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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2014, 9:24 PM CDT for Dixon County, Nebraska. It was in force for 51 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, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2014, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Dixon County, NE
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 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, 2.4 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.
029
WFUS53 KFSD 180224
TORFSD
NEC051-180315-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0027.140618T0224Z-140618T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
924 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL DIXON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 923 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF
LAURAL...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DIXON AROUND 945 PM CDT.
CONCORD AROUND 955 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4237 9702 4261 9702 4252 9690 4232 9695
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 290DEG 8KT 4247 9704
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
SCHUMACHER2 follow-up statements
618
WWUS53 KFSD 180237
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
937 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
NEC051-180315-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-140618T0315Z/
DIXON NE-
937 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL DIXON COUNTY
UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...
AT 935 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF DIXON NEAR THE CEDAR AND DIXON COUNTY
LINE...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL
BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DIXON AROUND 945 PM CDT.
CONCORD AROUND 950 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4237 9702 4261 9702 4252 9690 4232 9695
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 291DEG 9KT 4246 9701
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
SCHUMACHER716
WWUS53 KFSD 180259
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
959 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
NEC051-180315-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-140618T0315Z/
DIXON NE-
959 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL DIXON COUNTY
UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...
AT 957 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR DIXON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL
BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DIXON AROUND 1005 PM CDT.
CONCORD AROUND 1010 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4238 9702 4261 9702 4252 9690 4234 9694
TIME...MOT...LOC 0258Z 293DEG 7KT 4244 9700
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
SCHUMACHERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Dixon | 52 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.