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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

April 26, 1986Murray County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1986, 7:58 PM CST for Murray County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 1986, 7:58 PM CST (01:58 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 1986, 9:00 PM CST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Murray County, MN

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

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1986-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1986-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1228 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
272 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 270204 COR
SVRFSD
MNC063-101-IAC143-270300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING   ...COORECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
758 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES OF

SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...JACKSON...EASTERN MURRAY AND EASTERN NOBLES
NORTHWEST IOWA...OSCEOLA

SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA ARE AVOCA..
WORTHINGTON AND LAKEFIELD AND IN NORTHWEST IOWA SIBLEY.

AT 755 PM CST  RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST
OF WORTHINGTON MINNESOTA TO SIBLEY IOWA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE EASTNORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
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.

BEHREND

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, Apr 26, 4:51 PM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
440 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986

AT 430 PM CST...NUMEROUS INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THE STORMS WERE IN A 45 MILE WIDE AREA
FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS TO 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF
YANKTON.

LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND IS LIKELY IN THE AREA SOUTH OF A LINE
SIOUX FALLS TO CHAMBERLAIN..WHICH IS 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PIERRE.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

ALSO...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN...CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THE
HEAVIEST RAIN WAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER AND NORTH OF
A LINE FROM HURON TO BROOKINGS.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 40 MILES AN
HOUR.

SPRINGER
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 5:43 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA
540 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986

    ..TORNADO WATCH TIL 9 PM ......

AT 535 PM CST THERE WAS A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS SOME SEVERE
LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY TO LINCOLN NEBRASKA TO 20
MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK NEBRASKA. SOME SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED
AT NORFOLK NEBRASKA BUT NONE HAS BEEN IN THE SIOUXLAND AREA.
THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

TANNER
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 5:46 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
540 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986

AT 530 PM CST...NUMEROUS INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THE STORMS WERE ALONG AND EAST OF THE
JAMES RIVER AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MITCHELL TO BROOKINGS.

LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND IS LIKELY IN THE AREA ALONG AND SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM MITCHELL TO SIOUX FALLS.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

ALSO...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN...CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...MAINLY
ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
BROOKINGS TO CHAMBERLAIN..WHICH IS= 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PIERRE.
VERY HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY IN THE AREA ALONG AND 45 MILE EITHER
SIDE OF A LINE FROM PIERRE TO MOBRIDGE.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

SPRINGER
Local storm report, Apr 26, 6:17 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
615 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986

4:20 PM CST TYNDALL SD..UP TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.

5:20 PM CST VIBORG SD..TREE DOWN (BASE OF TREE 12 INCHES)

5:23 PM CSdT 2 MI WEST HURLEY SD TORNADO MOVING EAST NORTHEAST 30 MPH.

5:35 PM CST DAVIS SD..FUNNEL CLOUD.

5:35 PM CST CENTERVILLE SD..FUNNEL CLOUD.

BIER
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 6:48 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIA KHON 270048

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
645 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986

AT 630 PM CST...NUMEROUS INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS
OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

THE STORMS WERE LOCATED EAST OF A WATERTOWN/YANKTON LINE..AND ALSO
NORTH OF A PIERRE/HURON LINE.

LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

SPRINGER/MILLER
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 7:40 PM CST, 18 minutes before
SPECIA KHON 270140

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
740 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986

AT 730 PM CST...NUMEROUS INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS
OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

THE STORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH OF A PIERRE/MITCHELL LINE. MOSTLY LIGHT
SHOWERS WHERE LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHEAST PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY IN AND AROUND THESE STORMS.

THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAD BEEN LOCATED OVER PARTS OF EASTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA HAVE MOVED EASTWARD INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST
IOWA.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

SPRINGER/MILLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 6:38 PM CSTTornado WarningFSDNobles37 min
Apr 26, 6:38 PM CSTTornado WarningFSDRock37 min
Apr 26, 6:46 PM CSTTornado WarningFSDNobles, Rock29 min
Apr 26, 6:55 PM CSTTornado WarningFSDNobles, Rock35 min
Apr 26, 7:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDJackson, Nobles62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 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.