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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2014, 10:09 PM CDT for Dixon County, Nebraska. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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 17, 2014, 10:09 PM CDT (03:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2014, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Dixon County, NE
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 10:50 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 N Dixon, NE | THREE RESIDENCES DAMAGED AND POWER LINES DOWN. ROADS FLOODED |
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.
| 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, 3.2 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.
843
WFUS53 KFSD 180309
TORFSD
NEC051-180345-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0028.140618T0309Z-140618T0345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1009 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 1045 PM CDT
* AT 1007 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST
OF DIXON...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG 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 AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL DIXON
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4238 9702 4261 9702 4252 9685 4234 9690
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 288DEG 5KT 4245 9697
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
SCHUMACHER2 follow-up statements
155
WWUS53 KFSD 180322
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1022 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
NEC051-180345-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-140618T0345Z/
DIXON NE-
1022 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL DIXON COUNTY
UNTIL 1045 PM CDT...
AT 1019 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTH OF LAURAL. A
SECOND CIRCULATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS DEVELOPING
NEAR DIXON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CONCORD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4238 9702 4261 9702 4252 9685 4234 9690
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 293DEG 9KT 4241 9698
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
SCHUMACHER258
WWUS53 KFSD 180332
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1032 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
NEC051-180345-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-140618T0345Z/
DIXON NE-
1032 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL DIXON COUNTY
UNTIL 1045 PM CDT...
AT 1031 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DIXON...AND IS
NOW MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG 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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DIXON AND CONCORD.
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 9685 4234 9690
TIME...MOT...LOC 0332Z 297DEG 9KT 4241 9701
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, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Dixon | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Dixon | 51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.