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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2022, 3:08 PM CDT for McCook County, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. It was in force for 37 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
- Jul 5, 2022, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2022, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties McCook County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 3:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ne Salem, SD | SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE TO SALEM ARMORY. |
| Jul 5, 3:37 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Montrose, SD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 9:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 832 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1170 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
981
WFUS53 KFSD 052008
TORFSD
SDC087-099-052045-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0034.220705T2008Z-220705T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
308 PM CDT Tue Jul 5 2022
The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Minnehaha County in southeastern South Dakota...
Northeastern McCook County in southeastern South Dakota...
* Until 345 PM CDT.
* At 308 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Salem, or 14 miles northwest of Lake Vermillion
State Recreation Area, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Montrose around 320 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.
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 4371 9738 4382 9739 4384 9700 4366 9700
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 270DEG 28KT 4378 9729
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
SchumacherThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule, Charles Mix, Gregory | 33 min |
| Jul 5, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle | 66 min |
| Jul 5, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule, Jerauld | 62 min |
| Jul 5, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule, Charles Mix, Gregory | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule, Davison, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson and 3 more | 61 min |
| Jul 5, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle, Kingsbury, Miner, Sanborn | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory | 66 min |
| Jul 5, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson, Lake, Lincoln and 3 more | 65 min |
| Jul 5, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle, Brookings, Kingsbury, Lake, Miner, Minnehaha and 2 more | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Douglas, Hutchinson, Yankton | 62 min |
| Jul 5, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson, Hutchinson, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha, Turner and 1 more | 56 min |
| Jul 5, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Union, Yankton | 63 min |
| Jul 5, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake, Miner, Moody | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Minnehaha | 65 min |
| Jul 5, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Union | 67 min |
| Jul 5, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake, Moody | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 4:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Minnehaha, Moody | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Minnehaha | 63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.