Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1987, 8:06 PM CDT for O'Brien County, Iowa. It was in force for 23 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 1987, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1987, 8:29 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County O'Brien County, IA
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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 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 KSUX 250106 SVRSUX IAC141-250200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 806 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTHWEST IOWA... OBRIEN AT 758 PM CDT A SEVERE TUNDERSTORMS WAS PRODUCING WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60 MILES AN HOUR IN PAULINA IOWA OR 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING..SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF ONE IS SPOTTED. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. IF SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OBSERVED..PLEASE ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ROSNER
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 24, 5:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 535 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987 AT 530 PM CDT...SCATTERED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND INTO NORTHWEST IOWA. THESE STORMS WERE MOSTLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM CLEAR LAKE TO PICKSTOWN WITH THE HEAVIEST STORMS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHEAST AND JUST WEST OF SIOUX FALLS...10 MILES WEST OF CENTERVILLE AND JUST NORTH OF YANKTON. THE STORMS OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH DAKOTA COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN THE SIOUX FALLS AREA AND SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PFEIFFER
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 555 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987 AT 550 PM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF THEM INTENSE WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAILL...CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED IN A 100 MILE WIDE AREA FROM ABOUT 110 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS...NEAR MADISON NEBRASKA TO ABOUT 90 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX FALLS...NEAR GRANITE FALLS MINNESOTA. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 25 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR GARRISON SOUTH DAKOTA TO 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR RANDOLPH NEBRASKA. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA SHOULD BE ALERT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AT 539 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OF 47 MPH AT SIOUX FALLS. BEHREND
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:06 PM CDT, 2 hours before
^DSMSPSSUX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 605 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE SIOUXLAND AREA UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 600 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN MONONA COUNTY IN IOWA. THESE STORM EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF SIOUX CITY. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN EASTERN NEBRASKA FROM YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA TO 30 MILES WEST OF SIOUX CITY TO JUST WEST OF COLUMBUS NEBRASKA. THESE STORM WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED IN THE SIOUXLAND AREA AS OF 600 PM CDT. PERSONS ACROSS THE SIOUXLAND AREA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE WEATHER AND TAKE SHELTER IF OBSERVED. IF ANY SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED PLEASE RELAY REPORTS TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE OR CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCIES FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.] ROSNER
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 635 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987 AT 630 PM CDT...SCATTERED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND INTO NORTHWEST IOWA. THESE STORMS WERE MOSTLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM FLANDREAU TO YANKTON WITH THE HEAVIEST STORMS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTH OF SIOUX FALLS...10 MILES EAST OF CENTERVILLE...5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELK POINT AND 5 MILES WEST OF ELLSWORTH MINNESOTA. A SLIGHT DECREASE IN INTENSITY WAS ALSO NOTED. THE STORMS OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH DAKOTA COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PFEIFFER
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 7:06 PM CDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 705 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987 AT 700 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF THEM INTENSE WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL...CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF SOUTH/ EAST SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA TO 55 MILES EAST OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR WORTHINGTON MINNESOTA TO JUST EAST OF SIOUX CITY IOWA. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 35 MILES EAST OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR ADRIAN MINNESOTA TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR AKRON IOWA. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA ...AND NORTHWEST IOWA SHOULD BE ALERT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR THESE STORMS THAT WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 30 MPH. THE BACK EDGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS STILL IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA FROM NEAR SIOUX FALLS TO NEAR YANKTON. THEOPHILUS
Local storm report, Jun 24, 7:42 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
740 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987
711 PM CDT...53 MPH WIND GUSTS AT SIOUX CENTER IOWA IN SIOUX COUNTY
WHICH IS ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHEAS4T OF SIOUX FALLS SOUTH
DAKOTA.
738 PM CDT...PEA SIZED HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN AT WORTHINGTON MINNESOTA
IN NOBLES COUNTY WHICH IS ABOUT 55 MILES EAST OF SIOUX
FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA.
THEOPHILUSNearby
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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.