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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Aug 13, 2008, 4:23 PM CDT for Murray County, Pipestone County, Minnesota. 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
- Aug 13, 2008, 4:23 PM CDT (21:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Murray County, MN, Pipestone County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 4:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Se Woodstock, MN | |
| Aug 13, 4:50 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 12 E Pipestone, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 1153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1361 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFSD 132123 TORFSD MNC101-117-132200- /O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0056.080813T2123Z-080813T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 423 PM CDT WED AUG 13 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME WEST CENTRAL MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA NORTHEASTERN PIPESTONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 423 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH OF HOLLAND...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF PIPESTONE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HOLLAND AROUND 430 PM CDT... WOODSTOCK AROUND 455 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...DAMAGING HAIL AND STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. GO TO A SAFE PLACE NOW. LAT...LON 4398 9605 4396 9618 4419 9635 4419 9609 TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 320DEG 17KT 4414 9619 $$ BT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFSD 132137 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 437 PM CDT WED AUG 13 2008 MNC101-117-132200- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080813T2200Z/ PIPESTONE MN-MURRAY MN- 437 PM CDT WED AUG 13 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR EXTREME WEST CENTRAL MURRAY AND NORTHEASTERN PIPESTONE COUNTIES... AT 437 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLLAND...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF PIPESTONE...MOVING SOUTH AT 23 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WOODSTOCK AROUND 450 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LAT...LON 4398 9605 4396 9618 4419 9635 4419 9609 TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 344DEG 20KT 4405 9617 $$ BT
000 WWUS53 KFSD 132150 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 450 PM CDT WED AUG 13 2008 MNC101-117-132200- /O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080813T2200Z/ PIPESTONE MN-MURRAY MN- 450 PM CDT WED AUG 13 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR EXTREME WEST CENTRAL MURRAY AND NORTHEASTERN PIPESTONE COUNTIES... AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODSTOCK...OR 8 MILES EAST OF PIPESTONE...MOVING SOUTH AT 23 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZED SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4398 9605 4396 9618 4419 9635 4419 9609 TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 344DEG 20KT 4398 9614 $$ BT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon | 35 min |
| Aug 13, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon, Murray | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 49 min |
| Aug 13, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 39 min |
| Aug 13, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson | 25 min |
| Aug 13, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 48 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.