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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 10, 2016Potter County, South Dakota

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 10, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2016-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 984 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 00:00Z on 2016-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 347 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
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

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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

$$

PARKIN
2 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

$$

PARKIN
224 
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 

$$

PARKIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Corson, Dewey, Walworth42 min
Aug 10, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Jones, Stanley39 min
Aug 10, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth33 min
Aug 10, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson, Dewey, Walworth34 min
Aug 10, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Potter, Sully35 min
Aug 10, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Corson, Dewey, McPherson, Walworth26 min
Aug 10, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRPotter18 min
Aug 10, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Jones, Lyman, Stanley35 min
Aug 10, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds, McPherson24 min
Aug 10, 8:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRDewey, Potter6 hr
Aug 10, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Potter, Walworth28 min
Aug 10, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRPotter, Walworth20 min
Aug 10, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Jones, Lyman, Stanley, Sully43 min
Aug 10, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Edmunds38 min
Aug 10, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Edmunds39 min
Aug 10, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Spink33 min
Aug 10, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Day, Spink46 min
Aug 10, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Day, Spink24 min
Aug 10, 10:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRClark, Day51 min
Aug 10, 11:29 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningABRDay, Roberts9 hr
Aug 10, 11:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRClark, Spink42 min
Aug 11, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Hamlin43 min
Aug 11, 12:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRDeuel, Hamlin49 min
Aug 11, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRStanley47 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.