Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2012, 8:11 PM CDT for Codington County, Deuel County, Hamlin County, South Dakota. It was in force for 34 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, 2012, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2012, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Codington County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Hamlin County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 8:42 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Kranzburg, SD | |
| Jun 17, 8:43 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Kranzburg, SD |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 985 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
529 WFUS53 KABR 180111 TORABR SDC029-039-057-180145- /O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0013.120618T0111Z-120618T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 811 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CODINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... NORTHWESTERN DEUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... NORTHEASTERN HAMLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 807 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR THOMAS...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF WATERTOWN. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME! DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KRANZBURG AROUND 830 PM CDT... GOODWIN AROUND 835 PM CDT... THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 163 AND 179. THIS WARNING INCLUDES HIGHWAY 212 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 377 AND 390. 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 4498 9686 4471 9676 4475 9721 4484 9725 TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 256DEG 28KT 4478 9709 $$ HINTZ
2 follow-up statements
339 WWUS53 KABR 180121 SVSABR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 821 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012 SDC029-039-057-180145- /O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120618T0145Z/ HAMLIN SD-DEUEL SD-CODINGTON SD- 821 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CODINGTON... NORTHWESTERN DEUEL AND NORTHEASTERN HAMLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... AT 816 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF CASTLEWOOD...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATERTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE DEVELOPING TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GOODWIN AROUND 830 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4474 9698 4487 9708 4498 9686 4471 9676 TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 254DEG 33KT 4481 9692 $$ HINTZ
272 WWUS53 KABR 180142 SVSABR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 842 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012 SDC029-039-057-180152- /O.EXP.KABR.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120618T0145Z/ HAMLIN SD-DEUEL SD-CODINGTON SD- 842 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CODINGTON...NORTHWESTERN DEUEL AND NORTHEASTERN HAMLIN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT/745 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4474 9698 4487 9708 4498 9686 4471 9676 TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 254DEG 33KT 4486 9667 $$ HINTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Day, Grant, Roberts | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Roberts | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Codington, Hamlin | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Deuel, Grant, Roberts | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Grant, Roberts | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Deuel, Grant, Roberts | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Deuel, Grant | 30 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.