Alert archive / South Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 2020
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2020, 11:37 PM CDT for Kingsbury County, Miner County, South Dakota. It was in force for 38 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 8, 2020, 11:37 PM CDT (04:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2020, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Kingsbury County, SD, Miner County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:41 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 8, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 540 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1339 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 13.2
The text
As transmitted.
750
WFUS53 KFSD 090437
TORFSD
SDC077-097-090515-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0008.200609T0437Z-200609T0515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
1137 PM CDT Mon Jun 8 2020
The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Kingsbury County in east central South Dakota...
North central Miner County in east central South Dakota...
* Until 1215 AM CDT.
* At 1137 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 8 miles east of Carthage, or 9 miles southwest
of Lake Thompson State Recreation Area, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
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...
Lake Thompson State Recreation Area around 1155 PM CDT.
De Smet around 1200 AM CDT.
Lake Preston around 1205 AM 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 4417 9747 4418 9765 4450 9754 4442 9722
TIME...MOT...LOC 0437Z 208DEG 25KT 4420 9754
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
WeisserThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Gregory | 23 min |
| Jun 8, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison, Douglas, Hutchinson | 30 min |
| Jun 8, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Gregory | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Charles Mix | 35 min |
| Jun 8, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson | 23 min |
| Jun 8, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Douglas, Hutchinson | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 10:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Douglas, Hutchinson | 23 min |
| Jun 8, 10:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson, Miner, Sanborn | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Hutchinson | 35 min |
| Jun 8, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Gregory | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Miner, Sanborn | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 10:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Hanson, Hutchinson, McCook | 25 min |
| Jun 8, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Miner | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson, Hutchinson, McCook, Miner | 34 min |
| Jun 8, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Douglas, Hutchinson | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 11:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Kingsbury, Miner | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 11:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Hanson, McCook, Miner | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Gregory | 35 min |
| Jun 9, 12:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Kingsbury | 16 min |
| Jun 9, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 3:50 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Clay, Davison and 15 more | 27 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Davison, Douglas | 24 min |
| Jun 9, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Davison, Hanson | 28 min |
| Jun 9, 5:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Davison, Hanson, Sanborn | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson, McCook, Miner | 35 min |
| Jun 9, 6:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson, Miner, Sanborn | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 11:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Douglas | 5 hr |
| Jun 9, 11:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Aurora, Davison, Douglas | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FSD | Aurora, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas | 21 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Hutchinson, Turner, Yankton | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Minnehaha, Turner | 39 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.