Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 40, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2014, 8:18 PM CDT for Beadle County, Sanborn County, South Dakota. It was in force for 42 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 18, 2014, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Beadle County, SD, Sanborn County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 8:28 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Nw Forestburg, SD | ROPE TORNADO |
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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.
610
WFUS53 KFSD 190118
TORFSD
SDC005-111-190200-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0040.140619T0118Z-140619T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
818 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL BEADLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
NORTHWESTERN SANBORN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 816 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WOONSOCKET...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 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 AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN
SANBORN AND SOUTH CENTRAL BEADLE COUNTIES.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4424 9791 4399 9817 4406 9833 4409 9833
4434 9819
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 201DEG 19KT 4402 9820
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
HANKO3 follow-up statements
896
WWUS53 KFSD 190130
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
830 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
SDC005-111-190200-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-140619T0200Z/
SANBORN SD-BEADLE SD-
830 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BEADLE AND
NORTH CENTRAL SANBORN COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...
AT 828 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WOONSOCKET...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. AT 828 PM CDT A TORNADO
WAS REPORTED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORESTBURG.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL
SANBORN AND SOUTH CENTRAL BEADLE COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4424 9791 4403 9813 4410 9825 4416 9829
4434 9819
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 196DEG 22KT 4410 9817
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
HANKO487
WWUS53 KFSD 190145
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
845 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
SDC005-111-190200-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-140619T0200Z/
SANBORN SD-BEADLE SD-
845 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BEADLE AND
NORTH CENTRAL SANBORN COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...
AT 844 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF FORESTBURG...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN BEADLE AND NORTHERN SANBORN
COUNTIES.
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 4424 9791 4411 9805 4417 9818 4423 9825
4434 9819
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 196DEG 22KT 4416 9811
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
HANKO965
WWUS53 KFSD 190151
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
851 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
SDC005-111-190201-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-140619T0200Z/
SANBORN SD-BEADLE SD-
851 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BEADLE AND NORTH CENTRAL
SANBORN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT.
LAT...LON 4424 9791 4411 9805 4417 9818 4423 9825
4434 9819
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 196DEG 22KT 4419 9810
$$
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, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Beadle, Jerauld, Sanborn | 45 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.