Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT for Jackson County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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 21, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2012, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jackson County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 1566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
619
WFUS53 KFSD 212100
TORFSD
MNC063-212130-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0008.120421T2100Z-120421T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
400 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKEFIELD...OR 12 MILES WEST OF
JACKSON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN
JACKSON 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.
&&
LAT...LON 4350 9508 4350 9515 4367 9530 4372 9523
4370 9515 4360 9495
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 308DEG 20KT 4363 9520
$$
HANKO2 follow-up statements
410
WWUS53 KFSD 212114
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
414 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2012
MNC063-212130-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120421T2130Z/
JACKSON MN-
414 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY
UNTIL 430 PM CDT...
AT 414 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKEFIELD...OR 9 MILES WEST OF JACKSON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL JACKSON
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN SIOUX FALLS.
&&
LAT...LON 4350 9508 4350 9515 4364 9526 4370 9515
4360 9495
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 309DEG 23KT 4359 9514
$$
HANKO755
WWUS53 KFSD 212126
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
426 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2012
MNC063-212136-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120421T2130Z/
JACKSON MN-
426 PM CDT SAT APR 21 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 430
PM CDT...
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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN SIOUX FALLS.
LAT...LON 4350 9508 4350 9515 4364 9526 4370 9515
4360 9495
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 309DEG 23KT 4354 9506
$$
HANKOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson | 37 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.