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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

July 11, 1987Osceola County, Sioux County, Iowa

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 1987-07-11Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1987-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
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

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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.
KOSCIELSKI

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, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 4:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon54 min
Jul 11, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDSioux62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 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.