Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2016, 2:34 PM CDT for Lincoln County, South Dakota. It was in force for 26 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
- May 28, 2016, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Lincoln County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 791 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
404
WFUS53 KFSD 281934
TORFSD
SDC083-282000-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0005.160528T1934Z-160528T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
234 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 232 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF WORTHING...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF BERESFORD...NEARLY
STATIONARY TO NORTH AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...MINIMAL IMPACT.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY.
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 4316 9692 4330 9693 4332 9692 4332 9675
4317 9674
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 168DEG 6KT 4324 9684
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
MJF1 follow-up statement
694
WWUS53 KFSD 281958
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
258 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
SDC083-282005-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160528T2000Z/
LINCOLN SD-
258 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
300 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS CURRENTLY LOST ITS
ROTATIONAL PROPERTIES. HOWEVER IT WILL CONTINUED TO BE MONITORED FOR
POSSIBLE REFORMATION. THIS ENVIRONMENT IS NOT CONDUCIVE FOR LARGE
TORNADOES. BUT FUNNELS AND VERY BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS ARE A CONCERN. FOR
INSTANCE THIS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN FOR TEN SECONDS PER SPOTTER
REPORTS.
LAT...LON 4316 9692 4330 9693 4332 9692 4332 9675
4317 9674
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 168DEG 6KT 4324 9684
$$
MJFNearby
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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.