Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1987, 5:00 PM CDT for Osceola County, Sioux County, Iowa. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 1987, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1987, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Osceola County, IA, Sioux 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 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 3653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 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 112200
SVRFSD
IAC143-167-SDC083-112300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
500 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST IOWA
...OSCEOLA...WESTERN SIOUX
IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
...SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN
SOME CITIES EFFECTED ARE...HUDSON IN LINCOLN COUNTY SOUTH
DAKOTA...ROCK VALLEY IN SIOUX COUNTY IOWA...AND MELVIN IN SOUTHERN
OSCEOLA COUNTY IOWA.
AT 500 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME
SOUTHEAST LINCOLN COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA AND ANOTHER O8NE OVER EXTREME
SOUTHCENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY IOWA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST
NORTH EAST AT 25 MPH.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
KOSCIELSKIWhat 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 11, 3:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 315 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 1987 AT 305 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED 2 INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SIOUX COUNTY IOWA. THE STRONGEST WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF SIOUX CENTER IOWA AND THE OTHER WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX CENTER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. KOSCIELSKI
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 3:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
^DSMSPSSUX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 335 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM CDT THIS SATUDAY NIGHT... AT 330 PM CDT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN A 30 MILE WIDE LINE FROM 90 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY IOWA TO COLUMBUS NEBRASKA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAWARDEN IOWA OR 45 MILES NORTH OF SIOUX CITY AND 5 MILES EAST OF SHELDON IOWA 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN OBRIEN COUNTY AND SIOUX COUNTY IN IOWA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WIND... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. ROSNER
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:01 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 400 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 1987 ...INTENSE THUNDERSORMS ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA... AT 4 PM CDT INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. THESE THUNDERSTORM WERE IN A BAND EXTENDING FROM 60 MILES SOUTH OF SIOUX FALLS...NEAR ELK POINT SOUTH DAKOTA TO 75 MILES EAST OF SIOUX FALLS...NEAR MILFORD IOWA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPALBE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHNING AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. BUSS
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:49 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 440 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 1987 AT 430 PM CDT..SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED EAST OF A LINE FROM SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA TO SIOUX CITY IOWA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX FALLS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. OTHERWISE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF PIERRE TO 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINNER. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 50 MILES NORTHW%EST OF WINNER...IN WESTERN MELLETTE COUNTY AND 40 MILES WEST OF PIERRE...NEAR SANSARC. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. EDDY
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:52 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 440 PM CDT SAT JUL 11 1987 AT 430 PM CDT..SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED EAST OF A LINE FROM SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA TO SIOUX CITY IOWA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX FALLS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. OTHERWISE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF PIERRE TO 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINNER. THE STRO(NGEST STORMS WERE 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINNER...IN WESTERN MELLETTE COUNTY AND 40 MILES WEST OF PIERRE...NEAR SANSARC. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. EDDY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 4:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 54 min |
| Jul 11, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 62 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.