Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1987, 10:25 PM CDT for Minnehaha County, South Dakota. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1987, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1987, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Minnehaha County, SD
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 10:25 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Minnehaha, SD |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KFSD 080325
SVRFSD
SDC099-080430-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1025 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
...EASTERN MINNEHAHA
AT 1025 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS HITTING THE SOUTHEAST SIDE O
SIOUX FALLS WITH 3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY AN OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH AND WILL AFFECT
THECITY OF BRANDON.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD GET TO A
REINFORCED SHELTER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PROD*UCES 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.
KAPELAWhat 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 40 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 21 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 54 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 21 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 19 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, 21 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.
WILLIAMSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix | 57 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.