Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 1988, 12:56 AM CDT for Cherokee County, O'Brien County, Plymouth County, Iowa. It was in force for 64 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 22, 1988, 12:56 AM CDT (05:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 1988, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cherokee County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Plymouth County, IA
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 1:02 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Cherokee, IA | |
| Aug 22, 1:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | O'Brien, IA | |
| Aug 22, 2:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Plymouth, IA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 3596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 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 KSUX 220558
SVRSUX
IAC035-141-149-220700-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA
1256 AM CDT MON AUG 22 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX CITY HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST IOWA
...CHEROKEE...OBRIEN...PLYMOUTH
AT 1250 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM THE IOWA-SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER JUST NORTHWEST OF
AKRON...28 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY...TO NEAR MARCUS IN CHEROKEE
COUNTY...41 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY. MOVEMENT OF THESE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN
QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
TAKE SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDINGk IMMEDIATELY.
SHERLINWhat 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, Aug 21, 10:56 PM CDT, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1100 PM CDT SUN AUG 21 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 409 HAS EXPIRED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 409 WHICH ORIGINALLY COVERED PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND NORTHWEST IOWA EXPIRED AT 1100 PM CDT. THERE IS NO LONGER A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THIS AREA. ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT ACROSS THE LOCAL TRI STATE AREA SURROUNDING SIOUX FALLS. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN SOME TEMPORARY URBAN STREET FLOODING DUE TO THE INTENSITY OF THE TROPICAL DOWNPOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE SIOUX FALLS AREA RANGE FROM 1.50 TO 3.00 INCHES ...AND THERE MAY BE SOME HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN THE LOCAL TRI STATE AREA. IF YOU HAVE A RELIABLE RAINGAGE...THEN RELAY YOUR RAINFALL TOTAL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE AT SIOUX FALLS. KAPELA
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 11:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 1107 PM CDT SUN AUG 21 1988 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA HAS EXPIRED.... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA HAS EXPIRED. ALTHOUGH THE WATCH HAS EXPIRED..AT 1055 PM RADAR INDICATED THAT AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD REDEVLOPED IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THE STORMS ARE LOCATED FROM YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA...55 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY TO HAWARDEN IOWA... 37 MILES NORTH OF SIOUX CITY. HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND 45 TO 50 MPH WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. TANNER
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 11:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 1140 PM CDT SUN AUG 21 1988 AT 1130 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH DAKOTA WERE SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BROOKINGS TO MITCHELL TO YANKTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA HAVE VARIED FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS AND HAVE CAUSED SOME STREET FLOODING IN THE SIOUX FALLS AREA. ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN...ARE LIKELY LATER TONIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKO6TA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. FLOODING OF STREETS AND ROADSIDE DITCHES IS LIKELY LATER TONIGHT... ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND PEA SIZE HAIL. STOREY
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 11:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 1145 PM CDT SUN AUG 21 1988 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA... AT 1140 PM CDT A 30 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR BERESFORD SOUTH DAKOTA IN NORTHWEST UNION COUNTY...ABOUT 44 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY TO ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF SIOUX CITY NEAR HAWARDEN IOWA TO CHEROKEE IOWA WHICH IS ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WERE PASSING OVER AREAS THAT ALREADY RECIEVED HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT. FLOODING OF STREETS AND ROADSIDE DITC,HES IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. PHILLIPS
Special weather statement, Aug 22, 12:47 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD 1240 AM CDT MON AUG 22 1988 AT 1230 AM CDT...NUMEROUS INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ...CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA... NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THESE STORMS WERE MOSTLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FLANDREAU TO BONESTEEL WITH A THE HEAVIEST STORMS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF ALCESTER...25 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY IOWA...10 MILES SOUTH OF YANKTON...10 MILES NORTHWEST OF AVON AND JUST SOUTHWEST OF BRIDGEWATER. A SLIGHT INCREASE IN INTENSITY WAS NOTED. PERSONS IN THE SOUTHEAST PARTS OF THE STATE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AS THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PFEIFFER
Local storm report, Aug 22, 12:50 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1250 AM CDT MON AUG 22 1988
STORM DATA FOR SUNDAY AUG 22 1988
TIME COUNTY..LOCATION CHARACTER OF STORM..DAMAGE
.......................................................................
1130 PM CDT YANKTON...AT MAYFIELD GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL PUT DENTS
INTO CARS.
KAPELAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 64 min |
| Aug 22, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 56 min |
| Aug 22, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Monona | 62 min |
| Aug 22, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida, Woodbury | 68 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.