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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 16, 2014Nobles County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2014, 3:36 PM CDT for Nobles County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 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 16, 2014, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2014, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.25 in

County Nobles County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 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 16, 3:50 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 602 Ene Rushmore, MN
Jun 16, 4:03 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 609 Nnw Worthington, MN

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 16, 12:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 204 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2014-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2014-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 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.

441 
WFUS53 KFSD 162036
TORFSD
MNC105-162100-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0019.140616T2036Z-140616T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
336 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 333 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WILMONT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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 AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN
  NOBLES COUNTY.

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 4364 9545 4361 9589 4375 9598 4385 9553
      4385 9547
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 246DEG 29KT 4371 9580

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

$$

HANKO
2 follow-up statements
565 
WWUS53 KFSD 162051
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
351 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

MNC105-162100-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140616T2100Z/
NOBLES MN-
351 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN NOBLES COUNTY
UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 348 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUSHMORE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
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.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BREWSTER AND KINBRAE.

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 4364 9545 4361 9583 4377 9586 4385 9553
      4385 9547
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 261DEG 19KT 4370 9573

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

$$

HANKO
094 
WWUS53 KFSD 162101
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
401 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

MNC105-162111-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140616T2100Z/
NOBLES MN-
401 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NOBLES COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 
FOR THE AREA.  

LAT...LON 4364 9545 4361 9583 4377 9586 4385 9553
      4385 9547
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 261DEG 19KT 4370 9573

$$

HANKO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 8:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDJackson16 days
Jun 16, 3:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchFSDCottonwood, Jackson, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone and 1 more20 hr
Jun 16, 12:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDLincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock6 hr
Jun 16, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPipestone, Rock46 min
Jun 16, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPipestone41 min
Jun 16, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPipestone, Rock38 min
Jun 16, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDRock43 min
Jun 16, 2:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDCottonwood, Jackson4 hr
Jun 16, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMurray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock38 min
Jun 16, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDRock45 min
Jun 16, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMurray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock38 min
Jun 16, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles44 min
Jun 16, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDNobles, Rock51 min
Jun 16, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles37 min
Jun 16, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDNobles, Rock23 min
Jun 16, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDJackson36 min
Jun 16, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCottonwood, Jackson16 min
Jun 16, 6:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDMurray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock3 hr
Jun 16, 6:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDCottonwood, Jackson2 hr

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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.