Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2008, 8:22 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Minnehaha County, Turner County, South Dakota. It was in force for 23 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
- Jun 5, 2008, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2008, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lincoln County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Turner County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFSD 060122 TORFSD SDC083-099-125-060145- /O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0022.080606T0122Z-080606T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 822 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA CENTRAL MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA EXTREME NORTHEASTERN TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 822 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF WALL LAKE...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARKER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 23 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CROOKS AROUND 845 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4373 9683 4364 9670 4347 9693 4352 9700 TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 222DEG 20KT 4350 9693 $$ CJ
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KFSD 060133
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
833 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
SDC083-125-060143-
/O.CAN.KFSD.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080606T0145Z/
LINCOLN SD-TURNER SD-
833 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN TURNER AND EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4373 9683 4364 9670 4353 9687 4355 9691
4360 9693
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 222DEG 22KT 4355 9687
$$
SDC099-060145-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080606T0145Z/
MINNEHAHA SD-
833 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MINNEHAHA COUNTY...
AT 833 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CROOKS...OR 7 MILES WEST OF SIOUX FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CROOKS AROUND 845 PM CDT...
TAKE COVER NOW. THIS TORNADO IS WRAPPED IN RAIN. IF YOU WAIT TO SEE
OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4373 9683 4364 9670 4353 9687 4355 9691
4360 9693
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 222DEG 22KT 4355 9687
$$
CJ000
WWUS53 KFSD 060137
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
836 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
SDC099-060145-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080606T0145Z/
MINNEHAHA SD-
836 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MINNEHAHA COUNTY...
AT 836 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CROOKS...OR 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 42 MPH.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE
COVER NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4373 9683 4364 9670 4353 9687 4355 9691
4360 9693
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 215DEG 36KT 4369 9682
$$
CJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Hutchinson, Yankton | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake, McCook, Miner, Minnehaha | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 7:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison and 14 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 5, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | McCook, Minnehaha, Turner | 37 min |
| Jun 5, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lake, Minnehaha | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lake, Minnehaha, Moody | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Minnehaha, Moody | 20 min |
| Jun 5, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Moody | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 6:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | McCook | 5 days |
| Jun 6, 6:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 11:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson, McCook | 24 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Davison | 4 days |
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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.