Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1986, 12:06 AM CDT for Hutchinson County, McCook County, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 1986, 12:06 AM CDT (05:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1986, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hutchinson County, SD, McCook County, SD, Minnehaha 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1356 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFSD 220506 SVRFSD SDC083-087-099-027-125-135-067-220615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1206 AM CDT SUN JUN 22 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...LINCOLN...MCCOOK...MINNEHAHA...CLAY... TURNER...YANKTON AND HUTCHINSON SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN SOUTHESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA ARE YANKTON..SIOUX FALLS..VERMILLION AND FREEMAN. AT 1200 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES WEST OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR SALEM TO JUST WEST OF YANKTON. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. 70 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED AT VERMILLION AT 1158 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 DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT. KAPELA
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, Jun 21, 9:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 900 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986 ..TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 284 CANCELLED FOR MUCH OF EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA... THE TORNADO WATCHV THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 1000 PM CDT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED IN ITS PLACE FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA..SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. WEILAND
Local storm report, Jun 21, 9:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
950 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986
STORM REPORTS RELAYED VIA KELO-TV IN SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA
915 PM CDT BASEBALL SIZED HAIL AT COLMAN SOUTH DAKOTA IN
WESTERN MOODY COUNTY..OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF
SIOUX FALLS.
3 1/3 INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED SINCE THIS AFTERNOON AT
MADISON SOUTH DAKOTA IN LAKE COUNTY..OR 30 MILES NORTH
NORTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS.
THEOPHILUSSpecial weather statement, Jun 21, 9:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 950 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 300 AM CDT SUN JUNE 22... AT 935 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN LAKE AND EASTERN MCCOOK COUNTIES. HAIL..STRONG WINDS..AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE SMALL STREAM AND LOWLAND FLOODING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. OTHERWISE..THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA IN A 50 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF PIERRE TO THE NEBRASKA BORDER 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINNER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED INTO NORTHERN NEBEASKA..AND THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS AREA WERE ABOUT TO MOVE INTO GREGORY AND TRIPP COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EASTNORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. KRAUSE/MORRIS
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 10:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 1043 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986 .... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TILL 3 AM.... AT 1035 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED AN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA EXTENDING UP INTO SOUTH DAKTOA. THE LINE WAS LOCATED FROM ABOUT HURON SOUTH DAKATOA TO NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND NEBRASKA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. NO OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN OR CXLOSE TO THE SIOUXLAND AREA AT THIS TIME. TANNER
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 11:15 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 1115 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986 .... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TILL 3 AM.... AT 1105 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED AN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA EXTENDING UP INTO SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THE LINE WAS LOCATED FROM SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKATOA TO GRAND ISLAND NEBRASKA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. NO OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN OR CLOSE TO THE SIOUXLAND AREA AT THIS TIME. TANNER
Local storm report, Jun 21, 11:48 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1135 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986
934 PM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL..HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AT
BALTIC..MINNEHAHA COUNTY.
1000 PM CDT WATER OVER HIGHWAY 77 IN SOUTHERN MOODY COUNTY.
1015 PM CDT TREE LIMBS UP TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER BROKEN OFF EAST
OF GARRETSON.
1100 PM CDT 2.30 INCHES OF RAIN AT CHESTER..LAKE COUNTY..IN SEVERAL
HOURS
1100 PM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHERN MOODY
COUNTY.
1105 PM CDT 40 MPH WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN AT LUVERNE MN.
1110 PM CDT 30 TO 35 MPH WINDS IN GREGORY COUNTY.
WEILANDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake | 64 min |
| Jun 21, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake, Moody | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha, Moody | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake, McCook | 57 min |
| Jun 21, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Tripp | 62 min |
| Jun 21, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 61 min |
| Jun 22, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Lincoln, Turner, Yankton | 69 min |
| Jun 22, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Union | 68 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.