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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 24, 1987O'Brien County, Iowa

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1987-06-25Temperature 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1987-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
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

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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.
THEOPHILUS

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.