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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

May 22, 1990Charles Mix County, Gregory County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1990, 11:35 PM CDT for Charles Mix County, Gregory County, South Dakota. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 1990, 11:35 PM CDT (04:35 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 1990, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Charles Mix County, SD, Gregory 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

Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 193 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1990-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 962 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1990-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
962 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFSD 230437
SVRFSD
SDC023-053-230515-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1135 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
          ...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CHARLES-MIX...SOUTHEASTERN GREGORY
 
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE ADJACENT WATERS OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.
 
SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE FAIRFAX...WAGNER AND
PICKSTOWN.
 
AT 1127 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 55
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MITCHELL NORTH OF BONESTEEL SOUTH DAKOTA TO 35
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MITCHELL NEAR LAKE ANDES SOUTH DAKOTA MOVING
EASTSOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD GET TO A
REINFORCED 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.
 
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
BLOOM

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, May 22, 9:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
945 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUED FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND
EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA ...PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF
NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 200 AM CDT...

AT 930 PM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN NORTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA ABOUT 35 MILES WIDE
FROM ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF WATERTOWN SOUTHEAST TO LINCOLN COUNTY
IN MINNESOTA OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROOKINGS. THE STRONGEST STORM
WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF WATERTOWN.
ELSEWHERE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED EAST OF THE
MISSOURI RIVER AND SOUTH OF A FORT THOMPSON WOONSOCKET LINE. THE STRONGEST
STORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN AURORA COUNTY OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST
OF MITCHELL.
MOVEMENT OF ALL STORMS WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 M8ILES AN HOUR.
MILLER
Special weather statement, May 22, 10:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SDZ015>020-MNZ017-IAZ01-230405-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1006 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM...

AT 10 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED ACROSS
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.

IN SOUTH DAKOTA THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF
MITCHELL...90 MILES WEST OF SIOUX FALLS JUST WEST OF PLANKINTON...AND
90 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS BETWEEN PLATTE AND LAKE ANDES.

IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 50 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR LAKE BENTON.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND
VERY HEAVY RAINS ASK THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
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OTHERWISE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS
THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHWEST IOWA.
Local storm report, May 22, 10:37 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1037 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 1990

STORM DATA FOR SOUTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA

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

 1028 PM        CHARLES-MIX LAKE ANDES     HAIL LARGER THAN MARBLE
 1030 PM        PIPESTONE NORTHERN         GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
 1031 PM        CHARLES-MIX LAKE ANDES     GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL

BLOOM
Special weather statement, May 22, 11:02 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
SDZ017>020-MNZ017-230500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1102 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM...

AT 11 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED ACROSS
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.

IN SOUTH DAKOTA THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN A LINE FROM 100
MILES WEST OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR LAKE FRANCIS TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SIOUX FALLS NEAR ILENE. ANOTHER AREA OF STRON THUNDERSTORMS WERE
LOCATED 45 MILES NORTH OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR BROOKINGS.

IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 50 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR SLAYTON.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCINGA HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND
VERY HEAVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE EAST/SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, May 22, 11:11 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
IAZ004-230500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA
1110 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 2 AM CDT...

AT 11:10 PM RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM ELK POINT
SOUTH DAKOTA...20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY...EXTENDING NORTHWEST
TO 100 MILES WEST OF SIOUX FALLS. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTOMS WERE
NORTH AND WEST OF YANKTON. SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING IN
WESTERN IOWA. NO RAIN WAS DETECTED IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WIND
AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
ALSO MOVE INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

QUINN
Special weather statement, May 22, 11:17 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
SDZ017-MNZ017-230430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1116 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR BROOKINGS COUNTY OF
SOUTH DAKOTA AND FOR NORTHERN MURRAY AND NORTHERN PIPESTONE COUNTIES
OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...

AT 1115 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED
AND NO LONGER APPEAR TO BE SEVERE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS TOR
JUST WEST OF BROOKINGS...AND 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR
SLAYTON MINNESOTA.

ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS NO LONGER APPEAR TO BE SEVERE...THEY ARE
STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings53 min
May 22, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Charles Mix, Douglas48 min
May 22, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrule37 min
May 22, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDavison, Douglas, Hutchinson52 min
May 22, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix52 min
May 22, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Brule, Charles Mix, Gregory37 min
May 22, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDouglas37 min
May 22, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings50 min
May 22, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Davison, Douglas, Hutchinson45 min
May 22, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix45 min
May 22, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDTripp37 min
May 23, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix, Douglas28 min
May 23, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrule, Gregory28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.