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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 14, 2016Day County, Marshall County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2016, 3:11 PM CDT for Day County, Marshall County, South Dakota. It was in force for 34 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, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

Counties Day County, SD, Marshall County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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
Jun 14, 2:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.

023 
WFUS53 KABR 142011
TORABR
SDC037-091-142045-
/O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0006.160614T2011Z-160614T2045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN DAY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
    
* AT 310 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED OVER OPITZ LAKE...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF WEBSTER...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EDEN...CATTAIL LAKE AND FORT SISSETON STATE PARK AROUND 320 PM CDT. 
  ROY LAKE REC AREA AROUND 330 PM CDT. 
  CLEAR LAKE REC AREA AND RED IRON HOUSING AROUND 335 PM CDT. 
  LAKE CITY AROUND 340 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 4569 9731 4552 9752 4556 9760 4576 9749
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 210DEG 21KT 4559 9752 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

SERR
2 follow-up statements
744 
WWUS53 KABR 142023
SVSABR

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

SDC037-091-142045-
/O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160614T2045Z/
MARSHALL SD-DAY SD-
323 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL AND NORTH CENTRAL DAY COUNTIES...
    
AT 323 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER CATTAIL LAKE...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRITTON...
MOVING NORTH AT 20 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROY LAKE REC AREA AROUND 340 PM CDT. 
  LAKE CITY AROUND 345 PM CDT. 

LAT...LON 4557 9746 4562 9757 4576 9749 4569 9731
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 184DEG 15KT 4563 9753 

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

$$

SERR
770 
WWUS53 KABR 142044
SVSABR

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

SDC037-091-142054-
/O.EXP.KABR.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160614T2045Z/
MARSHALL SD-DAY SD-
344 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL AND NORTH CENTRAL
DAY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA. TORNADOES ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 

LAT...LON 4557 9746 4562 9757 4576 9749 4569 9731
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 210DEG 21KT 4563 9753 

$$

SERR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 2:45 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedABRDay30 min
Jun 14, 3:18 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedABRDay, Grant, Roberts27 min
Jun 14, 4:15 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedABRGrant, Roberts30 min

Nearby

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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.