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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

May 30, 2022Lake County, McCook County, Miner County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2022, 1:20 PM CDT for Lake County, McCook County, Miner County, South Dakota. It was in force for 25 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, 1:20 PM CDT (18:20 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2022, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

Counties Lake County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 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
May 30, 11:49 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 12:00Z on 2022-05-30Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2022-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -62 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
942 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

608 
WFUS53 KFSD 301820
TORFSD
SDC079-087-097-301845-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0022.220530T1820Z-220530T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
120 PM CDT Mon May 30 2022

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Lake County in east central South Dakota...
  Southeastern Miner County in east central South Dakota...
  Northwestern McCook County in southeastern South Dakota...

* Until 145 PM CDT.
    
* At 120 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Spencer In McCook County, or 19 miles northwest of
  Lake Vermillion State Recreation Area, moving north at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Canova around 135 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 4396 9729 4364 9747 4370 9761 4376 9761
      4400 9752
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 194DEG 29KT 4375 9750 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

Chapman
1 follow-up statement
643 
WWUS53 KFSD 301831
SVSFSD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
131 PM CDT Mon May 30 2022

SDC079-087-097-301845-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-220530T1845Z/
Lake SD-Miner SD-McCook SD-
131 PM CDT Mon May 30 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LAKE...SOUTHEASTERN MINER AND NORTHWESTERN MCCOOK
COUNTIES...
    
At 130 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Salem, or 18 miles southwest of Lake Herman State
Park, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

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 Lake, southeastern Miner and northwestern McCook
Counties.

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 4371 9743 4376 9754 4380 9757 4394 9754
      4400 9752 4396 9729
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 221DEG 20KT 4380 9742 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

Chapman

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrule, Charles Mix36 min
May 29, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrule33 min
May 29, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDGregory44 min
May 29, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix, Douglas, Gregory38 min
May 29, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMiner, Sanborn47 min
May 30, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay23 min
May 30, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBeadle, Jerauld, Sanborn49 min
May 30, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFSDBon Homme, Yankton45 min
May 30, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Davison, Hanson, Hutchinson, Lake, McCook and 2 more41 min
May 30, 1:01 AM CDTTornado WarningFSDYankton29 min
May 30, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBeadle, Kingsbury19 min
May 30, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Turner37 min
May 30, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFSDBrookings, Lake, McCook, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody32 min
May 30, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Hutchinson, Turner, Yankton32 min
May 30, 1:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Lincoln, Turner, Union23 min
May 30, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Minnehaha, Turner34 min
May 30, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFSDMinnehaha, Moody47 min
May 30, 1:58 AM CDTTornado WarningFSDLincoln32 min
May 30, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFSDLincoln, Union45 min
May 30, 2:05 AM CDTTornado WarningFSDMinnehaha25 min
May 30, 2:40 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningFSDAurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas and 4 more104 min
May 30, 3:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Lincoln, Turner, Yankton26 min
May 30, 4:24 AM CDTWind AdvisoryFSDAurora, Bon Homme, Brookings, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison and 13 more19 hr
May 30, 8:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Union30 min
May 30, 8:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Union11 min
May 30, 8:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDDavison, Hanson66 days
May 30, 11:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Douglas10 min
May 30, 12:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDKingsbury7 min
May 30, 12:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFSDBon Homme, Charles Mix, Douglas, Hutchinson50 min
May 30, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFSDDavison, Hanson, Hutchinson, McCook41 min
May 30, 1:48 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLake, McCook27 min
May 30, 2:13 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLake, Minnehaha, Moody47 min
May 30, 2:19 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDBrookings, Kingsbury, Lake26 min
May 30, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Minnehaha31 min
May 30, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDBrookings27 min
May 30, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFSDMinnehaha24 min
May 30, 3:14 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDMinnehaha31 min
May 30, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Lincoln, Turner, Yankton30 min
May 30, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLake, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha, Turner24 min
May 30, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLake, Moody28 min
May 30, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Lincoln, Turner, Yankton24 min
May 30, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings, Kingsbury, Lake, Moody38 min
May 30, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Minnehaha, Turner29 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.