Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2015, 8:20 PM CDT for Beadle County, Jerauld County, Sanborn County, South Dakota. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2015, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2015, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Beadle County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Sanborn County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2157 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
398
WFUS53 KFSD 280120
TORFSD
SDC005-073-111-280145-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0015.150628T0120Z-150628T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
820 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN JERAULD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTH CENTRAL BEADLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
NORTHWESTERN SANBORN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 819 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER VIRGIL...OR 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF HURON...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 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 840 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4434 9851 4441 9830 4417 9812 4409 9844
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 342DEG 26KT 4431 9839
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
HANKO2 follow-up statements
945
WWUS53 KFSD 280125
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
825 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
SDC005-073-111-280145-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150628T0145Z/
JERAULD SD-BEADLE SD-SANBORN SD-
825 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN JERAULD...SOUTH CENTRAL BEADLE AND NORTHWESTERN SANBORN
COUNTIES...
AT 824 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR VIRGIL...OR 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF HURON...MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. AT 814 PM CDT A
TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN WOOLSEY.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ALPENA AROUND 835 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4428 9847 4436 9826 4417 9812 4410 9841
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 340DEG 29KT 4426 9836
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
HANKO039
WWUS53 KFSD 280139
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
839 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
SDC005-073-111-280148-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-150628T0145Z/
JERAULD SD-BEADLE SD-SANBORN SD-
839 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JERAULD...SOUTH CENTRAL
BEADLE AND NORTHWESTERN SANBORN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
SIOUX FALLS.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
SANBORN AND JERAULD COUNTIES.
LAT...LON 4428 9847 4436 9826 4417 9812 4410 9841
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 342DEG 26KT 4426 9836
$$
HANKOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle, Sanborn | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle, Davison, Jerauld, Sanborn | 44 min |
| Jun 27, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Davison, Hanson, Sanborn | 41 min |
| Jun 27, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison, Douglas, Hutchinson | 23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.