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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

April 22, 2022Beadle County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2022, 8:39 PM CDT for Beadle County, South Dakota. It was in force for 36 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: Apr 22, 2022, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2022, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

County Beadle County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 22, 8:39 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Nw Wolsey, SD
Apr 22, 9:04 PM CDT	HAIL 0.5	11 W Hitchcock, SD	MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SMALL HAIL MADE THE GROUND WHITE. HAIL ENDED BY TIME OF REPORT. PLENTY OF RAINFALL TOO.

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
Apr 22, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 41 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 345 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

555 
WFUS53 KFSD 230139
TORFSD
SDC005-230215-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0002.220423T0139Z-220423T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
839 PM CDT Fri Apr 22 2022

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Beadle County in east central South Dakota...

* Until 915 PM CDT.
    
* At 839 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Wessington, or 18 miles east of Miller, moving
  north at 25 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...
  Hitchcock.

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 4463 9841 4442 9854 4444 9870 4463 9870
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 192DEG 24KT 4448 9862 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN

$$

JM

2 follow-up statements

268 
WWUS53 KFSD 230149
SVSFSD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
849 PM CDT Fri Apr 22 2022

SDC005-230215-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-220423T0215Z/
Beadle SD-
849 PM CDT Fri Apr 22 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BEADLE COUNTY...
    
At 848 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located 7 miles northeast of
Wessington, or 19 miles east of Miller, moving north at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado and ping pong ball size hail.

SOURCE...Public confirmed tornado.

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...
Hitchcock.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 4448 9850 4451 9870 4463 9870 4463 9841
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 192DEG 24KT 4454 9860 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN

$$

JM

649 
WWUS53 KFSD 230211
SVSFSD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
911 PM CDT Fri Apr 22 2022

SDC005-230221-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-220423T0215Z/
Beadle SD-
911 PM CDT Fri Apr 22 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BEADLE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
915 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
east central South Dakota.

LAT...LON 4448 9850 4451 9870 4463 9870 4463 9841
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 192DEG 24KT 4468 9856 

$$

JM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 22, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Beadle	50 min
Apr 22, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Beadle	50 min
Apr 22, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Beadle	39 min
Apr 22, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Beadle	26 min
Apr 22, 10:02 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	FSD	Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Gregory, Yankton	7 hr
Apr 23, 3:27 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	FSD	Bon Homme, Brookings, Clay, Hutchinson, Lake, Lincoln and 6 more	17 hr
Apr 23, 5:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Clay, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Turner, Union	26 min
Apr 23, 5:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Minnehaha, Moody	46 min
Apr 23, 10:31 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	FSD	Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Charles Mix, Clay and 16 more	8 hr
Apr 23, 10:31 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FSD	Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas and 5 more	32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.