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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 1, 1990Tripp County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1990, 7:13 AM CDT for Tripp County, South Dakota. It was in force for 12 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1990, 7:13 AM CDT (12:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1990, 7:25 AM CDT
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Tripp 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 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 209 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 12:00Z on 1990-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 365 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 12:00Z on 1990-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
365 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-181 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
733 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFSD 011213
SVRFSD
SDC123-011245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
713 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA
      WESTERN TRIPP

SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE WINNER.

AT 705 AM CDT  RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES
WEST OF WINNER SOUTH DAKOTA MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

 LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM..YOU SHOULD GET TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER. A SEVERE THUN7DERSTORM PRODUCES DAMAGING 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, Jun 1, 6:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SDZ015-011200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
611 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 1990

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS LOCATED OVER SOUTHCENTRAL
MELLETTE COUNTY OF SOUTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

AT 605 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS
40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF WINNER SOUTH DAKOTA NEAR WHITE RIVER
SOUTH DAKOTA.

THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL AFFECT EASTERN
MELLETTE COUNTY OF SOUTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 7 AM CDT.

HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH DANGEROUS CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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.