Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2011, 4:49 PM CDT for Hand County, South Dakota. It was in force for 26 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 14, 2011, 4:49 PM CDT (21:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2011, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Hand County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 E Ames, 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 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 81 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.
826
WFUS53 KABR 142149
TORABR
SDC059-142215-
/O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0008.110614T2149Z-110614T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
449 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL HAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 445 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
MILLER DALE COLONY...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF MILLER. DOPPLER RADAR
SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DANFORTH AROUND 515 PM CDT...
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 4420 9902 4445 9916 4449 9903 4420 9877
4419 9878
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 328DEG 15KT 4435 9903
$$
DORN2 follow-up statements
787
WWUS53 KABR 142201
SVSABR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
501 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
SDC059-142215-
/O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110614T2215Z/
HAND SD-
501 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HAND COUNTY
UNTIL 515 PM CDT...
AT 458 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMES...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF
MILLER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
AT 454 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED BEING UNABLE TO
CONFIRM A VISUAL ON THE TORNADO DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. THIS IS A
DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE TO STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
DANFORTH AROUND 515 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4420 9902 4445 9916 4449 9903 4420 9877
4419 9878
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 324DEG 9KT 4433 9903
$$
DORN510
WWUS53 KABR 142216
SVSABR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
516 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
SDC059-142226-
/O.EXP.KABR.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110614T2215Z/
HAND SD-
516 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HAND COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4420 9902 4445 9916 4449 9903 4420 9877
4419 9878
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 324DEG 9KT 4433 9903
$$
DORNThe 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, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Hand | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand | 51 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.