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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

August 9, 2019Gregory County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 2019, 7:29 PM CDT for Gregory County, South Dakota. It was in force for 16 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
Aug 9, 2019, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2019, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.75 in

County Gregory County, SD

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 9, 2:09 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 2019-08-10Temperature 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 2019-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
273 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

908 
WFUS53 KFSD 100029
TORFSD
SDC053-100045-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0019.190810T0029Z-190810T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
729 PM CDT Fri Aug 9 2019

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Gregory County in south central South Dakota...

* Until 745 PM CDT.
    
* At 729 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 9 miles southwest of Herrick, or 25 miles northeast of
  Springview, moving southeast at 35 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
  southwestern Gregory 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 4313 9932 4300 9900 4300 9945
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 305DEG 29KT 4302 9931 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

Schumacher

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 7:03 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDGregory27 min
Aug 9, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix, Douglas, Gregory, Hutchinson52 min
Aug 9, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDGregory28 min
Aug 9, 7:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDGregory6 hr
Aug 9, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDGregory29 min
Aug 10, 7:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDCharles Mix12 hr

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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.