Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2017, 3:59 PM CDT for Hand County, South Dakota. It was in force for 31 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
- Jun 13, 2017, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2017, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Hand County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 4:16 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Nnw Burdette, SD | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN, LOCATION APPROXIMATE. |
| Jun 13, 4:16 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 Nnw Burdette, SD | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN, LOCATION APPROXIMATE. |
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 13, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 1118 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -220 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
313
WFUS53 KABR 132059
TORABR
SDC059-132130-
/O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0004.170613T2059Z-170613T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
359 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017
The National Weather Service in Aberdeen has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Hand County in central South Dakota...
* Until 430 PM CDT
* At 359 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Polo, or 15 miles north of Miller, moving
northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.
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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Hand County.
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 4466 9895 4472 9908 4489 9897 4480 9874
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 214DEG 16KT 4475 9897
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
SRF1 follow-up statement
122
WWUS53 KABR 132110
SVSABR
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
410 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017
SDC059-132130-
/O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-170613T2130Z/
Hand SD-
410 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN HAND COUNTY...
At 410 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles northwest of Burdette, or 18 miles north of
Miller, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Hand County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4471 9890 4477 9905 4489 9897 4480 9874
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 214DEG 16KT 4479 9893
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
SRFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Jones, Stanley | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes, Jones, Stanley | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Hughes | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 1:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Sully | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes, Stanley, Sully | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Potter, Sully | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 2:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds, Faulk, Hand, Hyde, Spink | 51 min |
| Jun 13, 3:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Brown | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 3:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Marshall | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 4:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Day, Marshall | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 5:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Day, Grant, Marshall, Roberts | 24 min |
| Jun 13, 7:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Codington, Hamlin | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hand | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Jones | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk, Hand, Spink | 52 min |
| Jun 13, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Faulk, Hand, Spink | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Hughes, Stanley, Sully | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Potter, Walworth | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk, Hand, Spink | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk, Hughes, Hyde, Potter, Sully | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Buffalo | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Spink | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Campbell, Edmunds, McPherson, Potter, Walworth | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Edmunds, Faulk, Hand, Hyde | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Day, Spink | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ABR | Brule | 42 min |
| Jun 13, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Hand | 24 min |
| Jun 13, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Brown | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Brown, Day | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Brown, Day, Marshall | 26 min |
| Jun 13, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Spink | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Marshall | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown | 46 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.