Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1987, 7:51 PM CDT for Mellette County, South Dakota. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1987, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1987, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mellette 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
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -233 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3178 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFSD 170051
SVRFSD
SDC095-170145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
751 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
...EASTERN MELLETTE
SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED ARE WHITE RIVER AND WOOD.
AT 745 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN WHITE
RIVER AND WOOD...30 TO 35 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF WINNER SOUTH
DAKOTA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD GET TO A
REINFORCED SHELTER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES 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.
BEHRENDWhat 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 16, 2:36 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
^DSMSPSSUX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 230 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1987 AT 230 PM CDT INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 30 TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THEY WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MONONA COUNTY AND THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PART OF THURSTON COUNTY BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM CDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. FREDERICK
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:29 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
^DSMSPSSUX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 330 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1987 AT 325 PM CDT INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 15 TO 50 MILES SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THEY WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THURSTON COUNTY...MONOMA COUNTY AND INTO SOUTHERN WOODBURY COUNTY BETWEEN 330 AND 430 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL HEAVY RAINO AND WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. FREDERICK
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 640 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1987 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR THE WESTERN THIRD OF SOUTH DAKOTA... AT 630 PM CDT...THERE WERE WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HURON NEAR LOWER BRULE AND 25 MILES WEST OF WINNER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH S]OME PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WITH WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING IN WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA... 45 MILES NORTH OF RAPID CITY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PRESTON
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:00 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 655 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1987 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... AT 650 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA NEAR MISSION SOUTH DAKOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTIES OF TODD...MELLETTE AND TRIPP SHOULD BE ALERT UNTIL 830 PM CDT ...ESPECIALLY IN THE CITIES OF MISSION ...WOOD AND WINNER. VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA IN CHERRY COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF VALENTINE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND ALSO WILL BE EFFECTING SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING. A TORNOADO WATCH IS EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN THIRD OF SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 9 PM MDT. BEHREND
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:42 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 740 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1987 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT FOR THE WESTERN THIRD OF SOUTH DAKOTA... AT 730 PM CDT...THERE WERE SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PIERRE TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINNER. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO IN NEBRASKA SOUTH OF WINNER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE 50 MILES WEST OF HURON SOUTH DAKOTA... NEAR HIGHMORE AND REE HEIGHTS. THERE WERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA...40 MILES SO UTH OF LEMMON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Todd, Tripp | 61 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.