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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 12, 1990Sioux County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1990, 8:54 PM CDT for Sioux County, Iowa. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 1990, 8:54 PM CDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 1990, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Sioux County, IA

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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 197 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1990-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1990-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3586 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
349 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 KFSD 130154
SVRFSD
IAC167-130230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
854 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTHWEST IOWA
          ...EASTERN SIOUX
 
AT 845 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTH CENTRAL
SIOUX COUNTY IOWA OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX CENTER IN
SIOUX COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL
EFFECT SIOUX CENTER AND HUFF.
 
 
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.

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 12, 6:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SDZ011-017-019-120045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
645 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990

...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE DEVELOPING IN A
30 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 20 MILES EAST OF HURON TO BONESTEEL IN SOUTHEAST
GREGORY COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15
MILES EAST OF HURON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

COME COUNTIES EFFECTED FROM 645 PM CDT TO 745 PM CDT ARE KINGSBURY...
MINOR...DAVISAON...HANSON...DOUGLAS...AND CHARLES MIX.
KOSCIELSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 7:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SDZ011-017-019-130100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
705 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 1 AM CDT...

AT 7 PM CDT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN SOUTHEAST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

THIS PRECIPITATION EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES WEST OF YANKTON NEAR BUTTE
SOUTH DAKTA TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROOKINGS NEAR HAYTI.
 BERG
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 7:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SDZ017-018-020-130200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
720 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990

A WIND SHIFT WILL MOVE EAST OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH 9 PM
CDT AND SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY BRIEF WESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 45 MPH.
AT 715 PM CDT 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED AT MITCHELL. THESE
WINDS WERE THE RESULT OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR THE JAMES
RIVER. BOATERS ON LEWIS AND CLARK LAKE SHOULD BEWARE OF THIS WIND
SHIFT AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT UNTIL ABOUT 9 PM CDT.

RYRHOLM
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 7:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SDZ004-011-130130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
740 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990

AT 730 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED
OVER PARTS OF EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.

THESE STORMS WERE MOSTLY EAST OF A LINE FROM LEOLA TO PICKSTOWN WITH THE
STRONGEST STORMS LOCATED JUST NORTH AND SOUTH OF DOLAND...10 MILES SOUTH
OF IROQUOIS AND JUST SOUTHEAST OF ARTESIAN.

THESE STORMS ARE CABABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...HAIL AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS.  PERSONS IN CLARK...KINGSBURY AND MINER COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON
THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AS THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES BY 815 PM CDT.

MOVEMEJNT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

PFEIFFER
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 8:04 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
SDZ017-018-019-020-MNZ017-130200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND LOCAL RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
800 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990

...TORNADO WATCH FOR FAR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 1 AM CDT...

AT 800 PM CDT A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING FROM
EXTREME SOUTHCENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH A PART OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE LOCATED WEST OF SCOTLAND OR 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS...
EAST OF ALEXANDRIA OR 40 MILES WEST/NORTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS...AND
IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA EXTENDING FROM EAST OF PIPESTONE TO 50 MILES
OF PIPESTONE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST/NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
RTYRHOLM
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 8:47 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
SDZ005-012-130230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
840 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990

AT 830 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED
OVER PARTS OF EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.

THESE STORMS WERE MOSTLY EAST OF A LINE FROM LAKE CITY TO CARTHAGE WITH
THE STRONGEST STORMS LOCATED JUST EAST OF FLORENCE...JUST SOUTHWEST OF
WATERTOWN AND 5 MILES SOUTH OF ELROD.

THESE STORMS ARE CABABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...HAIL AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS.  PERSONS IN CODINGTON...NORTHERN HAMLIN...GRANT AND NORTHERN
DEUEL COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AS THESE
STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BY 930 PM CDT.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

PFEIFFER

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.