Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2014, 2:12 PM CDT for Minnehaha County, South Dakota. It was in force for 18 min. 2 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 5, 2014, 2:12 PM CDT (19:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2014, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Minnehaha County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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 5, 2:14 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 E Hartford, SD | |
| Jun 5, 2:17 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Nne Hartford, SD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 575 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
335
WFUS53 KFSD 051912
TORFSD
SDC099-051930-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0009.140605T1912Z-140605T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
212 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 230 PM CDT
* AT 209 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HARTFORD...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 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 CENTRAL
MINNEHAHA 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.
&&
LAT...LON 4378 9683 4363 9681 4361 9707 4372 9706
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 264DEG 16KT 4364 9694
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SCHUMACHER1 follow-up statement
143 WWUS53 KFSD 051926 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 226 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014 SDC099-051936- /O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140605T1930Z/ MINNEHAHA SD- 226 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MINNEHAHA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 230 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER...IT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. LAT...LON 4378 9683 4363 9681 4361 9707 4372 9706 TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 264DEG 16KT 4365 9685 $$ SCHUMACHER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 9:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Brookings | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 37 min |
| Jun 5, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Minnehaha | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 43 min |
| Jun 5, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 37 min |
| Jun 5, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 19 min |
Nearby
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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.