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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

August 9, 1986Moody County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1986, 5:57 PM CDT for Moody County, South Dakota. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 1986, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 1986, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Moody County, SD

The radar

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

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 12:00Z on 1986-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 283 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 12:00Z on 1986-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 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
283 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1093 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 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 092257
SVRFSD
SDC099-101-125-100000-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...MINNEHAHA...MOODY AND TURNER

SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE SIOUX FALLS..
PARKER..FLANDREAU..CROOKS.

 A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WERE REPORTED 1 MILE WEST OF LYONS AND
5 MILES WEST OF COLTON..BUT WERE REPORTED TO HAVE GONE BACK UP
IN THE CLOUDS.

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.

RYRHOLM

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, Aug 9, 2:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
255 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 1986

...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...

AT 245 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED INTENSE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL IN TRIPP COUNTY OF
SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
15 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINNER AND OVER THE SOUTHWEST BORDER OF
TRIPP COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN TODD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 3 PM CDT AND WILL NOT BE REISSUED AS THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED
IN INTENSITY.

NUMEROUS REPORTS HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE PUBLIC OF FUNNEL CLOUDS IN
WESTERN TRIPP COUNTY BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM CDT. HOWEVER NONE OF THE FUNNEL
CLOUDS WAS OBSERVED TO TOUCH DOWN..AND NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED.

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE FROM NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
AND SOME SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
730 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

UMLAND
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
340 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 1986

...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN FOUTH DAKOTA
   UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 330 PM CDT...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
WAS MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA..IN A 20 MILE WIDE BAND
FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF HURON TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HURON.

STRONG WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS IN BEADLE AND CLARK COUNTIES.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA..IN A 50 MILE WIDE AREA FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH
DAKOTA TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF WINNER.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
STOREY
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 4:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
410 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 1986

...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...

AT 405 PM CDT INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WERE IN
EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MITCHELL BETWEEN
PLANKINTON AND WESSINGTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO MITCHELL BEFORE 5 PM CDT.

PERSONS IN DAVIDSON AND HANSON COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER. HEAVY RAIN..HAIL..AND WINDS GUSTS
OVER 45 MPH ARE LIKELY.

MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 90 AND OTHER HIGHWAYS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO
SLOW DOWN OR STOP WHEN ENCOUNTER THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHILL WILL
LIMIT VISIBILITY.

TORNADO WATCH 482 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND EAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

UMLAND
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 4:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
440 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 1986

...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN FOUTH DAKOTA
   UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 425 PM CDT...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
CONTINUED MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST OF HURON/SISSETON LINE.

THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE SANBORN/DAVIDSON
LINE..25 MILES NORTH OF MITCHELL.

STRONG WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
MILLER/STOREY
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 5:20 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
510 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 1986

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

WIDELY SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN A
LINE FROM LAKE ANDES..75 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF HURON TO EAST
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. AT 510 PM CDT THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE ANDES..OR 75 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF HURON.
THIS LINE CONTAINED NEARLY SOLID SHOWERS AND OTHER THUNDERSTORMS.

THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL THIS EVENING AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH OVER
SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. AT 450 PM CDT WINDS OF 50 TO
60 MPH WERE REPORTED TWO MILES NORTH OF MITCHELL.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AND AT ITS PRESENT SPEED
WILL ENTER SIOUX FALLS BY 630 PM CDT.

PERSONS OUTDOORS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS AND THEIR
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING IN THE SOUTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL PART OF AOUTH DAKOTA AS WELL AS ADJOINING PORTIONS
OF NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEING CAUSED BY A FAST MOVING COLDV FRONT
WHICH EXTENDED FROM NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO SOUTHERN WYOMING
LATE SATURDAY EVENING.
WEILAND
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 5:34 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
540 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 1986

...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN FOUTH DAKOTA
   UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 525 PM CDT...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
CONTINUED MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST OF WATERTOWN/MITCHELL/PICKSTOWN LINE.

THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER WESTERN mBROOKINGS COUNTY NEAR
ARLINGTON..20 MILES WEST OF BROOKINGS.

STRONG WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
MILLER/STOREY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDTodd58 min
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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.