Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 1:59 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Ne Pipestone, MN | TORNADO 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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.
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
$$
MALDONADO2 follow-up statements
932
WWUS53 KFSD 141903
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
203 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
MNC117-141930-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160614T1930Z/
PIPESTONE MN-
203 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PIPESTONE COUNTY...
AT 203 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PIPESTONE
NATIONAL MONUMENT...OR NEAR PIPESTONE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HOLLAND AROUND 210 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN
A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4416 9609 4395 9628 4398 9636 4420 9632
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 188DEG 17KT 4407 9630
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
MALDONADO313
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
$$
MALDONADOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 10:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Nobles | 34 min |
| Jun 14, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson, Nobles | 31 min |
| Jun 14, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Murray, Nobles | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 35 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.