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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 14, 2016Pipestone County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2016, 1:53 PM CDT for Pipestone County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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, 1:53 PM CDT (18:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2016, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
0.75 in

County Pipestone County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 1:59 PM CDTTORNADO2 Ne Pipestone, MNTORNADO LIFTED OFF THE GROUND.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 14, 12:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 195 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.

238 
WFUS53 KFSD 141853
TORFSD
MNC117-141930-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0006.160614T1853Z-160614T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
153 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN PIPESTONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 153 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER PIPESTONE
  NATIONAL MONUMENT...OR OVER PIPESTONE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 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...
  HOLLAND AROUND 210 PM CDT. 
  RUTHTON AROUND 230 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 4417 9607 4395 9628 4398 9637 4420 9632
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 195DEG 18KT 4402 9632 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

MALDONADO
2 follow-up statements
932 
WWUS53 KFSD 141903
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
203 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

MNC117-141930-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160614T1930Z/
PIPESTONE MN-
203 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PIPESTONE COUNTY...
    
AT 203 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PIPESTONE
NATIONAL MONUMENT...OR NEAR PIPESTONE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 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. 

THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HOLLAND AROUND 210 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 4416 9609 4395 9628 4398 9636 4420 9632
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 188DEG 17KT 4407 9630 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

MALDONADO
313 
WWUS53 KFSD 141921
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
221 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

MNC117-141930-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160614T1930Z/
PIPESTONE MN-
221 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PIPESTONE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 230 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4416 9609 4395 9628 4398 9636 4420 9632
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 195DEG 18KT 4407 9630 

$$

MALDONADO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 10:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchFSDCottonwood, Jackson, Nobles6 hr
Jun 14, 1:56 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDNobles34 min
Jun 14, 2:14 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDJackson, Nobles31 min
Jun 14, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDJackson30 min
Jun 14, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles35 min
Jun 14, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCottonwood, Murray, Nobles30 min
Jun 14, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCottonwood, Jackson27 min
Jun 14, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCottonwood, Jackson27 min
Jun 14, 3:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDCottonwood35 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.