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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2008, 6:38 AM CDT for Buena Vista County, Cherokee County, Ida County, Iowa. It was in force for 37 min. 2 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
- Jun 26, 2008, 6:38 AM CDT (11:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2008, 7:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Ida County, IA
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:39 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 26, 7:00 AM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Wnw Galva, IA | |
| Jun 26, 7:15 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 E Holstein, IA | DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. |
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 26, 6:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 4603 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1165 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 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 261138
TORFSD
IAC021-035-093-261215-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0044.080626T1138Z-080626T1215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
638 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
NORTHERN IDA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
* UNTIL 715 AM CDT
* AT 638 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR HOLSTEIN...
OR 11 MILES NORTH OF IDA GROVE...MOVING EAST AT 13 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
GALVA AROUND 655 AM CDT...
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE
COVER NOW.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4242 9563 4263 9561 4261 9520 4256 9521
4255 9522 4255 9539 4249 9538 4248 9534
4247 9533 4238 9533
TIME...MOT...LOC 1138Z 277DEG 11KT 4250 9550
$$
LIEBL2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KFSD 261147
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
648 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008
IAC021-035-093-261215-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-080626T1215Z/
CHEROKEE IA-BUENA VISTA IA-IDA IA-
648 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN
IDA...SOUTHWESTERN BUENA VISTA AND SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
AT 648 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR GALVA...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF IDA GROVE...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL IDA COUNTY THROUGH 700 AM CDT
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE
COVER NOW.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4242 9563 4263 9561 4261 9520 4256 9521
4255 9522 4255 9539 4249 9538 4248 9534
4247 9533 4238 9533
TIME...MOT...LOC 1148Z 276DEG 11KT 4250 9543
$$
LIEBL000
WWUS53 KFSD 261214
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
714 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008
IAC021-035-093-261224-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-080626T1215Z/
CHEROKEE IA-BUENA VISTA IA-IDA IA-
714 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN IDA...SOUTHWESTERN BUENA VISTA
AND SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 AM CDT...
THE STORM HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4242 9563 4263 9561 4261 9520 4256 9521
4255 9522 4255 9539 4249 9538 4248 9534
4247 9533 4238 9533
TIME...MOT...LOC 1214Z 276DEG 11KT 4249 9532
$$
LIEBLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 5:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Sioux | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 6:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 6:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 6:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Woodbury | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 7:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida | 38 min |
| Jun 26, 3:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 12 hr |
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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.