Tornado Warning 14, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Issued

Jul 16, 2016, 11:06 PM CDT (04:06 UTC)

Expired

Jul 16, 2016, 11:30 PM CDT

In force

24 min

Issued by

NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Radar indicated

Hail

1.5 in

Counties Lincoln County, MN, Brookings County, SD

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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355 
WFUS53 KFSD 170406
TORFSD
MNC081-SDC011-170430-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0014.160717T0406Z-160717T0430Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1106 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
  EAST CENTRAL BROOKINGS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
    
* AT 1105 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BRUCE...OR NORTHWEST OF
  BROOKINGS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WHITE AROUND 1125 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BUSHNELL.

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.

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 4436 9689 4444 9686 4441 9632 4426 9637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0405Z 278DEG 21KT 4439 9683 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

HANKO

563 
WWUS53 KFSD 170427
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1127 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016

MNC081-SDC011-170437-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160717T0430Z/
LINCOLN MN-BROOKINGS SD-
1127 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN AND EAST CENTRAL
BROOKINGS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 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.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...AND EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4436 9689 4444 9686 4441 9632 4426 9637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 278DEG 21KT 4439 9683 

$$

HANKO

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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.