Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 35, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2009, 10:38 PM CDT for Hutchinson County, McCook County, Turner County, South Dakota. 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 24, 2009, 10:38 PM CDT (03:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2009, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hutchinson County, SD, McCook County, SD, Turner County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:40 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 24, 11:04 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 W Parker, SD | |
| Jun 24, 11:04 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 S Marion, SD |
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 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -392 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1862 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KFSD 250338 TORFSD SDC067-087-125-250415- /O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0035.090625T0338Z-090625T0415Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1038 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA SOUTHERN MCCOOK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 1036 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DOLTON...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF PARKER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... DOLTON AROUND 1045 PM CDT... MONROE AROUND 1100 PM CDT... MARION AROUND 1105 PM CDT... PARKER AROUND 1115 PM CDT... AT 1026 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 1 MILE NORTH OF BRIDGEWATER. AT 1033 PM CDT...HEN EGG SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY SPOTTERS ONE MILE NORTH OF DOLTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL 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. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT...SO DO NOT WAIT. TAKE COVER NOW && LAT...LON 4342 9705 4322 9727 4350 9758 4359 9732 TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 309DEG 19KT 4351 9743 $$ CHAPMAN
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KFSD 250358
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1058 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2009
SDC067-250407-
/O.CAN.KFSD.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-090625T0415Z/
HUTCHINSON SD-
1058 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED INTO TURNER COUNTY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4342 9705 4322 9727 4334 9740 4350 9740
4350 9718
TIME...MOT...LOC 0357Z 313DEG 21KT 4342 9731
$$
SDC087-125-250415-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-090625T0415Z/
MCCOOK SD-TURNER SD-
1058 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN TURNER AND EXTREME SOUTHERN MCCOOK COUNTIES...
AT 1056 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MARION...OR 9 MILES
WEST OF PARKER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL AREAS WEST OF PARKER AROUND 1110 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP
TO TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 70 MPH.
LARGEST HAIL IS LIKELY BETWEEN MARION AND PARKER THROUGH 1115 PM CDT.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT...SO DO NOT WAIT. TAKE COVER
NOW
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA.
&&
LAT...LON 4342 9705 4322 9727 4334 9740 4350 9740
4350 9718
TIME...MOT...LOC 0357Z 313DEG 21KT 4342 9731
$$
CHAPMAN000
WWUS53 KFSD 250408
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1108 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2009
SDC087-250417-
/O.CAN.KFSD.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-090625T0415Z/
MCCOOK SD-
1108 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN MCCOOK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4343 9739 4350 9718 4342 9705 4322 9727
4334 9740
TIME...MOT...LOC 0407Z 329DEG 20KT 4336 9728
$$
SDC125-250415-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-090625T0415Z/
TURNER SD-
1108 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN TURNER COUNTY...
AT 1104 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR MARION...OR 8 MILES WEST OF PARKER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
IN ADDITION...AT 1104 PM...QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 2 MILES
WEST OF PARKER BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT...SO DO NOT WAIT. TAKE COVER
NOW
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA.
&&
LAT...LON 4343 9739 4350 9718 4342 9705 4322 9727
4334 9740
TIME...MOT...LOC 0407Z 329DEG 20KT 4336 9728
$$
CHAPMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Beadle | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Beadle, Jerauld, Sanborn | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Miner, Sanborn | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson, McCook, Miner, Sanborn | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Hanson, Hutchinson, McCook, Turner | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 11:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Turner | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Davison | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Lincoln, Turner, Yankton | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 11:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Aurora, Douglas | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Davison, Sanborn | 31 min |
| Jun 25, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Lincoln, Turner, Union | 24 min |
| Jun 25, 12:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Aurora, Charles Mix, Douglas | 32 min |
| Jun 25, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Union | 36 min |
| Jun 25, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Douglas, Hutchinson | 25 min |
| Jun 25, 12:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Douglas | 32 min |
| Jun 25, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Douglas, Hutchinson | 32 min |
| Jun 25, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Douglas | 17 min |
| Jun 25, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme | 43 min |
| Jun 25, 1:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Douglas, Hutchinson | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Yankton | 38 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.