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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

March 13, 1990Dixon County, Nebraska; Union County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1990, 8:54 PM CST for Dixon County, Nebraska; Union County, South Dakota. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 1990, 8:54 PM CST (02:54 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 1990, 9:45 PM CST
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area: Whole counties

Counties Dixon County, NE, Union 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 153 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 98 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 KSUX 140306 COR
SVRSUX
NEC051-SDC127-140345-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA
854 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NEBRASKA
      DIXON...

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
      SOUTHWEST UNION...

AT 8:48 PM CST RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR DIXON IN
DIXON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...OR ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF
SIOUX CITY. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES
AN HOUR AND SHOULD EXTEND BETWEEN ELK POINT SOUTH DAKOTA AND
WATERBURY NEBRASKA BY 9:30 PM.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT. IF A
TORNADO IS SIGHTED GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER OR INTERIOR ROOM ON
LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED
BUILDING.

ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR REPORTS
OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

 GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR L<AUREL NEBRASKA AT 9:45 PM.
...CORRECTED TIME....
QUINN

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, Mar 13, 4:03 PM CST, 4 hours 51 minutes before

SDZALL-140000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
400 PM MST TUE MAR 13 1990

...A WINTER STORM MAY AFFECT CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND
SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR
LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR THE CENTRAL THIRD OF SOUTH DAKOTA
AND ADJACENT PARTS OF THE SOUTHWEST AND NORTHEAST.

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING TONIGHT OVER CENTRAL AND
PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. SNOW COULD BECOME
HEAVY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. MEANWHILE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY AND THEN BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. SOME SNOW MAY ALSO FALL OVER THE NORTHWEST AND THE EXTREME
SOUTHWEST.

SNOW WILL BE ENDING OVER THE WEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHILE RAIN AND
SNOW MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY IN THE EAST.

ALL PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY OVER THE CENTRAL
THIRD OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND THE ADJACENT PARTS OF THE SOUTHWEST AND
THE NORTHEAST ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY FULLY INFORMED ON THIS POTENTIAL
STORM AND BE PREPARED TO CHANGE THEIR PLANS IF NECESSARY.

BIER

Special weather statement, Mar 13, 6:23 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before

SDZALL-140115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
624 PM MST TUE MAR 13 1990

...A WINTER STORM MAY AFFECT CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND
SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR
LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR THE CENTRAL THIRD OF SOUTH DAKOTA
AND ADJACENT PARTS OF THE SOUTHWEST AND NORTHEAST.

AT 6 PM CST SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW WAS OCCURING OVER SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF
THE STATE WITH AMOUNTS OF TRACE UP TO 2 INCHES BEING REPORTED. SCATTERED
LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS MIXED AT TIMES WITH SNOW WERE IN THE CENTRAL AND
EAST. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 29 AT CUSTER TO 45 AT SIOUX FALLS.

THROUGH 8 PM CST...SCATTERED AREAS OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER
WESTERN SECTIONS WITH EXTREME SOUTHWEST HAVING THE BEST CHANCE FOR
MESURABLE SNOW. IN THE TE CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN
SHOWERS MAY BE MIXED WITH SNOW. THE SOUTHEAST WILL HAVE SCATTERED
SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES WILL LOWER 3 TO 6 DEGREES WEST TO 1 TO 3 DEGREES
EAST.

BEHREND

Special weather statement, Mar 13, 7:17 PM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

SDZALL-140315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
715 PM MST TUE MAR 13 1990

...A WINTER STORM MAY AFFECT CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND
SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR
LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR THE CENTRAL THIRD OF SOUTH DAKOTA
AND ADJACENT PARTS OF THE SOUTHWEST AND NORTHEAST.

AT 7 PM CST SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW WAS OCCURING OVER SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF
THE STATE. SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS MIXED AT TIMES WITH SNOW WERE IN
THE CENTRAL INTO THE NORTHEAST. SHOWERS WITH A POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE IN THE SOUTHEAST. REPORTED TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 28 AT CUSTER TO
43 AT SIOUX FALLS.

THROUGH 9 PM CST...SCATTERED AREAS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER
WESTERN SECTIONS WITH EXTREME SOUTHWEST HAVING THE BEST CHANCE FOR
MESURABLE SNOW. IN THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN
SHOWERS MAY BE MIXED WITH SNOW. THE SOUTHEAST WILL HAVE SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL LOWER 1 TO 3 DEGREES.

BEHREND

Special weather statement, Mar 13, 8:20 PM CST, 34 minutes before

IAZ001-004-005-140300

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA
8:15 PM CST TUE MAR 13 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SIOUXLAND AREA...

AT 8:10 PM CST RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA. ONE STORM WAS JUST WEST OF DIXON. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL
MOVE INTO THURSTON COUNTY NEAR PENDER BY 8:30 PM CST.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAINS..SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE SIOUXLAND AREA.

DROZD/QUINN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 13, 9:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Union	21 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1990 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 1990 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.