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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

July 30, 1986Lincoln County, Lyon County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1986, 1:28 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Lyon County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 30, 1986, 1:28 AM CDT (06:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 1986, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 30, 1:30 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Lyon, MN
Jul 30, 1:53 AM CDTHail 2.5Lyon, MN
Jul 30, 2:30 AM CDTHail 1Lyon, MN

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 00:00Z on 1986-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3602 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1986-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3602 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1336 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.5
Supercell composite
24.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFSD 300628
SVRFSD
MNC081-083-300730-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
128 AM CDT WED JUL 30 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...SOUTHERN LINCOLN AND SOUTHERN LYON

SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE LAKE BENTON AND
MARSHALL AND TRACY AND TYLER.

AT 125 AM CDT  RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 50 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BROOKINGS NEAR MINNEOTA MINNESOTA MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM..YOU SHOULD GET TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH..HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER..DEADLY LIGHTNING..AND HEAVY RAIN
THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.

THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 7:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
739 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
   SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 1 AM CDT...

AT 730 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.  THESE EXTENDED INTO
NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA.

IN SOUTH DAKOTA..THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST NORTH
OF YANKTON.

HAIL..STRONG WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING..AND VERY HEAVY RAINS
ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.

OTHERWISE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHWESTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA.  THESE WERE FROM 15 MILES WEST OF LEMMON..TO
30 MILES SOUTH OF LEMMON.

ALL MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

KRAUSE/SPRINGER
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 8:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
840 PM CDT JUL 29 1986

...TORNADO WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 1 AM
   CDT...
...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA...

AT 833 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
10 MILES SOUTHSOUTHWEST OF BROOKINGS TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BROOKINGS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

PERSONS NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR THIS ADVERSE WEATHER AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF NECESSARY.
BLOOM
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 10:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA
1005 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 1986

..TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1 AM THIS MORNING FOR MOST OF SIOUXLAND ...

AT 1000 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM
5 MILES SOUTH OF YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA..55 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY
TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BERESFORD SOUTH DAKOTA..40 MILES NORTHWEST
OF SIOUX CITY.
THIS AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE TOWNS OF BERESFORD AND
ALCESTER SOUTH DAKOTA BETWEEN 1030 AND 1100 PM.

THESES STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER.

TANNER
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 10:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1018 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 1986

...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 1 AM CDT...

.CANCEL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ALL OF YANKTON...NORTHWEST
CLAY AND EXTREME SOUTHERN TURNER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
BROOKINGS COUNTY IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND FOR SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN
MINNESOTA HAS EXPIRED AND WILL NOT BE RENEWED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING FOR ALL OF YANKTON...NORTHWEST CLAY AND EXTREME SOUTHERN TURNER
COUNTIES IN SOUTHEST SOUTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE THUNDERSTORMS
IN THESE AREAS HAVE DECREASED SOME SINCE 930 PM THIS EVENING.

AT 1005 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 60 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR LAKE WILSON MINNESOTA TO 25 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA NEAR ASTORIA SOUTH DAKOTA MOVING
EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. RADAR ALSO SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS 40 MILES
SOUTHSOUTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR CENTERVILLE AND WAKONDA SOUTH
DAKOTA MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY ?RAIN.

PERSONS NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THIS ADVERSE
WEATHER AND MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF NECESSARY.
BLOOM
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 1:08 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
105 AM CDT WED JUL 30 1986

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA UNTIL 6 AM CDT...

AT 1 AM CDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS OCCURRING OVER
EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA HAD MOVED INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA.

HOWEVER...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THESE STORMS COULD STRENGTHEN.

ORGISH/SPRINGER
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 1:22 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
120 AM CDT WED JUL 30 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN LINCOLN AND NORTHERN LYON
COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA UNTIL 145 AM CDT...

...TORNADO WATCH FOR PART OF EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 6 AM CDT...

AT 110 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SMALL CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CENTERED 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROOKINGS BETWEEN MINNEOTA AND PORTER
MINNESOTA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED TORNADOES AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL OVER
NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA LATE TUESDAY EVENING.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AND MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS.

PERSONS NEAR AND TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR THIS ADVERSE WEATHER AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF NECESSARY.
BLOOM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln55 min
Jul 30, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Lyon66 min
Jul 30, 2:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCottonwood, Murray59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.