Tornado Warning 21, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Issued

Jun 16, 2014, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC)

Expired

Jun 16, 2014, 5:30 PM CDT

In force

50 min

Issued by

NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Radar indicated

Hail

0.75 in

Counties Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, O'Brien County, IA

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

883 
WFUS53 KFSD 162140
TORFSD
IAC021-035-041-141-162230-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0021.140616T2140Z-140616T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...
  NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...
  SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...
  SOUTHEASTERN O'BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 439 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LARRABEE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  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...
  PETERSON AROUND 455 PM CDT.
  ROYAL AROUND 510 PM CDT.
  GREENVILLE AROUND 515 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ROSSIE.

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 4318 9524 4303 9497 4276 9549 4287 9558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 228DEG 31KT 4285 9549

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

CHAPMAN

379 
WWUS53 KFSD 162207
SVSFSD

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

IAC021-035-141-162217-
/O.CAN.KFSD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140616T2230Z/
O'BRIEN IA-BUENA VISTA IA-CHEROKEE IA-
507 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE...NORTHWESTERN BUENA
VISTA AND SOUTHEASTERN O'BRIEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4293 9535 4304 9538 4318 9524 4303 9497
      4292 9518
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 228DEG 28KT 4299 9528

$$

IAC041-162230-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140616T2230Z/
CLAY IA-
507 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CLAY COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM
CDT...

AT 507 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. 
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PETERSON...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SPENCER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE  DEVELOPING TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ROYAL AROUND 515 PM CDT...
  GREENVILLE AROUND 520 PM CDT...

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADO INCLUDE ROSSIE.

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 4293 9535 4304 9538 4318 9524 4303 9497
      4292 9518
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 228DEG 28KT 4299 9528

$$

CHAPMAN

072 
WWUS53 KFSD 162234
SVSFSD

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

IAC041-162250-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140616T2230Z/
CLAY IA-
534 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CLAY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED IN TERMS OF A 
TORNADIC SIGNATURE...BUT STILL APPEARS TO BE SEVERE WITH A THREAT OF 
HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE BETWEEN DICKENS AND GILLETT GROVE. A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4293 9535 4304 9538 4318 9524 4303 9497
      4292 9518
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 228DEG 28KT 4299 9528

$$

CHAPMAN

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