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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 5, 2014Lincoln County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2014, 3:38 PM CDT for Lincoln County, South Dakota. It was in force for 37 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: Jun 5, 2014, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2014, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Lincoln County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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 5, 3:40 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Sse Harrisburg, SD	ON GROUND ALONG HIGHWAY 11 NORTH OF 275TH ST

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 224 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 446 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

069 
WFUS53 KFSD 052038
TORFSD
SDC083-052115-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0012.140605T2038Z-140605T2115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 335 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HARRISBURG...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
  MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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...
  CANTON AROUND 410 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 4334 9681 4346 9678 4341 9654 4339 9652
      4334 9654 4330 9653 4329 9655 4329 9659
      4327 9659 4326 9657 4325 9658
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 307DEG 13KT 4339 9669

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

SCHUMACHER

2 follow-up statements

858 
WWUS53 KFSD 052055
SVSFSD

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

SDC083-052115-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140605T2115Z/
LINCOLN SD-
355 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY
UNTIL 415 PM CDT...

AT 352 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF HARRISBURG...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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...
  CANTON AROUND 415 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 4333 9677 4343 9671 4339 9656 4338 9652
      4334 9654 4330 9653 4329 9655 4329 9659
      4327 9659 4326 9657 4325 9658
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 318DEG 12KT 4336 9665

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

SCHUMACHER

003 
WWUS53 KFSD 052059
SVSFSD

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

SDC083-052115-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140605T2115Z/
LINCOLN SD-
359 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY
UNTIL 415 PM CDT...

AT 356 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
CANTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. AT 340 PM CDT...A 
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR HIGHWAY 11 ABOUT 6 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF HARRISBURG.

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 TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CANTON AROUND 410 PM CDT.

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 4332 9675 4342 9669 4338 9652 4334 9654
      4330 9653 4329 9655 4329 9659 4327 9659
      4326 9657 4325 9658
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 316DEG 13KT 4335 9662

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

SCHUMACHER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 9:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FSD	Brookings	3 hr
Jun 5, 2:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Minnehaha	18 min
Jun 5, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Minnehaha	37 min
Jun 5, 2:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Minnehaha	31 min
Jun 5, 3:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Minnehaha	35 min
Jun 5, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln	43 min
Jun 5, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln	19 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.