Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

August 9, 1986Todd County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1986, 2:02 PM CDT for Todd County, South Dakota. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report 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
Aug 9, 1986, 2:02 PM CDT (19:02 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 1986, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Todd County, SD

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
Aug 9, 2:03 PM CDTTornado F0Todd, SD

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

Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 199 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 1986-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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, Rapid City, SD at 12:00Z on 1986-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-303 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFSD 091902
SVRFSD
SDC121-092000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
202 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY OF

SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...EASTERN TODD

SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE MISSION AND
HIDDEN TIMBER IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

AT 155 PM CDT  RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS RADAR
INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

 A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS OBSERVED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF MISSION
SOUTH DAKOTA AT 153 PM CDT.

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 DOk PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.

UMLAND

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Hutchinson63 min
Aug 9, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDouglas63 min
Aug 9, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMinnehaha, Turner63 min
Aug 9, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMoody63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 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.