Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Aug 10, 2016, 8:53 PM CDT for Potter County, South Dakota. It was in force for 24 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
- Aug 10, 2016, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2016, 9:17 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Potter County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 10, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 984 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 347 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 497 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
The text
As transmitted.
127
WFUS53 KABR 110153
TORABR
SDC107-110230-
/O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0019.160811T0153Z-160811T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
853 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL POTTER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 853 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WHITLOCKS BAY REC AREA...OR 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GETTYSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CENTRAL POTTER COUNTY.
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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
ABERDEEN.
&&
LAT...LON 4501 10013 4507 10021 4520 9994 4511 9983
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 243DEG 24KT 4508 10011
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
PARKIN2 follow-up statements
125
WWUS53 KABR 110208
SVSABR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
908 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016
SDC107-110230-
/O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160811T0230Z/
POTTER SD-
908 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
POTTER COUNTY...
AT 907 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GETTYSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CENTRAL POTTER COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 4507 10004 4510 10007 4518 9992 4513 9986
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 238DEG 21KT 4510 10002
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
PARKIN224
WWUS53 KABR 110217
SVSABR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
917 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016
SDC107-110227-
/O.CAN.KABR.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160811T0230Z/
POTTER SD-
917 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL POTTER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ABERDEEN.
LAT...LON 4507 10004 4510 10007 4518 9992 4513 9986
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 243DEG 24KT 4513 9993
$$
PARKINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Walworth | 42 min |
| Aug 10, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes, Jones, Stanley | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth | 33 min |
| Aug 10, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Corson, Dewey, Walworth | 34 min |
| Aug 10, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey, Potter, Sully | 35 min |
| Aug 10, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Corson, Dewey, McPherson, Walworth | 26 min |
| Aug 10, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Potter | 18 min |
| Aug 10, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes, Jones, Lyman, Stanley | 35 min |
| Aug 10, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Edmunds, McPherson | 24 min |
| Aug 10, 8:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Dewey, Potter | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey, Potter, Walworth | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Potter, Walworth | 20 min |
| Aug 10, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes, Jones, Lyman, Stanley, Sully | 43 min |
| Aug 10, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Spink | 33 min |
| Aug 10, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Day, Spink | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Day, Spink | 24 min |
| Aug 10, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Clark, Day | 51 min |
| Aug 10, 11:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ABR | Day, Roberts | 9 hr |
| Aug 10, 11:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Clark, Spink | 42 min |
| Aug 11, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Hamlin | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 12:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Deuel, Hamlin | 49 min |
| Aug 11, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Stanley | 47 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.