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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 17, 2011Marshall County, Roberts County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2011, 6:28 PM CDT for Marshall County, Roberts County, South Dakota. It was in force for 32 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 17, 2011, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Marshall County, SD, Roberts County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 17, 6:28 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD9 W Sisseton, SD
Jun 17, 6:28 PM CDTTORNADO11 W Sisseton, SDBRIEF TOUCHDOWN. TIME AND POSITION BASED ON RADAR. NSSL SHAVE REPORT

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
Jun 17, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 12:00Z on 2011-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 35 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2011-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 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.

242 
WFUS53 KABR 172328
TORABR
SDC091-109-180000-
/O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0009.110617T2328Z-110618T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
628 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
  WEST CENTRAL ROBERTS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 626 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF EDEN...OR 12 MILES WEST OF
  SISSETON...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SISSETON AROUND 700 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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN ABERDEEN.

&&

LAT...LON 4582 9710 4564 9700 4559 9728 4569 9738
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 259DEG 9KT 4566 9728

$$
CONNELLY
2 follow-up statements
178 
WWUS53 KABR 172346
SVSABR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
646 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

SDC091-109-180000-
/O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110618T0000Z/
ROBERTS SD-MARSHALL SD-
646 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL AND
WEST CENTRAL ROBERTS COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 644 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF SISSETON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SISSETON AROUND 700 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN ABERDEEN.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4573 9729 4582 9710 4564 9700 4559 9726
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 259DEG 9KT 4567 9722

$$
CONNELLY
361 
WWUS53 KABR 172358
SVSABR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
658 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

SDC091-109-180008-
/O.EXP.KABR.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110618T0000Z/
ROBERTS SD-MARSHALL SD-
658 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL AND WEST CENTRAL
ROBERTS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT/600 PM MDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4573 9729 4582 9710 4564 9700 4559 9726
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 259DEG 9KT 4568 9718

$$
CONNELLY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRLyman34 min
Jun 16, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRJones, Lyman, Stanley50 min
Jun 17, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRMarshall, Roberts49 min
Jun 17, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRRoberts49 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.