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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

May 23, 1990Charles Mix County, Douglas County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1990, 12:17 AM CDT for Charles Mix County, Douglas County, South Dakota. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 1990, 12:17 AM CDT (05:17 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 1990, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Charles Mix County, SD, Douglas 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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 230520
SVRFSD
SDC015-023-043-053-230545-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1217 AM CDT WED MAY 23 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
          ...SOUTHEASTERN BRULE...CHARLES-MIX...WESTERN DOUGLAS
          ...SOUTHEASTERN GREGORY...WESTERN BON-HOMME...
 
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE ADJACENT WATERS OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.
 
SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING  ARE NEW HOLLAND ...PLATTE
....PICKSTOWN ... BONESTEEL ...WAGNER AND AVON.
 
AT 1210 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
100 MILES WEST OF SIOUX FALLS NORTH OF PLATTE SOUTH DAKOTA TO 95 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS EAST OF BONESTEEL 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, 11:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 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, 1 hour 6 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, 1 hour 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.
Special weather statement, May 22, 11:42 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
IAZ004-230600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA
1140 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 1990

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

AT 11:40 PM RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WITHIN 35 MILES OF THE MISSOURI RIVER IN
WEST IOWA. ONE INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR ALCESTER SOUTH DAKOTA
OR 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY. ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS
SOUTH OF ONAWA IOWA OR 40 MILES SOUTH OF SIOUX CITY.

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WIND
AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

QUINN
Special weather statement, May 22, 11:50 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
1145 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 1130 PM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN NORTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH OF A HURON/BROOKINGS
LINE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY NEAR
WILLOW LAKE OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF HURON.

ELSEWHERE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF A
CHAMBERLAIN/MITCHELL/BERESFORD LINE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED
ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF PICKSTOWN.

MOVEMENT OF ALL STORMS WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
MILLER
Special weather statement, May 23, 12:00 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
SDZ015>017-019-020-MNZ017-IAZ001-230630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1200 AM CDT WED MAY 23 1990

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PARTS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN CHARLES MIX COUNTY AND FOR SOUTHEAST GREGORY COUNTY IN
SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 1215 PM CDT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL OR
STRONG WINDS...CONTINUED TO MOVE OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

RESIDENTS AND THOSE TRAVELING IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR THIS ADVERSE WEATHER. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS.
MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER OF HAIL OR STRONG WINDS THREATEN.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS THE REMAINDER
OF THE NIGHT.
BLOOM

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 22, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix, Gregory40 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.