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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 5, 2014Rock County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2014, 4:43 PM CDT for Rock County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 min. 4 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, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2014, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.5 in

County Rock County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 4:55 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD5 N Beaver Creek, MN
Jun 5, 4:55 PM CDTHAIL 0.53 N Luverne, MNMARBLE HAIL REPORTED AT BLUE MOUNDS STATE PARK
Jun 5, 5:05 PM CDTTORNADO7 Wnw Luverne, MN
Jun 5, 5:07 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDBeaver Creek, MNMOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST

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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 216 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.

912 
WFUS53 KFSD 052143
TORFSD
MNC133-052215-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0014.140605T2143Z-140605T2215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 439 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SHERMAN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS 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...
  BEAVER CREEK AND BLUE MOUNDS STATE PARK AROUND 510 PM CDT.
  LUVERNE AROUND 515 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 4365 9609 4358 9637 4369 9643 4378 9645
      4383 9622
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 324DEG 15KT 4374 9637

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

SCHUMACHER
2 follow-up statements
261 
WWUS53 KFSD 052201
SVSFSD

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

MNC133-052215-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140605T2215Z/
ROCK MN-
501 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ROCK COUNTY UNTIL
515 PM CDT...

AT 456 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF SHERMAN...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...
  LUVERNE AND BLUE MOUNDS STATE PARK AROUND 515 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 4365 9609 4358 9637 4368 9639 4377 9639
      4380 9621
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 319DEG 14KT 4371 9632

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

$$

SCHUMACHER
859 
WWUS53 KFSD 052206
SVSFSD

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

MNC133-052215-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140605T2215Z/
ROCK MN-
506 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ROCK COUNTY UNTIL
515 PM CDT...

AT 456 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF SHERMAN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD WEST OF BLUE 
MOUNDS STATE PARK AT 455 PM CDT.

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...
  LUVERNE AND BLUE MOUNDS STATE PARK AROUND 515 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 4365 9609 4358 9637 4368 9639 4377 9639
      4380 9621
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 319DEG 14KT 4371 9632

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

$$

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 WarningFSDLincoln3 hr
Jun 5, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPipestone, Rock42 min
Jun 5, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Lyon46 min
Jun 5, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDRock39 min
Jun 5, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon46 min
Jun 5, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Lyon27 min
Jun 5, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDNobles, Rock19 min
Jun 5, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon38 min
Jun 5, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon, Murray, Pipestone19 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.