Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2017, 6:06 PM CDT for Hand County, South Dakota. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2017, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2017, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Hand County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 57 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.
270
WFUS53 KABR 132306
TORABR
SDC059-132330-
/O.NEW.KABR.TO.W.0006.170613T2306Z-170613T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
606 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017
The National Weather Service in Aberdeen has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Hand County in central South Dakota...
* Until 630 PM CDT
* At 606 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Vayland, or 8 miles southeast of Miller, moving
northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Vayland.
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 4445 9898 4464 9876 4459 9870 4445 9870
4435 9882
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 226DEG 40KT 4444 9887
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
SRF1 follow-up statement
377
WWUS53 KABR 132315 RRA
SVSABR
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
615 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017
SDC059-132330-
/O.CON.KABR.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170613T2330Z/
Hand SD-
615 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL HAND COUNTY...
At 615 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Vayland, or 14 miles east of Miller, moving
northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
east central Hand County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4453 9884 4464 9876 4459 9870 4447 9870
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 223DEG 51KT 4456 9870
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
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, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Hand | 31 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, 6:08 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.