A thunderstorm produced a short lived tornado between Marshall and Tracy MN, in eastern Lyon County, on the early evening of June 2nd.
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A thunderstorm produced a short lived tornado between Marshall and Tracy MN, in eastern Lyon County, on the early evening of June 2nd.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 2, 1:50 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 250 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 .DISCUSSION... THE LAST OF DAYTIME HEATING WILL BRING AN END TO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASE THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AS THE EVENING CONTINUES. THE ONE POTENTIAL EXCEPTION WILL BE THE TROWAL LIKE FEATURE FROM NEAR MHE NORTHEAST TO AROUND FARGO WHICH IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT EAST THIS EVENING AND COULD BRING A MORE STEADY LIGHT RAIN FOR A PERIOD. IN THE MEAN TIME...A FEW STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND PEA SIZED HAIL...WHILE FUNNEL CLOUDS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO SW MN AND NW IA. ONLY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...AS UPPER LEVEL LOW DRIFTS EAST. WILL LIKELY SEE AREAS OF STRATUS THROUGH THE NIGHT...MAINLY HOLDING TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 50S OVERNIGHT. COULD AGAIN SEE SOME PATCHY RADIATIONAL FOG BY TOMORROW MORNING IN PLACES WHERE STRATUS BREAKS. LOOKS LIKE SUNDAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING IN TO THE LOWER TO MID 60S PROVIDING 200-400 J/KG CAPE WITH NO CIN. SO...WILL SEE SHOWER COVERAGE INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. SHOULD BE A COUPLE DEGREES WARMER HOWEVER...ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN CWA WHERE MID 70S WILL BE LIKELY WITH LESS SHOWER COVERAGE. MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL SEE CONTINUED LOW POP CHANCES AND MILD TEMPERATURES. DID NOT CHANGE HIGHS AND LOWS MUCH DURING THIS TIME. IN THE LATTER PERIODS(WED-SAT)...POTENTIALLY ACTIVE PERIOD AS JET BECOMES MORE WEST TO EAST. MODELS CONTINUE TO HINT AT ENERGY FOR THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY TIME FRAME...WITH 0Z AND 6Z GFS AND 0Z ECMWF NOW MUCH FARTHER NORTH THAN PREVIOUS RUNS WITH RESPECT TO SFC LOW. WILL NOT JUMP ON THIS BANDWAGON JUST YET AS PREVIOUS RUNS DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS AND LATEST ENSEMBLE DATA ALSO HINTING FARTHER SOUTH. WILL HOWEVER END UP SOMEWHERE INBETWEEN. WILL BE LEANING MORE TOWARDS THE ECMWF SOLUTION IN KEEPING A WARM FRONT SOMEWHERE NEAR SOUTHERN NE ON FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. BELIEVE THAT IN EARLY TO MID JUNE...THE GFS SOLUTION OF DRIVING THE FRONT INTO OK A LITTLE TOO AGGRESSIVE. EITHER WAY...FOR NOW...ABOUT THE ONLY PERIOD THAT APPEARS DRY WILL BE FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. ALSO LOOKS LIKE THE BEST THREAT FOR RAIN WILL BE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS STRONG WAA AHEAD OF WAVE DEVELOPS...THEN COLD FRONT SWINGS ACROSS THE CWA ON THURSDAY...LEAVING MAINLY AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 29 WITH A THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS. && .AVIATION... WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...PRODUCING LOCALIZED IFR CONDITIONS. THIS EVENING SHOWERS WILL DISSIPATE...WITH ONLY ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. OVERNIGHT...AREAS OF STRATUS CLOUDS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP...PRODUCING MVFR TO IFR CEILINGS. && .FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. NE...NONE. && 08/LIEBEL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 500 AM CDT SAT JUN 02 2007 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-031200- AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA- CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE- DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON- IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN- LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN- OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN- SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON- 500 AM CDT SAT JUN 02 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING...WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS THEY EXPAND INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND FAR NORTHWEST IOWA DURING THE AFTERNOON. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. JH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 328 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ081-089-090-022200- LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY... IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE... WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 328 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 ...MORE FUNNEL CLOUDS SPOTTED IN THE AREA... AT 315 PM...THE LATEST REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS JUST NORTH TO NORTHEAST OF HOSPERS...IN SIOUX COUNTY IOWA. THE SIGHTING OF IT WAS THEN LOST IN A RAIN SHAFT. THE BEST CHANCES FOR FUNNEL CLOUD DEVELOPMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE BASICALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A WINDOM MINNESOTA...TO SIOUX CITY IOWA LINE. VERY RARELY... THESE FUNNELS WILL TOUCH THE GROUND FOR A BRIEF TIME. IF THEY DO TOUCH THE GROUND...THEY CAN INDEED CAUSE SOME DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO TREES AND OUTBUILDINGS IN A SMALL AREA. THESE FUNNELS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE ON RADAR. IF YOU SEE A FUNNEL CLOUD...AND FEEL YOUR SAFETY IS THREATENED...TAKE IT UPON YOURSELF TO SEEK SHELTER. IF YOU SEE ONE TOUCH THE GROUND...DEFINITELY FIND SHELTER PREFERABLY IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. ANY FUNNEL CLOUDS WILL EXHIBIT LITTLE IN THE WAY OF MOVEMENT. MJF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 507 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-031-032-MNZ080-081-089-090-030000- OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA- MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK... SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 507 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 2007 ...FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... THE LATEST REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR 445 PM WAS REPORTED ALONG I 29 BETWEEN SLOAN AND SALIX IOWA...WITH THE STORM MOVING TO THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHERN WOODBURY COUNTY. FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ANY FUNNEL CLOUD ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN ALONG AND EAST OF AN EASTERN WOODBURY COUNTY...TO AROUND TRACY MINNESOTA LINE. IF YOU SEE A FUNNEL CLOUD...AND FEEL YOUR SAFETY IS THREATENED...TAKE IT UPON YOURSELF TO SEEK SHELTER. SOME FUNNEL CLOUDS COULD VERY BRIEFLY TOUCH THE GROUND OR COME CLOSE TO IT. IF YOU SEE ONE ON THE GROUND...TAKE SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:33 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado caused no reported damage as it moved northwest for about a half mile in open country. The tornado was photographed from a position several miles to the west.
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