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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2014, 8:38 PM CDT for Dixon County, Nebraska. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2014, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2014, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
County Dixon County, NE
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 4092 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1440 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 14.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
530
WFUS53 KFSD 180138
TORFSD
NEC051-180230-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0026.140618T0138Z-140618T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
838 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN DIXON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 836 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COLERIDGE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...
CONCORD AROUND 925 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4234 9703 4260 9703 4260 9701 4251 9683
4226 9687
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 299DEG 10KT 4246 9713
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
SCHUMACHER2 follow-up statements
801
WWUS53 KFSD 180200
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
900 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
NEC051-180230-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-140618T0230Z/
DIXON NE-
900 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN DIXON COUNTY
UNTIL 930 PM CDT...
AT 857 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DIXON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
DIXON AROUND 925 PM CDT.
CONCORD AROUND 930 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4234 9703 4260 9703 4260 9701 4251 9683
4226 9687
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 299DEG 10KT 4245 9710
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
SCHUMACHER524
WWUS53 KFSD 180212
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
912 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
NEC051-180230-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-140618T0230Z/
DIXON NE-
912 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL DIXON COUNTY
UNTIL 930 PM CDT...
AT 908 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DIXON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...AN OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE CONFIRMED A
TORNADO NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 15 AND 20 NEAR
LAUREL.
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...
DIXON AND CONCORD AROUND 930 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4231 9696 4234 9703 4260 9703 4260 9701
4251 9683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 299DEG 10KT 4246 9707
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
SCHUMACHERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Dixon | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Dixon | 36 min |
| Jun 17, 10:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Dixon | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dakota, Dixon | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 11:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Dakota, Dixon | 9 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.