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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Aug 3, 2012, 4:43 PM CDT for Edmunds County, Faulk County, South Dakota. It was in force for 26 min. 3 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
- Aug 3, 2012, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2012, 5:09 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 4:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 3 S Roscoe, SD | NSSL SHAVE REPORT |
| Aug 3, 4:53 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Ne Loyalton, SD | NSSL SHAVE REPORT |
| Aug 3, 4:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 12 E Loyalton, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 254 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -271 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1688 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
970 WFUS53 KABR 032143 TORABR SDC045-049-032230- /O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0015.120803T2143Z-120803T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 443 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN EDMUNDS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... NORTHEASTERN FAULK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 437 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOYALTON...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IPSWICH...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... PEMBROOK COLONY AROUND 500 PM CDT... LARGE HAIL TO TENNIS BALL SIZE WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER NOW. 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 OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 4536 9873 4519 9876 4525 9939 4543 9935 TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 279DEG 31KT 4533 9924 $$ DORN
2 follow-up statements
122 WWUS53 KABR 032203 SVSABR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 503 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 SDC045-049-032230- /O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120803T2230Z/ FAULK SD-EDMUNDS SD- 503 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN EDMUNDS AND NORTHEASTERN FAULK COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 500 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PEMBROOK COLONY...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IPSWICH...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. IN ADDITION...AT 455 PM CDT GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED 12 MILES EAST OF LOYALTON WITH THIS STORM. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN FAULK AND SOUTHEASTERN EDMUNDS COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN. && LAT...LON 4542 9926 4536 9873 4519 9876 4524 9926 TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 267DEG 39KT 4535 9890 $$ DORN
238 WWUS53 KABR 032209 SVSABR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 509 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 SDC045-049-032219- /O.CAN.KABR.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120803T2230Z/ FAULK SD-EDMUNDS SD- 509 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN EDMUNDS AND NORTHEASTERN FAULK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA...AND STRONG WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN. LAT...LON 4542 9926 4536 9873 4519 9876 4524 9926 TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 267DEG 39KT 4535 9879 $$ DORN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Walworth | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Walworth | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Walworth | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds, Faulk, Spink | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Edmunds | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Edmunds, Faulk | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds, Faulk, Spink | 61 min |
| Aug 3, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds, McPherson | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk, Hand, Hyde, Spink | 58 min |
| Aug 3, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Clark, Day, McPherson, Marshall, Spink | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Spink | 50 min |
| Aug 3, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Day, Hand, Spink | 67 min |
| Aug 3, 6:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABR | Spink | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Clark, Codington, Day, Hamlin, Spink | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin | 67 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.