Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2013, 11:50 PM CDT for Aurora County, Jerauld County, Sanborn County, South Dakota. It was in force for 25 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 22, 2013, 11:50 PM CDT (04:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2013, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Aurora County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Sanborn County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 22, 11:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | White Lake, SD | |
| Jun 23, 12:09 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 Nnw Mount Vernon, SD | POWER POLE SNAPPED. |
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 22, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 699 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1415 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KFSD 230450
TORFSD
SDC003-073-111-230515-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0010.130623T0450Z-130623T0515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1150 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN AURORA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN JERAULD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN SANBORN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
* AT 1146 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF WHITE LAKE...AND MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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 AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN
AURORA...SOUTHEASTERN JERAULD AND SOUTHWESTERN SANBORN 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 4400 9827 4385 9823 4385 9832 4380 9833
4372 9874 4394 9880
TIME...MOT...LOC 0450Z 251DEG 36KT 4384 9867
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CHENARD2 follow-up statements
309
WWUS53 KFSD 230505
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1205 AM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013
SDC003-073-111-230515-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130623T0515Z/
SANBORN SD-JERAULD SD-AURORA SD-
1205 AM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AURORA...
SOUTHEASTERN JERAULD AND SOUTHWESTERN SANBORN COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM
CDT...
AT MIDNIGHT CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF PLANKINTON...AND MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN SANBORN...NORTHEASTERN
AURORA AND SOUTHEASTERN JERAULD COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4394 9871 4400 9827 4385 9823 4385 9832
4380 9833 4374 9866
TIME...MOT...LOC 0505Z 254DEG 39KT 4388 9846
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CHENARD562
WWUS53 KFSD 230515 RRA
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1215 AM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013
SDC003-073-111-230524-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130623T0515Z/
SANBORN SD-JERAULD SD-AURORA SD-
1215 AM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN AURORA...SOUTHEASTERN JERAULD AND
SOUTHWESTERN SANBORN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 AM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING NO LONGER APPEARS TO BE
PRODUCING A TORNADO. HOWEVER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS STILL
IN EFFECT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 4394 9871 4400 9827 4385 9823 4385 9832
4380 9833 4374 9866
TIME...MOT...LOC 0514Z 254DEG 39KT 4388 9832
$$
CHENARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Moody | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha, Moody | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha, Moody | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule, Charles Mix, Gregory | 63 min |
| Jun 22, 11:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Moody | 6 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas, Jerauld and 1 more | 57 min |
| Jun 22, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sanborn | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Davison, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson and 4 more | 63 min |
| Jun 23, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson, Kingsbury, Lake, McCook, Miner | 39 min |
| Jun 23, 1:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Aurora, Davison | 4 hr |
| Jun 23, 1:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings, Kingsbury, Lake, McCook, Minnehaha, Moody | 51 min |
| Jun 23, 1:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Brookings, Kingsbury | 4 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Moody | 24 hr |
| Jun 23, 8:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Minnehaha, Moody | 6 days |
| Jun 23, 8:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 56 hr |
| Jun 23, 9:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Beadle | 7 days |
| Jun 23, 9:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Brookings | 5 days |
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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.