Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1987, 8:07 PM CDT for Aurora County, Davison County, Douglas County, South Dakota. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1987, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1987, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Aurora County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas 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
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 3310 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1122 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 328 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.0
- Supercell composite
- 21.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFSD 100107
SVRFSD
SDC003-043-035-100200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
807 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
...EASTERN AURORA...DOUGLAS
IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
...DAVISON
SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED ARE MITCHELL...PLANKINTON AND ARMOUR.
AT 800 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF PLANKINTON TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKES ANDES
MOVING EAST AT 30 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.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODGUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
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, Jul 9, 2:36 PM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 235 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1987 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS THURSDAY EVENING... AT 225 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME INTENSE WITH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. THE STORMS WERE MOSTLY IN ZIEBACH...WESTERN CORSON...AND NORTHWESTERN DEWEY COUNTIES. THEY EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF LEMMON... TO NEAR DUPREE...WHICH IS 75 MILES NORTHWEST OF PIERRE. HAIL...STRONG WIND...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER TO THE NORTH OF PIERRE... YOU SHOULD BE READY TO GET OFF QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...YOU SHOULD BE READY TO GET TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. KRAUSE
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 3:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 335 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1987 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS THURSDAY EVENING... AT 325 PM CDT...SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. THERE ALSO WERE INTENSE STORMS ENTERING NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. STRONG STORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHEASTERN HAAKON...EASTERN JACKSON... AND WESTERN BENNETT COUNTIES. THEY EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PIERRE...TO 85 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RAPID CITY. HAIL...STRONG WIND... VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING INTO STANLEY AND JONES COUNTIES. IF YOU ARE ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...YOU SHOULD BE READY TO GET OFF QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS... YOU SHOULD BE READY TO GET TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. ALSO...INTENSE STORMS EXTENDED FROM 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOBRIDGE... TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOBRIDGE. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO VERY STRONG... AND IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE...YOU SHOULD GET TO A PLACE OF SAFETY...AND ALSO GET OFF THE RIVER. KRAUSE
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 7:47 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
KHON 100047 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 745 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1987 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS THURSDAY EVENING... AT 730 PM CDT...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTH- EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA TO SOUTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE LINE WAS 25 MILES WIDE...AND EXTENDED FROM ABERDEEN TO WINNER. THESE ARE VERY STRONG STORMS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILE AN HOUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE COVER. ORGI%SH
Local storm report, Jul 9, 7:58 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
758 PM CDT THU JUL 9 1987
434 PM CDT EXTREME NORTHWESTERN JONES COUNTY...AT CAPA...OR ABOUT
30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PIERRE. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.
REPORTED BY STANLEY COUNTY ASSISTANT CIVIL DEFENSE.
445 PM CDT SOUTHWESTERN STANLEY COUNTY...7 MILES EAST OF HAYES...
OR ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF PIERRE. NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
BEGAN HAILING AT 415 PM CDT. REPORTED BY SEVERE WEATHER
SPOTTER.
628 PM CDT NORTHERN SULLY COUNTY...ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF PIERRE.
TREES BENT OVER ALOT...WINDS ESTIMATED AT 55 TO 70 MPH.
REPORTED BY SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER.
630 PM CDT TORNADO IN SOUTHEASTERN LYMAN COUNTY...14 MILES WEST OF
CHAMBERLAIN...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINNER.
IT TOOK DOWN A STEEL BARN...STEEL POLE SHED...AND A
CALF SHELTER. REPORTED BY SEVERE WEATH6ER SPOTTER
AT 645 PM CDT.
KRAUSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule, Charles Mix | 54 min |
| Jul 9, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Gregory | 54 min |
| Jul 9, 9:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Hutchinson, Turner | 36 min |
| Jul 9, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Turner | 43 min |
| Jul 9, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings | 59 min |
| Jul 9, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Turner | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Lincoln | 52 min |
| Jul 10, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Todd, Tripp | 60 min |
| Jul 10, 2:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 6:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Mellette | 64 min |
| Jul 10, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Mellette | 25 min |
| Jul 10, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Mellette | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Todd | 67 min |
| Jul 10, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Mellette | 61 min |
| Jul 10, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Todd, Tripp | 63 min |
| Jul 10, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Todd, Tripp | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.