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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2022, 3:04 AM CDT for Lyon County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 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
- May 30, 2022, 3:04 AM CDT (08:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2022, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Lyon County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted.
734
WFUS53 KFSD 300804
TORFSD
MNC083-300830-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0021.220530T0804Z-220530T0830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
304 AM CDT Mon May 30 2022
The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Lyon County in southwestern Minnesota...
* Until 330 AM CDT.
* At 304 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing both
tornadoes and extensive straight line wind damage were located 8
miles southeast of Marshall, moving northeast at 65 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Lyon 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.
This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4455 9561 4454 9560 4430 9559 4425 9572
4442 9591 4458 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 0804Z 224DEG 55KT 4436 9566
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
SG1 follow-up statement
451
WWUS53 KFSD 300821
SVSFSD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
321 AM CDT Mon May 30 2022
MNC083-300830-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220530T0830Z/
Lyon MN-
321 AM CDT Mon May 30 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LYON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
330 AM CDT...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 AM CDT for
southwestern Minnesota.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
Lyon county until 345 AM CDT.
LAT...LON 4455 9561 4454 9560 4430 9559 4425 9572
4442 9591 4458 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 0820Z 224DEG 55KT 4452 9545
$$
SGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 32 min |
| May 30, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 47 min |
| May 30, 2:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Rock | 25 min |
| May 30, 2:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Rock | 27 min |
| May 30, 2:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Jackson, Nobles, Rock | 40 min |
| May 30, 2:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 36 min |
| May 30, 2:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Murray, Pipestone | 28 min |
| May 30, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 65 min |
| May 30, 2:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 28 min |
| May 30, 2:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Murray | 24 min |
| May 30, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 35 min |
| May 30, 4:24 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 19 hr |
| May 30, 7:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 34 min |
| May 30, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 27 min |
| May 30, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 24 min |
| May 30, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Rock | 31 min |
| May 30, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 48 min |
| May 30, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 46 min |
| May 30, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon | 37 min |
| May 30, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Murray | 49 min |
| May 30, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 24 min |
| May 30, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 31 min |
| May 30, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 35 min |
| May 30, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Pipestone | 38 min |
| May 30, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 49 min |
| May 30, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles, Rock | 45 min |
| May 30, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 29 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.