Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jul 16, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT for Clark County, Hamlin County, South Dakota. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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 16, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Clark County, SD, Hamlin County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 8:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 Ese Naples, 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 16, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 687 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1298 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 515 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
926
WFUS53 KABR 170130
TORABR
SDC025-057-170200-
/O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0014.160717T0130Z-160717T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
830 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...
NORTHWESTERN HAMLIN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 830 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NAPLES...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CLARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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...
NAPLES AROUND 835 PM CDT.
MAYFIELD COLONY AROUND 840 PM CDT.
VIENNA AROUND 850 PM CDT.
HAZEL AROUND 900 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 4476 9766 4483 9757 4476 9736 4464 9752
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 302DEG 15KT 4477 9756
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
LUECK1 follow-up statement
456
WWUS53 KABR 170146
SVSABR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
846 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
SDC025-057-170200-
/O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160717T0200Z/
CLARK SD-HAMLIN SD-
846 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL CLARK AND NORTHWESTERN HAMLIN COUNTIES...
AT 846 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER VIENNA...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLARK...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HAZEL AND VIENNA AROUND 900 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4476 9766 4483 9757 4476 9736 4464 9752
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 319DEG 11KT 4473 9752
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
LUECKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Roberts | 27 min |
| Jul 16, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark | 40 min |
| Jul 16, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Clark, Spink | 23 min |
| Jul 16, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Codington, Hamlin | 38 min |
| Jul 16, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Clark | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson | 50 min |
| Jul 16, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson, Dewey | 40 min |
| Jul 16, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Codington, Hamlin | 65 min |
| Jul 16, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes, Hyde, Stanley, Sully | 42 min |
| Jul 16, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Deuel, Hamlin | 52 min |
| Jul 16, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds, Faulk, McPherson and 2 more | 40 min |
| Jul 16, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Campbell, Edmunds, Faulk, McPherson, Potter and 2 more | 60 min |
| Jul 16, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Deuel, Hamlin | 15 min |
| Jul 16, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds, Faulk, McPherson, Spink | 66 min |
| Jul 16, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Deuel | 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.