Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2012, 5:59 PM CDT for Marshall County, Roberts County, South Dakota. It was in force for 31 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
- Jun 17, 2012, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Marshall County, SD, Roberts County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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.
204 WFUS53 KABR 172259 TORABR SDC091-109-172330- /O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0008.120617T2259Z-120617T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 559 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... NORTHWESTERN ROBERTS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VEBLEN...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF SISSETON...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. IN ADDITION...AT 5:55 PM TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 7 MILES WEST OF VEBLEN WITH THIS STORM. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN MARSHALL AND NORTHWESTERN ROBERTS COUNTIES. 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 4594 9713 4571 9708 4570 9734 4589 9740 TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 254DEG 15KT 4581 9729 $$ HINTZ
2 follow-up statements
374 WWUS53 KABR 172314 SVSABR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 614 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012 SDC091-109-172330- /O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120617T2330Z/ ROBERTS SD-MARSHALL SD- 614 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL MARSHALL AND WEST CENTRAL ROBERTS COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 608 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF VEBLEN...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF SISSETON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN ROBERTS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4570 9734 4584 9727 4582 9710 4571 9708 TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 279DEG 18KT 4574 9719 $$ HINTZ
196 WWUS53 KABR 172327 SVSABR SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 627 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012 SDC091-109-172337- /O.EXP.KABR.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120617T2330Z/ ROBERTS SD-MARSHALL SD- 627 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MARSHALL AND WEST CENTRAL ROBERTS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT/530 PM MDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4570 9734 4584 9727 4582 9710 4571 9708 TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 279DEG 18KT 4573 9710 $$ 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, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Marshall | 26 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.