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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 14, 2016Day County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2016, 2:45 PM CDT for Day County, South Dakota. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 14, 2016, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
0.0 in

County Day County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 2016-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 78 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 2016-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
78 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-188 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
907 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

048 
WFUS53 KABR 141945
TORABR
SDC037-142015-
/O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0005.160614T1945Z-160614T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
245 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL DAY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 244 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6
  MILES WEST OF WEBSTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  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. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ROSLYN AROUND 300 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4534 9757 4537 9767 4557 9757 4551 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 208DEG 24KT 4541 9757 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

SERR
1 follow-up statement
740 
WWUS53 KABR 141958
SVSABR

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
258 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

SDC037-142015-
/O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160614T2015Z/
DAY SD-
258 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL DAY COUNTY...
    
AT 258 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ROSLYN...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF WEBSTER...MOVING NORTH
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
NORTH CENTRAL DAY 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4550 9743 4542 9755 4545 9763 4557 9757
      4552 9741
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 196DEG 27KT 4553 9756 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

SERR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 3:11 PM CDTTornado WarningABRDay, Marshall34 min
Jun 14, 3:18 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedABRDay, Grant, Roberts27 min
Jun 14, 4:15 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedABRGrant, Roberts30 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.