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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 16, 2009Hand County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2009, 2:27 PM CDT for Hand County, South Dakota. It was in force for 63 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 16, 2009, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2009, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Hand County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 16, 3:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1	1 Nnw Burdette, SD

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 16, 2:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 268 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: 416 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 553 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 115 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 KABR 161927
TORABR
SDC059-162030-
/O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0013.090616T1927Z-090616T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
227 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL HAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 224 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY EYEWITNESSES.
  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF BURDETTE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BURDETTE AROUND 320 PM CDT...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES NORTH OF 
MILLER...ALONG WITH GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION  
HEAVY RAIN MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO 
SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

&&

LAT...LON 4479 9896 4470 9874 4461 9887 4466 9906
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 246DEG 7KT 4468 9897

$$
FOWLE

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KABR 161946
SVSABR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
246 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009

SDC059-162030-
/O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090616T2030Z/
HAND SD-
246 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
HAND COUNTY...

AT 245 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF BURDETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   BURDETTE AROUND 325 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAIN MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW 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 800 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.

&&

LAT...LON 4465 9884 4468 9901 4479 9896 4470 9874
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 246DEG 7KT 4470 9892

$$
FOWLE

000 
WWUS53 KABR 162025 RRA
SVSABR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
325 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009

SDC059-162036-
/O.EXP.KABR.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090616T2030Z/
HAND SD-
325 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HAND COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 330 PM
CDT/230 PM MDT/...

SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE WARNED AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4465 9884 4468 9901 4479 9896 4470 9874
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 246DEG 7KT 4473 9882

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 7:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABR	Dewey	2 hr
Jun 15, 7:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABR	Corson	92 min
Jun 15, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Dewey	61 min
Jun 15, 8:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABR	Dewey	2 hr
Jun 15, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Dewey, Stanley, Sully	46 min
Jun 15, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Dewey	13 min
Jun 15, 9:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABR	Dewey	3 hr
Jun 15, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Dewey, Hughes, Jones, Stanley, Sully	43 min
Jun 15, 9:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Dewey	38 min
Jun 15, 9:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Stanley	29 min
Jun 15, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Stanley	44 min
Jun 15, 10:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Stanley	30 min
Jun 15, 10:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Stanley	34 min
Jun 15, 10:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Stanley	29 min
Jun 15, 11:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Stanley	30 min
Jun 16, 12:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Walworth	32 min
Jun 16, 10:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABR	Brown, Edmunds	3 hr
Jun 16, 1:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABR	Marshall	3 hr
Jun 16, 1:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Campbell, Corson	30 min
Jun 16, 1:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Brown, Spink	43 min
Jun 16, 1:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Edmunds, Faulk, Potter	51 min
Jun 16, 1:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Walworth	49 min
Jun 16, 1:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Hand	48 min
Jun 16, 2:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Hand	40 min
Jun 16, 2:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Faulk	37 min
Jun 16, 2:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Brown, Spink	58 min
Jun 16, 2:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Campbell, Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth	40 min
Jun 16, 2:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Faulk	46 min
Jun 16, 2:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABR	Brown, Day, Spink	5 hr
Jun 16, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hand, Spink	30 min
Jun 16, 3:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Hand	55 min
Jun 16, 3:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Faulk	19 min
Jun 16, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Brown, Spink	44 min
Jun 16, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Faulk, Hand	62 min
Jun 16, 3:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Hand	52 min
Jun 16, 3:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Hand	42 min
Jun 16, 3:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABR	Brown, Edmunds	4 hr
Jun 16, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hand	49 min
Jun 16, 4:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Hand	39 min
Jun 16, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Grant	29 min

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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.