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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2011, 4:29 PM CDT for Hand County, South Dakota. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2011, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2011, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Hand County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 1348 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 527 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
115 WFUS53 KABR 142129 TORABR SDC059-142200- /O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0007.110614T2129Z-110614T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 429 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL HAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 427 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR MILLER. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MILLER AROUND 455 PM CDT... SAINT LAWRENCE AROUND 500 PM CDT... THIS WARNING INCLUDES HIGHWAY 14 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 291 AND 304. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4475 9897 4455 9882 4445 9915 4461 9926 TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 309DEG 12KT 4457 9908 $$ DORN
2 follow-up statements
309 WWUS53 KABR 142146 SVSABR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 446 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 SDC059-142200- /O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110614T2200Z/ HAND SD- 446 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL HAND COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MILLER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. AT 437 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THE TORNADO HAD LIFTED...BUT COULD STILL SEE A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INDOORS TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY! THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... SAINT LAWRENCE AROUND 455 PM CDT... THIS WARNING INCLUDES HIGHWAY 14 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 291 AND 304. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4475 9897 4455 9882 4445 9915 4461 9926 TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 304DEG 10KT 4449 9903 $$ DORN
825 WWUS53 KABR 142158 SVSABR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 458 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 SDC059-142208- /O.EXP.KABR.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110614T2200Z/ HAND SD- 458 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HAND COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT/400 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4475 9897 4455 9882 4445 9915 4461 9926 TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 304DEG 10KT 4447 9898 $$ DORN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Campbell, Potter, Walworth | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk, Hand | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk, Hand | 63 min |
| Jun 14, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Hand | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.