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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2024, 7:36 PM CDT for Dakota County, Dixon County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 15, 2024, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2024, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:42 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Nnw Emerson, NE | Wall cloud to the north of Emerson briefly dropped a funnel cloud. Time and location estimated by radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 2168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 848 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 532 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.3
- Supercell composite
- 21.2
The text
As transmitted.
637
WFUS53 KFSD 160036
TORFSD
NEC043-051-160100-
/O.NEW.KFSD.TO.W.0022.240616T0036Z-240616T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
736 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024
The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Dakota County in northeastern Nebraska...
South central Dixon County in northeastern Nebraska...
* Until 800 PM CDT.
* At 736 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Emerson, or 12 miles east of Wayne, 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Emerson around 740 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Waterbury and Winnebago Reservation.
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.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4247 9672 4235 9644 4227 9665 4227 9690
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 230DEG 23KT 4228 9678
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
SG2 follow-up statements
512
WWUS53 KFSD 160047
SVSFSD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
747 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024
NEC043-051-160100-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-240616T0100Z/
Dakota NE-Dixon NE-
747 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
DAKOTA AND SOUTH CENTRAL DIXON COUNTIES...
At 747 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Emerson, or 15 miles south of Ponca, moving
northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Hubbard around 750 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4247 9672 4235 9644 4227 9665 4227 9670
4233 9682
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 225DEG 27KT 4234 9670
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
SG725
WWUS53 KFSD 160055
SVSFSD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
755 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024
NEC043-051-160104-
/O.EXP.KFSD.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-240616T0100Z/
Dakota NE-Dixon NE-
755 PM CDT Sat Jun 15 2024
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DAKOTA AND SOUTH CENTRAL DIXON
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However,
torrential rain is still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northeastern
Nebraska.
&&
LAT...LON 4247 9672 4235 9644 4227 9665 4227 9670
4233 9682
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 230DEG 23KT 4237 9666
$$
SGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dakota | 24 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.