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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

July 27, 1990Murray County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1990, 6:50 PM CDT for Murray County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1990, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1990, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Murray County, MN

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

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1990-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 86 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1990-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
86 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFSD 272355
SVRFSD
MNC081-083-101-117-280030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
650 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
          ...EASTERN LINCOLN...WESTERN LYON...NORTHWESTERN MURRAY
          ...NORTHEASTERN PIPESTONE
 
SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE IVANHOE AND RUTHTON.
 
 
AT 645 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY MINNESOTA MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD GET TO A
REINFTORCED 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.

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 27, 5:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SDZ010-011-012-272315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
520 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT EASTERN KINGSBURY..HAMLIN..
DEUEL..AND BROOKINGS COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

AT 515 PM CDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEAST CLARK..
HAMLIN AND NORTHERN KINGSBURY COUNTIES HAD EXPIRED.  LARGE HAIL AND
HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED 6 MILES NORTH OF DE SMET.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 7 PM CDT.
SHOWERS AND  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WITH
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES CENTRAL.  TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM MID 70S TO LOWER
80S ACROSS THE AREA.  WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE.

FOR THE REST OF THIS EVENING THUNDERSTORMS..SOME SEVERE WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WITH A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS CENTRAL.  TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN MILD WITH READING IN THE
LOW 70S TO LOWER 80S THIS EVENING.  WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE.

NIELSEN
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 5:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SDZ005-011-012-018-272335-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
540 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

AT 530 PM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED
OVER EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...IN THE AREA ALONG AND
EAST OF A LINE FROM SISSETON...50 MILES NORTH OF WATERTOWN...TO NEAR
MADISON...WHICH IS 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROOKINGS.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

SPRINGER
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 5:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SDZ012-018-020-270000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
545 PM CDT WED JUL 25 1990

AT 540 PM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
SMALL HAIL...CONTINUED IN SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND
A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST IOWA.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS MOST OF BROOKINGS
COUNTY.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST
OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR HUMBOLDT TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR
HAWARDEN IOWA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 BERG
Local storm report, Jul 27, 6:06 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
600 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 1990

STORM DATA FOR FRI JUL 27TH

TIME            COUNTY...LOCATION          CHARACTER OF STORM...DAMAGE

400 PM CDT   CLARK COUNTY...HURON 35NE     BASEBALL SIZE HAIL...
                   WILLOW LAKE 6S          CIVIL DEFENSE SPOTTER
426 PM CDT   KINGSBURY COUNTY...HURON 35E  LARGE HAIL BROKE WINDOWS
                   DE SMET 6N              CIVIL DEFENSE

END
SPRINGER
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:25 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
SDZ010-011-012-280015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
620 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 1990

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT EASTERN KINGSBURY..HAMLIN..
DEUEL..AND BROOKINGS COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

AT 615 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
FROM EAST OF WATERTOWN..SOUTH TO BROOKINGS.  THUNDERSTORMS HAD ALSO
BEGAN TO DEVELOP IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA SOUTHWEST OF PIERRE.  SKIES
WERE MOSTLY SUNNY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY
EAST CENTRAL WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 70S EAST TO MID 70S CENTRAL.
WINDS GENERALLY EASTERLY AT 5 TO 15 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS THE ARE&A.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 75 TO 85 DEGREE RANGE EARLY THIS EVENING WITH
WINDS MOSTLY LIGHT.

NIELSEN
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:46 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
SDZ012-018-MNZ017-270000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
545 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 7PM...

AT 640 PM CDT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
SMALL HAIL...CONTINUED IN SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES EAST OF BROOKINGS
NEAR IVANHOE AND LAKE BENLTON MINNESOTA.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTH
OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR DELL RAPIDS TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR
CENTRAVILLE SOUTH DAKOTA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 BERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln28 min
Jul 27, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Lyon, Pipestone40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1990Every 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.