Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT for Beadle County, Jerauld County, Sanborn County, South Dakota. It was in force for 45 min. 8 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, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2014, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Beadle County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Sanborn County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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, 8:01 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 N Lane, SD | |
| Jun 18, 8:02 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Nne Lane, SD | 2 TORNADOES- WIDTH IS EXPANDING ON MAIN CONE. |
| Jun 18, 8:07 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Ne Lane, SD | WALNUT SIZED HAIL AS WELL |
| Jun 18, 8:09 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Ne Lane, SD | POWERLINE DOWN, TREES SNAPPED, AND BARK STRIPPED FROM TREES |
| Jun 18, 8:11 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw Alpena, SD | |
| Jun 18, 8:17 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 S Alpena, SD | LARGE STOVE PIPE RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO MOVING NORTH |
| Jun 18, 8:25 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 W Alpena, SD | ROPE TORNADO...NEW CIRCULATION DEVELOPING NEAR ALPENA |
| Jun 18, 8:27 PM CDT | TORNADO | Alpena, 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 1475 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1398 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 7.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
118
WFUS53 KFSD 190100
TORFSD
SDC005-073-111-190145-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0039.140619T0100Z-140619T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
800 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BEADLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
NORTHEASTERN JERAULD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
NORTHWESTERN SANBORN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 758 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF
WESSINGTON SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
ALPENA AROUND 815 PM CDT.
VIRGIL AROUND 830 PM CDT.
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.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4445 9858 4430 9814 4404 9837 4416 9871
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 220DEG 17KT 4418 9853
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
HANKO2 follow-up statements
298
WWUS53 KFSD 190114
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
814 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
SDC073-190124-
/O.CAN.KFSD.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140619T0145Z/
JERAULD SD-
814 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JERAULD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4430 9814 4422 9820 4414 9828 4416 9833
4420 9833 4419 9844 4426 9862 4445 9858
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 195DEG 22KT 4428 9852
$$
SDC005-111-190145-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140619T0145Z/
SANBORN SD-BEADLE SD-
814 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BEADLE AND
NORTHWESTERN SANBORN COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 811 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VIRGIL...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 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...
VIRGIL AROUND 820 PM CDT.
WOLSEY AROUND 835 PM CDT.
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 4430 9814 4422 9820 4414 9828 4416 9833
4420 9833 4419 9844 4426 9862 4445 9858
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 195DEG 22KT 4428 9852
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
HANKO163
WWUS53 KFSD 190127
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
827 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
SDC005-111-190145-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140619T0145Z/
SANBORN SD-BEADLE SD-
827 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BEADLE AND
NORTHWESTERN SANBORN COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 825 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ALPENA...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. AT 827 PM CDT ON THE
WEST SIDE OF ALPENA.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
VIRGIL AROUND 840 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4430 9814 4422 9820 4414 9828 4416 9833
4420 9833 4419 9842 4420 9844 4424 9844
4440 9842
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 212DEG 12KT 4421 9836
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
HANKOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Beadle, Jerauld | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Jerauld, Sanborn | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Beadle, Sanborn | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Beadle | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Beadle | 24 min |
| Jun 19, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 3:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle, Kingsbury, Miner, Sanborn | 47 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.