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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

July 6, 2010Aurora County, Brule County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2010, 8:05 PM CDT for Aurora County, Brule County, South Dakota. It was in force for 30 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
Jul 6, 2010, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2010, 8:35 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Aurora County, SD, Brule County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 6, 8:23 PM CDTHAIL 1.755 E Kimball, SDPEA TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL COVERING THE GROUND, WITH A FEW GOLF BALL SIZE.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 6, 2:23 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2010-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2010-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1773 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
441 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

033 
WFUS53 KFSD 070105
TORFSD
SDC003-015-070145-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0041.100707T0105Z-100707T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
805 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL AURORA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
  EAST CENTRAL BRULE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KIMBALL...AND MOVING EAST AT 15
  MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL
  BRULE AND WEST CENTRAL AURORA COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4378 9876 4364 9877 4369 9899 4373 9898
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 259DEG 13KT 4372 9893

$$

LIEBL
2 follow-up statements
157 
WWUS53 KFSD 070126
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
826 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010

SDC003-015-070145-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-100707T0145Z/
AURORA SD-BRULE SD-
826 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL BRULE AND
WEST CENTRAL AURORA COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 827 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF KIMBALL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4370 9890 4374 9892 4378 9876 4364 9877
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 259DEG 13KT 4374 9882

$$

LIEBL
881 
WWUS53 KFSD 070135
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
835 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010

SDC003-015-070145-
/O.CAN.KFSD.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-100707T0145Z/
AURORA SD-BRULE SD-
835 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BRULE AND WEST CENTRAL AURORA
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT. 

LAT...LON 4370 9890 4374 9892 4378 9876 4364 9877
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 259DEG 13KT 4375 9878

$$

LIEBL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDAurora, Davison, Douglas47 min
Jul 6, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrule45 min
Jul 6, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDAurora, Davison, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson26 min
Jul 6, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Brule30 min
Jul 6, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Brule28 min
Jul 6, 9:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDAurora, Brule3 hr
Jul 6, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDKingsbury43 min
Jul 7, 12:23 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFSDAurora, Beadle, Brookings, Davison, Hanson, Jerauld and 5 more3 hr
Jul 7, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings37 min
Jul 7, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings, Kingsbury, Lake, Moody33 min
Jul 7, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings, Moody34 min
Jul 7, 7:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDBrookings6 days
Jul 7, 9:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDBrookings, Moody49 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.