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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2016, 5:25 PM CDT for Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2016, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:26 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 W Barry, MN | SHERIFF REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 2 MILES WEST OF BARRY. |
| Jun 14, 5:50 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nne Barry, MN | TORNADO LASTED FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
957 WFUS53 KABR 142225 TORABR MNC011-155-142300- /O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0009.160614T2225Z-160614T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 525 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN TRAVERSE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTH CENTRAL BIG STONE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 524 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BARRY...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF WHEATON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAZARD...TORNADO. SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SILOAH COUNTRY CHURCH AROUND 535 PM CDT. COLLIS AROUND 545 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 4552 9651 4555 9663 4572 9657 4569 9634 TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 205DEG 16KT 4558 9655 TORNADO...OBSERVED HAIL...0.00IN $$ TMT
2 follow-up statements
157
WWUS53 KABR 142246
SVSABR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
546 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
MNC011-142255-
/O.CAN.KABR.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160614T2300Z/
BIG STONE MN-
546 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BIG STONE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4559 9645 4559 9657 4572 9657 4569 9634
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 205DEG 21KT 4564 9647
$$
MNC155-142300-
/O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160614T2300Z/
TRAVERSE MN-
546 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN TRAVERSE COUNTY...
AT 545 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS
LOCATED OVER COLLIS...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF WHEATON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN TRAVERSE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4559 9645 4559 9657 4572 9657 4569 9634
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 205DEG 21KT 4564 9647
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
TMT917
WWUS53 KABR 142258
SVSABR
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
558 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
MNC155-142308-
/O.EXP.KABR.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160614T2300Z/
TRAVERSE MN-
558 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TRAVERSE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 600 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ABERDEEN.
LAT...LON 4559 9645 4559 9657 4572 9657 4569 9634
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 205DEG 16KT 4564 9647
$$
TMTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.