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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 7, 1987Nobles County, Rock County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1987, 10:15 PM CDT for Nobles County, Rock County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1987, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1987, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Nobles County, MN, Rock 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

Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 234 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 1987-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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 1987-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-310 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2062 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
640 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND MUCH
OF MINNESOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 630 PM CDT...ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED IN SOUTH
DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 35 MILES WEST OF
YANKTON.

MUCH STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER
OF IOWA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 20 MILE WIDE AREA EXTENDING
FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX FALLS...TO ESTERVILLE IOWA...WHICH
IS 90 MILES EAST OF SIOUX FALLS.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
ORGISH
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
705 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1987

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LYON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
IOWA UNTIL 715 PM CDT...
... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND
PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 700 PM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST IOWA...ONE
EAST OF INWOOD AND THE OTHER NEAR GEORGE BOTH IN LYON COUNTY.
THESE SEVERE THUNDRSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR
AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER...HAIL 3/4
INCH OR LARGER...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN FLOOD LOW
LYING AREAS RAPIDLY.

PRESONS IN LY:ON COUNTY INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF INWOOD AND GEOROGE
SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE STORMS THROUGH 8 PM CDT.            WENT BACKBUSS
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
730 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND
PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

ONLY THAT PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM PICKSTOWN TO
SIOUX FALLS REMAINS IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.

AT 730 PM CDT INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM 25 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR HURLEY EAST TO THE SHELDON AREA IN
NORTHWEST IOWA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST/SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH
AND CAN PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS..SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS TO
PERHAPS 40 MPH.

PEOPLE IN THE CITIES OF SIOUX CENTERO AND ALTON IN IOWA...AND BERESFORD
AND CENTERVILLE IN SOUTH DAKOTA CAN EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN
800 AND 830 M CDT.
KAPELA
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 8:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
800 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND
PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 800 PM CDT A INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR INWOOD IOWA. THIS INTENSE STORM CAN PRODUCE SMALL
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAINS AS IT MOVES EAST AT
15 MPH.

OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTH OF SIOUX
FALLS NEAR BERESFORD. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE FOUND OVER
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA NEAR LAKEFIELD...AND IN NORTHWEST IOWA NEAR
LAKE OKOBJI. ALL OF THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING SOUTHmEAST AT 15 MPH.
KAPELA
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 8:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
800 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND
PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 800 PM CDT A INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR INWOOD IOWA. THIS INTENSE STORM CAN PRODUCE SMALL
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAINS AS IT MOVES EAST AT
15 MPH.

OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTH OF SIOUX
FALLS NEAR BERESFORD. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE FOUND OVER
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA NEAR LAKEFIELD...AND IN NORTHWEST IOWA NEAR
LAKE OKOBJI. ALL OF THESE SHOWERS WERE nMOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
KAPELA
Local storm report, Jun 7, 10:04 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1000 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1987

955 PM CDT...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN AT GARRETSON SD IN
             EAST CENTRAL MINNEHAHA COU
NTY. WIND ONLY 10 TO 15 MPH.

WILLIAMS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMinnehaha65 min
Jun 7, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Charles Mix57 min

Nearby

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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.