Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Issued

May 7, 1986, 11:06 PM CDT (04:06 UTC)

Expired

May 8, 1986, 12:05 AM CDT

In force

59 min

Issued by

NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Area

Whole counties

County McCook County, SD

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

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1106 PM CDT WED MAY 7 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1205 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHERN LINCOLN...MCCOOK...WESTERN 
 MINNEHAHA AND DOUGLAS

SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA ARE
ARMOUR BRIDGEWATER SALEM HUMBOLDT AND LENNOX

AT 1058 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM SOUTHWEST MCCOOK COUNTY AROUND BRIDGEWATER SOUTHEAST TO
BERESFORD IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. EIGHT WEST AND 2 SOUTH
 OF HURLEY SOME TREES DOWN AND BUILDINGS DAMAGED AT ABOUT 1059PM.

 AT ABOUT 1035 PM CDT 1 TRAILER HOUSE DESTROYED AMD 2 SIMI
TRAILER TRUCKS WERE TIPPED OVER 4 MILES NEAR OF YANKTON.

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.

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

KOSCIELSKI

In the hours before

KHON 080047

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
745 PM CDT WED MAY 7 1986

AT 745 PM CDT...THERE WERE SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA. THE THUNDESTORMS
WERE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF HURON TO 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RAPID
CITY NEAR MARTIN.

SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE IN THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUST TO
45 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS WERAE MOVING NORTH AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

PRESTON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
800 PM CDT WED MAY 7 1986

AT 750 PM CDT INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE
HAIL WERE LOCATED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND WILL BE
MOVING INTO SOUTH DAKOTA FROM ABOUT PICKSTOWN TO YANKTON WITHIN THE
NEXT HOUR. IT MAY BE NECCASSARY TO ISSUE WARNINGS ON THERE STORMS
LATER THIS EVENING.

AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO LOCATED OVER CENTRAL SOUTH DAKORTA
FROM PIERRE SOUTHWEST TO MISSION. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH
NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.
KOSCIELSKI

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

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.