ABUS34 KFSD 261931
PNSFSD

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
230 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2003

...ADDITIONAL DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FROM TUESDAY NIGHT STORMS...

IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG TORNADOES SURVEYED IN THE WOONSOCKET... 
CAVOUR AND MANCHESTER AREAS...THERE WERE A NUMBER OF TORNADOES WHICH 
WERE REPORTED TUESDAY EVENING SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS.  A 
GROUND SURVEY ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST MINNEHAHA...EASTERN TURNER AND 
SOUTHWEST LINCOLN COUNTIES FOUND 10 DISTINCT TORNADOES...ALONG WITH 
A FOUR MILE PATH OF STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. 

FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF AREAS SURVEYED:

F2 TORNADO (113-157 MPH) 2 MILES EAST OF DAVIS...TURNER COUNTY...AT 
829 PM.  TORNADO MOVED FROM SOUTH TO NORTH.

F1 TORNADO (73-112 MPH) 2 MILES NORTH OF DAVIS...TURNER COUNTY...AT 
757 PM.  TORNADO MOVED FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST.

F1 TORNADO (73-112 MPH) 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF CENTERVILLE TO 3 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF CENTERVILLE...TURNER COUNTY...AROUND 800 PM.  TORNADO 
CURVED FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST.

F1 TORNADO (73-112 MPH) 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BERESFORD...LINCOLN 
COUNTY...AROUND 810 PM.  TORNADO MOVED FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST.

F1 TORNADO (73-112 MPH) 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF CENTERVILLE...TURNER 
COUNTY...AROUND 815 PM.  TORNADO MOVED FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST.

F1 TORNADO (73-112 MPH) 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BERESFORD...LINCOLN 
COUNTY...AROUND 830 PM.  TORNADO MOVED FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST.

F1 TORNADO (73-112 MPH) WEST SIDE OF VIBORG...TURNER COUNTY... 
AROUND 1040 PM.  TORNADO MOVED FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST.

F0 TORNADO (40-72 MPH) SOUTHEAST CENTERVILLE...TURNER COUNTY... 
AROUND 720 PM.  BRIEF TOUCHDOWN.

F0 TORNADO (40-72 MPH) SOUTHEAST CENTERVILLE...TURNER COUNTY... 
AROUND 725 PM.  BRIEF TOUCHDOWN.

F0 TORNADO (40-72 MPH) PARKER...TURNER COUNTY...BETWEEN 915 PM AND 
930 PM.  TORNADO MOVED FROM SOUTH TO NORTH.

STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE (AROUND 100 MPH)...3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
WALL LAKE TO THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF WALL LAKE...AROUND 1000 PM.

THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE LISTING OF EVERY TORNADO WHICH OCCURRED IN 
THIS AREA TUESDAY EVENING...SIMPLY THOSE TORNADOES FOR WHICH THE 
SURVEY TEAM COULD DOCUMENT DAMAGE DURING THE GROUND SURVEY ON 
WEDNESDAY.  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS PLANNING AN AERIAL 
SURVEY TO OBTAIN A BROADER LOOK AT THE AREA LATER THIS WEEK.

JENNIFER HACKER
SENIOR FORECASTER

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