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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 5, 2014Minnehaha County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2014, 2:44 PM CDT for Minnehaha County, South Dakota. It was in force for 31 min. 8 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 5, 2014, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2014, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.25 in

County Minnehaha County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 2:52 PM CDTHAIL 1.755 Wnw Sioux Falls, SD
Jun 5, 3:00 PM CDTHAIL 12 W Sioux Falls, SD
Jun 5, 3:03 PM CDTHAIL 14 W Sioux Falls, SDQUARTER SIZE HAIL AT 12TH AND VALLEY VIEW IN WESTERN SIOUX FALLS
Jun 5, 3:04 PM CDTHAIL 1Sioux Falls, SD
Jun 5, 3:07 PM CDTHAIL 0.53 N Sioux Falls, SD
Jun 5, 3:09 PM CDTHAIL 1Sioux Falls, SDQUARTER SIZE HAIL AT 8TH AND SUMMIT IN SIOUX FALLS
Jun 5, 3:14 PM CDTHAIL 1Sioux Falls, SD
Jun 5, 3:15 PM CDTHAIL 2Sioux Falls, SD

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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 197 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2014-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 575 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2014-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
575 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
701 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

180 
WFUS53 KFSD 051944
TORFSD
SDC099-052015-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0010.140605T1944Z-140605T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
244 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 243 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF SIOUX FALLS...AND MOVING 
  EAST AT 10 MPH. 

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
  SIOUX FALLS AROUND 310 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 4361 9660 4350 9667 4352 9698 4362 9694
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 281DEG 10KT 4355 9683

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$
2 follow-up statements
507 
WWUS53 KFSD 051954
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
254 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

SDC099-052015-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140605T2015Z/
MINNEHAHA SD-
254 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNEHAHA
COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

AT 252 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SIOUX FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
  SIOUX FALLS AROUND 310 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 4361 9660 4350 9667 4352 9698 4362 9694
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 281DEG 10KT 4354 9680

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

SCHUMACHER
542 
WWUS53 KFSD 051959
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
259 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

SDC099-052015-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140605T2015Z/
MINNEHAHA SD-
259 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNEHAHA
COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

AT 256 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SIOUX FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
  SIOUX FALLS THROUGH 310 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 4361 9685 4361 9660 4350 9667 4351 9689
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 281DEG 10KT 4354 9678

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

SCHUMACHER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 9:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDBrookings3 hr
Jun 5, 2:12 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDMinnehaha18 min
Jun 5, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMinnehaha37 min
Jun 5, 3:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLincoln, Minnehaha35 min
Jun 5, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln43 min
Jun 5, 3:38 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLincoln37 min
Jun 5, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln19 min

Nearby

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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.