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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Aberdeen, SD

September 19, 2017Clark County, Spink County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Sep 19, 2017, 8:28 PM CDT for Clark County, Spink County, South Dakota. It was in force for 32 min. 2 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
Sep 19, 2017, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Sep 19, 2017, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.25 in

Counties Clark County, SD, Spink County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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
Sep 19, 8:50 PM CDTHAIL 1Doland, SDHEAVY RAINS CAUSING PONDING OF WATER IN CITY STREETS.
Sep 19, 8:55 PM CDTTORNADO4 Sw Clark, SDTRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO.

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
Sep 19, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 39 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 00:00Z on 2017-09-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2563 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 00:00Z on 2017-09-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 229 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
2563 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.6
Supercell composite
16.8

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The text

As transmitted.

864 
WFUS53 KABR 200128
TORABR
SDC025-115-200200-
/O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0019.170920T0128Z-170920T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service ABERDEEN SD
Issued by National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
828 PM CDT TUE SEP 19 2017

The National Weather Service in ABERDEEN has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southern Clark County in northeastern South Dakota...
  Southeastern Spink County in northeastern South Dakota...

* Until 900 PM CDT
    
* At 827 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Hillside Colony, or 22 miles southwest of Clark,
  moving northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar 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...
  Clark Colony and Fordham Colony around 840 PM CDT. 
  Raymond around 855 PM CDT. 
  Clark around 900 PM CDT. 

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 4486 9759 4463 9795 4463 9821 4466 9827
      4508 9799
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 214DEG 36KT 4468 9809 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

Ferguson
1 follow-up statement
220 
WWUS53 KABR 200139
SVSABR

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service ABERDEEN SD
Issued by National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
839 PM CDT TUE SEP 19 2017

SDC025-115-200200-
/O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-170920T0200Z/
Clark SD-Spink SD-
839 PM CDT TUE SEP 19 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
CLARK AND SOUTHEASTERN SPINK COUNTIES...
    
At 838 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Clark Colony, or 14 miles southwest of Clark, moving
northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar 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...
  Raymond around 855 PM CDT. 
  Clark around 900 PM CDT. 

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 4486 9759 4463 9795 4463 9821 4466 9827
      4508 9799
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 214DEG 36KT 4478 9800 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

Ferguson

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 19, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningABRCampbell, Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth29 min
Sep 19, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WarningABRMcPherson20 min
Sep 19, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Marshall46 min
Sep 19, 7:40 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedABRSpink35 min
Sep 19, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Spink44 min
Sep 19, 7:52 PM CDTTornado WarningABRMcPherson24 min
Sep 19, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Marshall33 min
Sep 19, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningABRClark, Spink32 min
Sep 19, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Day, Marshall, Spink37 min
Sep 19, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Marshall34 min
Sep 19, 8:53 PM CDTTornado WarningABRClark, Codington, Day, Spink37 min
Sep 19, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningABRClark, Codington, Day36 min
Sep 19, 9:54 PM CDTTornado WarningABRCodington, Day, Grant, Roberts15 min
Sep 19, 10:43 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningABRCodington3 hr
Sep 19, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant, Roberts41 min
Sep 19, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant, Roberts19 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.