Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2012, 5:34 PM CDT for Marshall County, South Dakota. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Marshall County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 5:55 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 7 Sw Veblen, 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 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2160 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 545 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
261 WFUS53 KABR 172234 TORABR SDC091-172300- /O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0007.120617T2234Z-120617T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 534 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 532 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HILLHEAD...OR 15 MILES EAST OF BRITTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... VEBLEN AROUND 550 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 4593 9724 4575 9723 4577 9752 4593 9759 TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 238DEG 21KT 4585 9743 $$ HINTZ
1 follow-up statement
788 WWUS53 KABR 172247 SVSABR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 547 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012 SDC091-172300- /O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120617T2300Z/ MARSHALL SD- 547 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 546 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HILLHEAD...OR 18 MILES EAST OF BRITTON... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... VEBLEN AROUND 555 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4577 9746 4593 9749 4593 9724 4575 9723 TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 264DEG 20KT 4582 9736 $$ HINTZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Marshall | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds, McPherson | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Day, Marshall | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Marshall | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Roberts | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Day, Marshall | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Day, Marshall, Roberts | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Marshall, Roberts | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Roberts | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Brown, Day | 23 min |
| Jun 17, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Day, Marshall, Roberts | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Roberts | 34 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.