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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 14, 2016Day County, Grant County, Roberts County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2016, 3:18 PM CDT for Day County, Grant County, Roberts County, South Dakota. It was in force for 27 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, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Day County, SD, Grant County, SD, Roberts County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 14, 2:33 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 106 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

635 
WFUS53 KABR 142018
TORABR
SDC037-051-109-142045-
/O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0007.160614T2018Z-160614T2045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN ROBERTS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...
  EAST CENTRAL DAY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 318 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BITTER
  LAKE... OR 12 MILES EAST 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...
  CAMPBELL SLOUGH AND ENEMY SWIM HOUSING AROUND 330 PM CDT. 
  ENEMY SWIM LAKE AROUND 335 PM CDT. 
  RUDEBUSCH CORNER AND PICKEREL LAKE REC AREA AROUND 340 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 4527 9723 4534 9738 4552 9726 4543 9703
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 210DEG 21KT 4534 9727 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

SERR

2 follow-up statements

224 
WWUS53 KABR 142033
SVSABR

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

SDC051-142042-
/O.CAN.KABR.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160614T2045Z/
GRANT SD-
333 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA, THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4532 9716 4541 9733 4552 9726 4543 9703
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 210DEG 21KT 4541 9721 

$$

SDC037-109-142045-
/O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160614T2045Z/
ROBERTS SD-DAY SD-
333 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ROBERTS AND EAST CENTRAL DAY COUNTIES...
    
AT 332 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER CAMPBELL SLOUGH...OR 16 MILES EAST 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN ROBERTS AND EAST CENTRAL DAY COUNTIES.

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 4532 9716 4541 9733 4552 9726 4543 9703
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 210DEG 21KT 4541 9721 

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

$$

SERR

524 
WWUS53 KABR 142044 RRA
SVSABR

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

SDC037-109-142054-
/O.EXP.KABR.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160614T2045Z/
ROBERTS SD-DAY SD-
344 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ROBERTS AND EAST CENTRAL DAY
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 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 4532 9716 4541 9733 4552 9726 4543 9703
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 210DEG 21KT 4541 9721 

$$

SERR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 2:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ABR	Day	30 min
Jun 14, 3:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Day, Marshall	34 min
Jun 14, 4:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ABR	Grant, Roberts	30 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.