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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

August 5, 1989Sioux County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 1989, 4:20 AM CDT for Sioux County, Iowa. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 5, 1989, 4:20 AM CDT (09:20 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 1989, 4:45 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 nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 00:00Z on 1989-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 31 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 1989-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
31 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-246 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, Aug 5, 4:04 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA
400 AM CDT AUG 05 1989

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN UNION COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA AND
SIOUX COUNTY IOWA...

AT 355 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED THAT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED
FROM 30 TO 40 MILES NORTH TO NORTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY...OVER NORTHERN
UNION COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST SIOUX COUNTY IOWA.  MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS DIRECTION AND SPEED WILL TAKE
THESE STORMS OVER THE TOWNS OF ALCESTER AND BIG SPRINGS IN UNION COUNTY
AND HAWARDEN...CHATSWORTH...MAURICE...ORANGE CITY AND ALTON IN
SIOUX  COUNTY IOWA...BETWEEN 400 AND 500 AM.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN SHOW*ERS...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  RESIDENTS OF THE UNION
AND PLYMOUTH COUNTY AREA SHOULD WATCH THE WEATHER CLOSELY AND BE
PREPARED TO GO TO A SAFE SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD DEVELOPE.
SHERLIN
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 4:09 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
410 AM CDT SAT AUG 5 1989

AT 405 AM CDT A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL LOCATED
38 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX FALLS IN SOUTHWEST SIOUX COUNTY
WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REACH SIOUX CENTER IOWA AROUND 415 AM
CDT AND ALTON IOWA AROUND 430 AS IT TRACKS EASTWARD ACROSS
SIOUX COUNTY. RESIDENTS OF SIOUX COUNTY...ESPECIALLY THE S2OUTHERN
TWO THIRDS OF SIOUX COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AS THIS THUNDERSTORM MOVES THROUGH.

BIER
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 4:15 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA
400 AM CDT AUG 05 1989

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN UNION COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA AND
SIOUX COUNTY IOWA...

AT 355 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED THAT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED
FROM 30 TO 40 MILES NORTH TO NORTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY...OVER NORTHERN
UNION COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST SIOUX COUNTY IOWA.  MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS DIRECTION AND SPEED WILL TAKE
THESE STORMS OVER THE TOWNS OF ALCESTER AND BIG SPRINGS IN UNION COUNTY
AND HAWARDEN...CHATSWORTH...MAURICE...ORANGE CITY AND ALTON IN
SIOUX  COUNTY IOWA...BETWEEN 400 AND 500 AM.

THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  RESIDENTS OF THE UNION
AND SIOUX  COUNTY AREA SHOULD WATCH THE WEATHER CLOSELY AND BE
PREPARED TO GO TO A SAFE SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD DEVELOPE.
SHERLIN ....CORRECTION TO LAST PARA...<SIOUX COUNTRY REPLACES PLYMOUTH...

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 4:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDUnion38 min
Aug 5, 6:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDUnion58 min
Aug 5, 4:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPlymouth56 min
Aug 5, 4:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDSioux26 min
Aug 5, 6:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDWoodbury60 min
Aug 5, 6:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPlymouth60 min
Aug 5, 6:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMonona65 min
Aug 5, 7:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDIda55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.