Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 35, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2014, 6:44 PM CDT for Jerauld County, South Dakota. It was in force for 46 min. 4 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 18, 2014, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2014, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Jerauld County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 18, 6:49 PM CDT | TORNADO | 16 Wsw Wessington Springs, SD | |
| Jun 18, 6:54 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 E Gann Valley, SD | TORNADO ON THE GROUND |
| Jun 18, 6:54 PM CDT | TORNADO | 15 Wsw Wessington Sprin, SD | |
| Jun 18, 7:02 PM CDT | TORNADO | 10 E Gann Valley, SD |
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 18, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 826 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 731 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
803
WFUS53 KFSD 182344
TORFSD
SDC073-190030-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0035.140618T2344Z-140619T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
644 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN JERAULD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 641 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GANN VALLEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
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 AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN
JERAULD 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.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4419 9857 4394 9886 4394 9893 4417 9894
4419 9893 4420 9857
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 236DEG 23KT 4404 9894
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
WEISSER1 follow-up statement
040
WWUS53 KFSD 182353
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
653 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
SDC073-190030-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-140619T0030Z/
JERAULD SD-
653 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN JERAULD COUNTY
UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 650 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GANN VALLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
AT 651 PM CDT...A FUNNEL CLUOD WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM 9 MILES
EAST SOUTHEAST OF GANN VALLEY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN JERAULD COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4419 9857 4394 9886 4394 9893 4417 9894
4419 9893 4420 9857
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 275DEG 17KT 4402 9890
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
WEISSERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Union | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | McCook, Minnehaha | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | McCook | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | McCook, Minnehaha | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 10:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | McCook, Miner | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson, McCook | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | McCook, Minnehaha | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 11:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Minnehaha | 63 hr |
| Jun 17, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson, McCook | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson, Miner, Sanborn | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson, McCook, Turner | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson, McCook | 51 min |
| Jun 18, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | McCook | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule, Jerauld | 31 min |
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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.