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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

July 20, 1987Hanson County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 1987, 10:06 PM CDT for Hanson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 1987, 10:06 PM CDT (03:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 1987, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Hanson 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, 3.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1987-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2744 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1987-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 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
2744 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFSD 210306
SVRFSD
SDC079-101-061-087-MNC117-210400-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1006 PM CDT MON JUL 20 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
          ...LAKE...SOUTHERN MOODY
IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
          ...NORTHERN HANSON...NORTHERN MCCOOK
IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
          ...PIPESTONE
 
AT 1005 CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA TO BROOKINGS
SOUTH DAKOTA TO 30 MILES NORTH OF REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA.
 
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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.
 
ANDERSON/KAPELA

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 20, 4:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
435 PM CDT MON JUL 20 1987

AT 430 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME INTENSE...CONTINUED
OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

THESE STORMS WERE MOSTLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM HURON TO MILBANK WITH
THE HEAVIEST STORMS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLARK...JUST NORTH
OF HITCHCOCK AND JUST SOUTH OF DOLAND.  A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE
IN INTENSITY WAS ALSO NOTED.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  PERSONS IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
SPINK AND WESTERN AND NORTHERN CLARK COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER.

MOVEMENT WAS qNORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
PFEIFFER
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 5:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
535 PM CDT MON JUL 20 1987

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CLARK
   COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

AT 530 PM CDT...AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED OVER NORTHERN
CLARK COUNTY OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

THE HEAVIEST PART OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF CLARK.
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND VERY HEAVY 1RAINS CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR.
PFEIFFER
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 6:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
635 PM CDT MON JUL 20 1987

AT 630 PM CDT...SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS
OF NORTHEAST...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

THESE STORMS WERE MOSTLY WITHIN A 50 MILE WIDE BAND BETWEEN WILMOT
AND THE NEBRASKA BORDER...SOUTHWEST OF MISSION.  THE HEAVIEST STORMS
WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WATERTOWN...JUST NORTH OF BRISTOL
...5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONDE...JUST WEST OF DOLAND...10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF FORT THOMPSON AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRESHO.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  PERSONS IN THE NORTHEAST...EAST CENTRyAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL PARTS OF SOUTH DAKOTA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
PFEIFFER
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 9:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
905 PM CDT MON JULY 20 1987

AT 9PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF THEM INTENSE WITH HEAVY RAIN
WERE OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED NORTH OF A LINE FROM ABOUT
90 MILES WEST/NORTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS...NEAR WOONSOCKET SOUTH
DAKOTA...NORTHEAST TO ABOUT 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX FALLS...
NEAR GRANITE FALLS MINNESOTA.

SOME OF THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ABOUT 90
MILES WEST/NORTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS...JUST NORTH OF WOONSOCKET AND
ABOUT 85 MILES NORTH OF SIOUX FALLS...NEAR BRANDT SOUTH DAKOTA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUC;ING VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  THEY ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MILES
AN HOUR.
GOLDEN
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 9:27 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
925 PM CDT MON JULY 20 1987

AT 925 PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS THUNDER/
STORM WAS PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ACCORDING TO THE BROOKINGS
FIRE DEPARTMENT. SMALL HAIL WAS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AS
IT MOVED EAST/SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED
FROM 35 MILE NORTH OF REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA TO JUST NORTH OF
CHAMBERLAIN SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS SAGGING SLOWLY
SOUTH AT 10 MPH. EVENTUALLY THE CITIES OF MITCHELL AND SIOUX FALLS
WILL EXPERIENCE BEFORE MIDNIGHT CDT IF THESE STORM HOLD TOGETHER.
ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 45 MPH...
SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING IS
ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO REPEAT THUNDERSTORMS PASSINhG THROUGH THE SAME
AREAS.
KAPELA
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 10:05 PM CDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1005 PM CDT MON JULY 20 1987

AT 1000 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF THEM INTENSE WITH HEAVY RAIN
...CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MIN/
NESOTA.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED NORTH OF A LINE FROM ABOUT 90
MILES WEST OF SIOUX FALLS...NEAR PLANKINTON SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST
TO ABOUT 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX FALLS...NEAR REDWOOD FALLS
MINNESOTA.

SOME OF THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ABOUT 45 MILES
NORTHWEST AND NORTH OF SIOUX FALLS...NEAR HOWARD AND BROOKINGS SOUTH
DAKOTA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHT/
NING AS THEY MOVE EAST AT ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
GOLDEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings, Lake, Moody65 min
Jul 20, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMoody54 min
Jul 20, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLake, McCook54 min
Jul 20, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMcCook, Minnehaha68 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.