Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2015, 4:32 PM CDT for Big Stone County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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
- May 16, 2015, 4:32 PM CDT (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2015, 5:02 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Big Stone County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 4:38 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 63 | 6 Ese Ortonville, MN | MEASURED WITH BIG STONE RAWS. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
| May 16, 4:54 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 56 | 3 Wsw Artichoke, MN |
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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
121
WFUS53 KABR 162132
TORABR
MNC011-162215-
/O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0004.150516T2132Z-150516T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
432 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN BIG STONE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 430 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER ODESSA...OR NEAR ORTONVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. AT 420 PM...A TRAINED SPOTTER
IN NEARBY LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN.
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...
ARTICHOKE LAKE AROUND 455 PM CDT.
ARTICHOKE AROUND 500 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4522 9627 4523 9628 4525 9629 4525 9631
4526 9637 4526 9641 4527 9643 4557 9624
4541 9624 4541 9612 4531 9612
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 214DEG 25KT 4524 9636
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
DORN2 follow-up statements
735
WWUS53 KABR 162148
SVSABR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
448 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
MNC011-162215-
/O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150516T2215Z/
BIG STONE MN-
448 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
BIG STONE COUNTY...
AT 447 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ODESSA...OR 7 MILES EAST OF ORTONVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ARTICHOKE LAKE AROUND 500 PM CDT.
ARTICHOKE AROUND 505 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 4522 9627 4523 9628 4525 9629 4525 9631
4532 9638 4557 9624 4541 9624 4541 9612
4531 9612
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 213DEG 21KT 4534 9630
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
DORN041
WWUS53 KABR 162202
SVSABR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
502 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
MNC011-162212-
/O.CAN.KABR.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150516T2215Z/
BIG STONE MN-
502 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN BIG STONE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4522 9627 4523 9628 4525 9629 4525 9631
4532 9638 4557 9624 4541 9624 4541 9612
4531 9612
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 214DEG 25KT 4546 9623
$$
DORNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Big Stone | 48 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.