Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2014, 6:15 PM CDT for Marshall County, South Dakota. It was in force for 30 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 11, 2014, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2014, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Marshall County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 11, 6:18 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 W Fort Sisseton State, SD | MIX OF HAIL SIZES WITH THE LARGEST BEING GOLF BALL. TIME BASED OFF RADAR |
| Jun 11, 6:18 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 W Fort Sisseton State, SD | AN NWS SURVEY TEAM CONCLUDED THAT A BRIEF EF-1 TORNADO OCCURRED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 119TH ST AND 427TH AVE. A LARGE METAL GARAGE AND WOODEN OUTBUILDING BOTH SUSTAINED SIGNIFCANT DAMAGE. A FEW TREES ALSO SUSTAINED BROKEN LIMBS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 490 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
928
WFUS53 KABR 112315
TORABR
SDC091-112345-
/O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0005.140611T2315Z-140611T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
615 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 612 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF FORT SISSETON STATE PARK...OR 9
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRITTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
FORT SISSETON STATE PARK AROUND 620 PM CDT.
ROY LAKE STATE PARK AND LAKE CITY AROUND 630 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.
&&
LAT...LON 4576 9725 4562 9723 4562 9772 4569 9774
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 264DEG 35KT 4567 9761
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
SERR2 follow-up statements
820
WWUS53 KABR 112329
SVSABR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
629 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014
SDC091-112345-
/O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140611T2345Z/
MARSHALL SD-
629 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL MARSHALL
COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 627 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT SISSETON STATE PARK...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BRITTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ROY LAKE STATE PARK AND LAKE CITY AROUND 635 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4570 9756 4575 9734 4576 9725 4562 9723
4562 9755
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 276DEG 24KT 4565 9751
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
SERR341
WWUS53 KABR 112344
SVSABR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
644 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014
SDC091-112352-
/O.EXP.KABR.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140611T2345Z/
MARSHALL SD-
644 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 645 PM CDT/545 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 AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4570 9756 4575 9734 4576 9725 4562 9723
4562 9755
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 276DEG 24KT 4564 9739
$$
SERRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Marshall | 33 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.