Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2016, 3:29 PM CDT for Hand County, South Dakota. It was in force for 31 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
- Jul 5, 2016, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Hand County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 3:47 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 8 Ese Miller Dale Colon, SD | WEAK AND GENERALLY DISORGANIZED. |
| Jul 5, 4:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 9 Ne Danforth, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 308 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -449 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
092
WFUS53 KABR 052029
TORABR
SDC059-052100-
/O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0011.160705T2029Z-160705T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
329 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN HAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
* AT 328 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER MILLER DALE COLONY...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MILLER...MOVING EAST AT 50 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 BE NEAR...
SUNSHINE BIBLE ACADEMY AROUND 335 PM CDT.
VAYLAND AROUND 350 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 4433 9920 4447 9919 4454 9871 4429 9871
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 263DEG 41KT 4442 9910
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
TMT2 follow-up statements
277
WWUS53 KABR 052052
SVSABR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
352 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
SDC059-052100-
/O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160705T2100Z/
HAND SD-
352 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HAND COUNTY...
AT 352 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ROSEHILL DAM...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILLER...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ROSEHILL DAM AND VAYLAND AROUND 355 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4432 9894 4448 9893 4454 9871 4429 9871
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 265DEG 36KT 4439 9884
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
TMT544
WWUS53 KABR 052102
SVSABR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
402 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
SDC059-052111-
/O.EXP.KABR.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160705T2100Z/
HAND SD-
402 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HAND COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL REMAINS LIKELY AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ABERDEEN.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHEAST HAND COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4432 9894 4448 9893 4454 9871 4429 9871
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 263DEG 41KT 4439 9884
$$
TMTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 9:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Marshall | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Marshall | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Roberts | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 11:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Stanley | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey, Hughes, Stanley, Sully | 35 min |
| Jul 5, 1:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Faulk, Hand, Hyde | 63 min |
| Jul 5, 3:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Day | 64 min |
| Jul 5, 4:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Roberts | 23 min |
| Jul 5, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Roberts | 34 min |
| Jul 5, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Hyde | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Deuel | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Deuel, Hamlin | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Deuel, Grant | 21 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.