9623 4260 9587 4281 9587

$$

SCHUMACHER
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KFSD 282146
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
445 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007

IAC149-282200-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-070828T2200Z/
PLYMOUTH IA-
445 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY...

AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KINGSLEY...OR
ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LE MARS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE
COVER NOW.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 60 MPH.  
THE THREAT FOR HAIL AND WINDS EXTENDS NORTH OF KINGSLEY.

LAT...LON 4267 9606 4257 9608 4259 9587 4274 9587

$$

SCHUMACHER
000 
WWUS53 KFSD 282204
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
504 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007

IAC149-282214-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-070828T2200Z/
PLYMOUTH IA-
504 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY EXPIRES AT
500 PM CDT...

THE STORM HAS EXITED THE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4267 9606 4257 9608 4259 9587 4274 9587

$$

SCHUMACHER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCherokee39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.