Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 2016, 11:54 PM CDT for Campbell County, McPherson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 41 min. 3 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
- Aug 9, 2016, 11:54 PM CDT (04:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2016, 12:35 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Campbell County, SD, McPherson County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:54 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 12:00 AM CDT | HAIL 2 | 3 N Eureka, SD | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Aug 10, 12:15 AM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | 11 Ne Eureka, SD | DELAYED REPORT: HAIL LASTED IN SOME FORM FOR 45 MINUTES STRAIGHT BETWEEN 11:30 PM AND 12:15 AM. THE LARGEST HAIL WAS THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS ALTHOUGH MOST WAS MUCH SMALLER. HAIL BROKE WINDSHIELDS ON VEHICLES AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO ROOFS. WIDESPREAD CROP DAMAGE TO |
| Aug 10, 12:30 AM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 5 Nw Long Lake, SD | TIME ESTIMATED. VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -422 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2672 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
825
WFUS53 KABR 100454
TORABR
SDC021-089-100545-
/O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0017.160810T0454Z-160810T0545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1154 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
EAST CENTRAL CAMPBELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
* AT 1154 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW TOWN CORNER...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
EUREKA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER.
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...
NEW TOWN CORNER AROUND 1210 AM CDT.
LONG LAKE AROUND 1230 AM 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 4570 9917 4576 9973 4592 9974 4594 9934
4594 9919
TIME...MOT...LOC 0454Z 265DEG 18KT 4581 9948
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
LUECK2 follow-up statements
916
WWUS53 KABR 100517
SVSABR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1217 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2016
SDC021-100526-
/O.CAN.KABR.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160810T0545Z/
CAMPBELL SD-
1217 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CAMPBELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4570 9917 4578 9954 4593 9957 4594 9934
4594 9919
TIME...MOT...LOC 0516Z 269DEG 17KT 4581 9933
$$
SDC089-100545-
/O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160810T0545Z/
MCPHERSON SD-
1217 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY...
AT 1216 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW TOWN CORNER...OR 14 MILES EAST OF
EUREKA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH 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...
LONG LAKE AROUND 1235 AM CDT.
LAT...LON 4570 9917 4578 9954 4593 9957 4594 9934
4594 9919
TIME...MOT...LOC 0516Z 269DEG 17KT 4581 9933
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
LUECK840
WWUS53 KABR 100535
SVSABR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1235 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2016
SDC089-100544-
/O.CAN.KABR.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160810T0545Z/
MCPHERSON SD-
1235 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MCPHERSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4570 9917 4578 9954 4593 9957 4594 9934
4594 9919
TIME...MOT...LOC 0533Z 265DEG 18KT 4582 9920
$$
LUECKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 9:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Campbell | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson | 51 min |
| Aug 9, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson, Dewey | 60 min |
| Aug 9, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, McPherson | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 11:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Campbell, McPherson | 51 min |
| Aug 9, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Walworth | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, McPherson | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson, Dewey | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds, Faulk, McPherson and 2 more | 43 min |
| Aug 10, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | McPherson | 42 min |
| Aug 10, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth | 67 min |
| Aug 10, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Dewey, Walworth | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds, McPherson | 56 min |
| Aug 10, 1:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Edmunds, Walworth | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 2:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Day, Grant, Marshall, Roberts, Spink | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 2:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ABR | Campbell, McPherson | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Marshall, Roberts | 35 min |
| Aug 10, 3:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | McPherson | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Roberts | 54 min |
| Aug 10, 3:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | McPherson | 42 min |
| Aug 10, 4:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Brown | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Day | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Day | 42 min |
| Aug 10, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Day, Marshall | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Day, Marshall | 42 min |
| Aug 10, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Day, Roberts | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Day, Grant, Roberts | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Walworth | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth | 11 min |
| Aug 10, 5:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Day | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Jones | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Day, Grant, Roberts | 32 min |
| Aug 10, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Jones | 22 min |
| Aug 10, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Walworth | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Grant, Roberts | 42 min |
| Aug 10, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Jones, Stanley | 17 min |
| Aug 10, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Grant, Roberts | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Campbell | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey, Potter, Sully | 41 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.