Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2014, 6:27 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Hand County, South Dakota. It was in force for 33 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 18, 2014, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Buffalo County, SD, Hand County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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 18, 6:51 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 E Gann Valley, SD | DIME HAIL WITH 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. |
| Jun 18, 6:54 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 E Gann Valley, SD | TORNADO ON THE GROUND |
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 18, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 826 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 731 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
931
WFUS53 KABR 182327
TORABR
SDC017-059-190000-
/O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0008.140618T2327Z-140619T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
627 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BUFFALO COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN HAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 624 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GANN VALLEY...OR 15 MILES
EAST OF FORT THOMPSON...MOVING EAST AT 10 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...
GANN VALLEY AROUND 655 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4397 9924 4398 9924 4423 9928 4445 9907
4409 9891 4394 9891 4393 9893 4393 9923
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 264DEG 10KT 4408 9909
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CONNELLY2 follow-up statements
116
WWUS53 KABR 182345
SVSABR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
645 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
SDC059-182355-
/O.CAN.KABR.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140619T0000Z/
HAND SD-
645 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAND COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EITHER WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4394 9911 4420 9923 4420 9896 4409 9891
4395 9891 4394 9892 4393 9893
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 264DEG 10KT 4408 9902
$$
SDC017-190000-
/O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140619T0000Z/
BUFFALO SD-
645 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN BUFFALO COUNTY
UNTIL 700 PM CDT...
AT 644 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GANN VALLEY...OR 19 MILES EAST OF FORT THOMPSON...
MOVING EAST AT 10 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...
GANN VALLEY AROUND 650 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4394 9911 4420 9923 4420 9896 4409 9891
4395 9891 4394 9892 4393 9893
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 264DEG 10KT 4408 9902
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
CONNELLY867
WWUS53 KABR 182359
SVSABR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
659 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
SDC017-190010-
/O.EXP.KABR.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140619T0000Z/
BUFFALO SD-
659 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN BUFFALO COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN ABERDEEN.
LAT...LON 4394 9911 4420 9923 4420 9896 4409 9891
4395 9891 4394 9892 4393 9893
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 264DEG 10KT 4408 9896
$$
CONNELLYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 2:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey, Stanley | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 3:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson, Dewey | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey, Hughes, Potter, Stanley, Sully | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Walworth | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 4:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey, Hughes, Potter, Stanley, Sully | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Edmunds, Potter, Walworth | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk, Hand, Hyde, Sully | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 7:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Edmunds, McPherson | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 8:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey, Stanley | 54 min |
| Jun 18, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey, Potter, Stanley, Sully | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey, Potter | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson, Dewey | 63 min |
| Jun 18, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey, Potter, Walworth | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 3:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Corson, Dewey | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson | 34 min |
| Jun 18, 4:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Dewey | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 5:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Potter, Walworth | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, McPherson, Walworth | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Buffalo, Hand, Hyde | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Hand, Hyde | 26 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.