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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

September 15, 2017Brookings County, Kingsbury County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Sep 15, 2017, 7:30 PM CDT for Brookings County, Kingsbury County, South Dakota. It was in force for 30 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
Sep 15, 2017, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2017, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Brookings County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 2017-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 564 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
553 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
564 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
636 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

As transmitted.

017 
WFUS53 KFSD 160030
TORFSD
SDC011-077-160100-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0037.170916T0030Z-170916T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
730 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2017

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Kingsbury County in east central South Dakota...
  Southwestern Brookings County in east central South Dakota...

* Until 800 PM CDT

* At 729 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Sinai, or 14 miles west of Brookings, moving
  northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado. 

  SOURCE...Weather spotters reported funnel cloud. 

  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...
  Volga around 750 PM CDT. 
  Oakwood State Park around 800 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4421 9702 4428 9716 4449 9705 4436 9679
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 220DEG 25KT 4427 9708 

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

$$

JM
1 follow-up statement
042 
WWUS53 KFSD 160050
SVSFSD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
750 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2017

SDC011-077-160100-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-170916T0100Z/
Kingsbury SD-Brookings SD-
750 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KINGSBURY AND SOUTHWESTERN
BROOKINGS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4421 9702 4428 9716 4449 9705 4436 9679
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 220DEG 25KT 4438 9696 

$$

JM

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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.