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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Aberdeen, SD

July 5, 2016Hand County, South Dakota

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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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 5, 3:47 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD8 Ese Miller Dale Colon, SDWEAK AND GENERALLY DISORGANIZED.
Jul 5, 4:05 PM CDTHAIL 1.259 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 5, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2016-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 308 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2016-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

TMT
2 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

$$

TMT
544 
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 

$$

TMT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 9:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRMarshall34 min
Jul 4, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRMarshall31 min
Jul 4, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRRoberts39 min
Jul 4, 11:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRStanley40 min
Jul 4, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Hughes, Stanley, Sully35 min
Jul 5, 1:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRFaulk, Hand, Hyde63 min
Jul 5, 3:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRDay64 min
Jul 5, 4:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRRoberts23 min
Jul 5, 4:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRRoberts34 min
Jul 5, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRHyde46 min
Jul 5, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand25 min
Jul 5, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin40 min
Jul 5, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDeuel37 min
Jul 5, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDeuel, Hamlin38 min
Jul 5, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDeuel, Grant21 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.