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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 5, 2008Pipestone County, Minnesota; Moody County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2008, 8:56 PM CDT for Pipestone County, Minnesota; Moody County, South Dakota. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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: Jun 5, 2008, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2008, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Pipestone County, MN, Moody County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 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
Jun 5, 9:00 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Nne Dell Rapids, SD	NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED AND OUTBUILDING DESTROYED

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
Jun 5, 5:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 173 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KFSD 060156
TORFSD
MNC117-SDC101-060230-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0025.080606T0156Z-080606T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
856 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MOODY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
  NORTHWESTERN PIPESTONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 856 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TRENT...OR
  18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PIPESTONE...MOVING NORTH AT 65 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   FLANDREAU AROUND 905 PM CDT...
   WARD AROUND 910 PM CDT...
   WARD AROUND 915 PM CDT...

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 4419 9660 4418 9640 4385 9654 4386 9672
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 198DEG 56KT 4392 9664

$$

CJ

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KFSD 060203
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
904 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

MNC117-SDC101-060230-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080606T0230Z/
PIPESTONE MN-MOODY SD-
904 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
MOODY AND NORTHWESTERN PIPESTONE COUNTIES...

AT 904 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
EGAN...OR 15 MILES WEST OF PIPESTONE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 61 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   WARD AROUND 915 PM CDT...

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 4418 9647 4418 9641 4417 9640 4390 9653
      4394 9668 4419 9658 4419 9652 4419 9647
TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 208DEG 53KT 4402 9656

$$

CJ

000 
WWUS53 KFSD 060212
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
912 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

MNC117-SDC101-060230-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080606T0230Z/
PIPESTONE MN-MOODY SD-
912 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MOODY AND NORTHWESTERN PIPESTONE COUNTIES...

AT 912 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF
WARD...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF PIPESTONE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 61
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 4419 9647 4418 9647 4418 9641 4417 9640
      4404 9647 4402 9647 4402 9648 4407 9662
      4419 9658
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 209DEG 53KT 4412 9647

$$

CJ

000 
WWUS53 KFSD 060223
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
923 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

MNC117-SDC101-060233-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080606T0230Z/
PIPESTONE MN-MOODY SD-
923 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MOODY AND NORTHWESTERN
PIPESTONE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM CDT...

THE STORM IS NO LONGER SEVERE.

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 4419 9647 4418 9647 4418 9641 4417 9640
      4404 9647 4402 9647 4402 9648 4407 9662
      4419 9658
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 209DEG 53KT 4426 9636

$$

CJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 8:29 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	FSD	Jackson, Nobles	4 hr
Jun 6, 4:12 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more	13 hr
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, 8:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Minnehaha, Turner	23 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 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

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 2008 Tornado Warnings in South Dakota, 2008 Every tornado warning in 2008 Tornadoes in 2008

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.