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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 14, 2016Jackson County, Nobles County, Minnesota; Osceola County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2016, 2:14 PM CDT for Jackson County, Nobles County, Minnesota; Osceola County, Iowa. It was in force for 31 min. 4 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, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2016, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Osceola County, IA, Jackson County, MN, Nobles County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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, 2:32 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 512 Ne Worthington, MN.
Jun 14, 2:35 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGWorthington, MNSEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ON SOUTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN.
Jun 14, 2:41 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60Brewster, MNLARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN.
Jun 14, 2:46 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 E Worthington, MNTREES ON POWER LINES.

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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2016-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2016-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-188 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

615 
WFUS53 KFSD 141914
TORFSD
IAC143-MNC063-105-141945-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0008.160614T1914Z-160614T1945Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA...
  EASTERN NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
  WEST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
    
* AT 213 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR WORTHINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  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...
  WORTHINGTON AROUND 225 PM CDT. 
  BREWSTER AROUND 230 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BIGELOW.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4347 9561 4354 9580 4384 9564 4375 9536
      4368 9541 4358 9550
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 204DEG 35KT 4357 9568 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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, 1:53 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFSDPipestone37 min
Jun 14, 1:56 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDNobles34 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
Jun 14, 9:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDClay13 days
Jun 14, 9:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDBuena Vista, Clay12 days
Jun 14, 12:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDPlymouth, Sioux, Woodbury3 hr
Jun 14, 1:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDCherokee, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux and 1 more3 hr
Jun 14, 2:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 2 more34 min
Jun 14, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Dickinson37 min
Jun 14, 2:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 2 more2 hr
Jun 14, 3:10 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDClay4 days
Jun 14, 3:10 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDClay, Dickinson4 days
Jun 14, 4:49 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDClay, Dickinson43 hr

Nearby

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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.