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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2011, 3:31 PM CDT for Moody County, South Dakota; Lincoln County, Pipestone County, Minnesota. It was in force for 29 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
- Jul 1, 2011, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lincoln County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Moody County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 407 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
483 WFUS53 KFSD 012031 TORFSD MNC081-117-SDC101-012100- /O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0036.110701T2031Z-110701T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 331 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... NORTHERN PIPESTONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... NORTHEASTERN MOODY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 331 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FLANDREAU...OR 16 MILES WEST OF PIPESTONE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... WARD AROUND 340 PM CDT... HOLLAND AROUND 355 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. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. && LAT...LON 4424 9621 4404 9611 4401 9654 4417 9664 TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 258DEG 39KT 4408 9657 $$ WEISSER
1 follow-up statement
404 WWUS53 KFSD 012059 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 359 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 MNC081-117-SDC101-012109- /O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-110701T2100Z/ LINCOLN MN-PIPESTONE MN-MOODY SD- 359 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MOODY...NORTHERN PIPESTONE AND SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4424 9621 4404 9611 4401 9654 4417 9664 TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 258DEG 39KT 4414 9616 $$ WEISSER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule, Charles Mix, Gregory | 38 min |
| Jun 30, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule | 43 min |
| Jun 30, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory | 37 min |
| Jul 1, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle, Jerauld | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle, Jerauld | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake, McCook, Miner | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hutchinson, McCook, Turner | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake, McCook, Minnehaha, Moody | 63 min |
| Jul 1, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings, Minnehaha, Moody | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Moody | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 3:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Brookings, Moody | 100 min |
| Jul 1, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray | 39 min |
| Jul 1, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 21 min |
| Jul 1, 4:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Lyon, Murray | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 32 min |
| Jul 1, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.