Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2011, 7:57 PM CDT for Dakota County, Dixon County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 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
- Apr 9, 2011, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 3327 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 403 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.7
- Supercell composite
- 19.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
752
WFUS53 KFSD 100057
TORFSD
NEC043-051-100130-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0005.110410T0057Z-110410T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
757 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
DAKOTA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...
SOUTHEASTERN DIXON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 757 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WAKEFIELD...OR 21 MILES SOUTH OF
PONCA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HUBBARD AND HOMER AROUND 815 PM CDT...
JACKSON AROUND 825 PM CDT...
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
WATERBURY.
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 4234 9694 4257 9666 4255 9663 4252 9663
4251 9658 4237 9641 4235 9642 4234 9641
4227 9661 4227 9672 4225 9673 4225 9681
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 226DEG 35KT 4229 9682
$$
LIEBL2 follow-up statements
155
WWUS53 KFSD 100113
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
813 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011
NEC043-051-100130-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110410T0130Z/
DAKOTA NE-DIXON NE-
813 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN DIXON AND
DAKOTA COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 814 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUBBARD...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF
PONCA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HUBBARD AROUND 820 PM CDT...
JACKSON AND HOMER AROUND 825 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4234 9694 4257 9666 4255 9663 4252 9663
4251 9658 4237 9641 4235 9642 4234 9641
4227 9661 4227 9672 4225 9673 4225 9681
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 242DEG 28KT 4237 9663
$$
LIEBL510
WWUS53 KFSD 100131 RRA
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
831 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011
NEC043-051-100141-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110410T0130Z/
DAKOTA NE-DIXON NE-
831 PM CDT SAT APR 9 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DIXON AND DAKOTA COUNTIES HAS
EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.
IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.
LAT...LON 4234 9694 4257 9666 4255 9663 4252 9663
4251 9658 4237 9641 4235 9642 4234 9641
4227 9661 4227 9672 4225 9673 4225 9681
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 242DEG 28KT 4237 9664
$$
LIEBLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dixon | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dakota | 41 min |
| Apr 9, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dakota, Dixon | 26 min |
| Apr 9, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dakota | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dakota | 43 min |
| Apr 9, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Dakota | 29 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.