Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 6, 1986Lake County, Moody County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1986, 10:18 PM CDT for Lake County, Moody County, South Dakota. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1986, 10:18 PM CDT (03:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1986, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lake County, SD, 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 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 1986-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1880 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 1986-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1880 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
996 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
10.7

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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

Local storm report, Jun 6, 7:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
659 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 1986

645 PM CDT...5 NW CANNING SD..PEA TO DIME SIZED HAIL.
Local storm report, Jun 6, 8:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
833 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 1986

717 PM CDT...HARROLD SD..25 MILES ENE OF PIERRE..WINDS EST 50-60MPH
             BY RAINFALL SPOTTER.

725 PM CDT...KENNEBEC SD..33 SSE OF PIERRE..WINDS EST 60-70MPH BY
             RAINFALL SPOTTER.
Local storm report, Jun 6, 10:06 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
1005 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 1986

920 PM CDT...JUNCTION HWY 34 AND 37..NEAR WOONSOCKET..19 MILES SOUTH
             OF HURON..DIME SIZE HAIL BY CIVILIAN.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrule68 min
Jun 6, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDGregory, Tripp62 min
Jun 6, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix61 min
Jun 6, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix, Gregory66 min
Jun 6, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDHanson62 min
Jun 6, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMcCook63 min
Jun 6, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMinnehaha, Turner57 min
Jun 6, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln36 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.