Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2013, 3:41 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 21, 2013, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2013, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Codington County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Hamlin County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 3:43 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Stone Bridge, SD | MAJOR DAMAGE REPORTED TO BUILDINGS AND BARRNS AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 81 AND 28 |
| Jun 21, 3:51 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 80 | 1 Nw Lake Norden, 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 21, 1:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 267 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -511 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1123 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
231
WFUS53 KABR 212041
TORABR
SDC029-039-057-212115-
/O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0013.130621T2041Z-130621T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
341 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CODINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
WEST CENTRAL DEUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
HAMLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
* AT 338 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HAYTI...OR 14 MILES WEST OF ESTELLINE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS
WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
CASTLEWOOD AND DEMPSTER AROUND 355 PM CDT.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 155 AND 172.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4453 9712 4454 9722 4467 9735 4487 9691
4464 9671
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 237DEG 30KT 4464 9715
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
CONNELLY1 follow-up statement
047
WWUS53 KABR 212113
SVSABR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
413 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013
SDC029-039-057-212123-
/O.EXP.KABR.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130621T2115Z/
HAMLIN SD-DEUEL SD-CODINGTON SD-
413 PM CDT FRI JUN 21 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CODINGTON...WEST CENTRAL
DEUEL AND HAMLIN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT/315 PM MDT/...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA. HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4453 9712 4454 9722 4467 9735 4487 9691
4464 9671
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 237DEG 30KT 4478 9683
$$
CONNELLYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey | 54 min |
| Jun 20, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 11:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Roberts | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin | 51 min |
| Jun 21, 10:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Jones | 57 min |
| Jun 21, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes, Jones, Lyman, Stanley | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 12:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes, Lyman, Stanley, Sully | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Lyman and 1 more | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Sully | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk, Hand, Spink | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 1:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Spink | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk, Hand, Hyde | 57 min |
| Jun 21, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Hand, Hyde, Spink | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 1:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Hand, Spink | 23 min |
| Jun 21, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Spink | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 2:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Spink | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Spink | 27 min |
| Jun 21, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Codington | 51 min |
| Jun 21, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Hand, Spink | 19 min |
| Jun 21, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Spink | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 2:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Faulk, Hand, Hyde, Spink | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Clark, Spink | 37 min |
| Jun 21, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Spink | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 2:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Clark, Spink | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Clark, Hamlin | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Clark | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Codington, Hamlin | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Clark, Codington, Deuel, Hamlin | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin | 64 min |
| Jun 21, 4:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Codington | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Grant | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Grant, Roberts | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Grant, Roberts | 48 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.