Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2013, 6:12 PM CDT for Jackson County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 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
- May 17, 2013, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2013, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Jackson County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 6:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Ne Lakefield, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 512 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
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
185
WFUS53 KFSD 172312
TORFSD
MNC063-172345-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0006.130517T2312Z-130517T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
612 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 610 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKEFIELD...
AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL JACKSON
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4358 9501 4355 9525 4377 9526 4380 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 350DEG 12KT 4370 9516
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
SCHUMACHER2 follow-up statements
193
WWUS53 KFSD 172327
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
627 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
MNC063-172345-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130517T2345Z/
JACKSON MN-
627 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY
UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 621 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKEFIELD...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BETWEEN EXIT 64 AND EXIT 72 ON INTERSTATE 90 AROUND 635 PM CDT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4358 9501 4355 9525 4375 9522 4378 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 343DEG 16KT 4365 9511
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
SCHUMACHER518 WWUS53 KFSD 172344 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 644 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013 MNC063-172354- /O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130517T2345Z/ JACKSON MN- 644 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. LAT...LON 4358 9501 4355 9525 4375 9522 4378 9509 TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 343DEG 16KT 4357 9508 $$ SCHUMACHER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 38 min |
| May 17, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 48 min |
| May 17, 4:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 105 min |
| May 17, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 46 min |
| May 17, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 49 min |
| May 17, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 28 min |
| May 17, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 40 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.