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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1989, 12:20 AM CDT for Sioux County, Iowa. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1989, 12:20 AM CDT (05:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1989, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County 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 text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jun 20, 7:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
740 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 1989
...THUNDERSTORMS BOIL UP IN SOUTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
AT 740 PM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE QUICKLY DEVELOPING
OVER SOUTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA
FROM AROUND BONESTEEL TO STICKNEY...OR ABOUT 60 TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST
AT ABOUT 30 MPH ALONG A COLD FRONT. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA FROM AROUND
BONESTEEL TO MITCHELL SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE STORMS THIS
EVENING THROUGH AT LEAST 10 PM CDT.
BOATERS ON LAKE FRA;NCIS CASE SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR SINCE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT.
KAPELASpecial weather statement, Jun 20, 7:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 20, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Gregory | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Douglas | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Davison | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson, Hutchinson | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hutchinson, McCook, Turner | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Turner | 37 min |
| Jun 20, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha, Moody | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 52 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.