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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 7, 1993Osceola County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1993, 3:52 AM CDT for Osceola County, Iowa. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1993, 3:52 AM CDT (08:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1993, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Osceola County, IA

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 00:00Z on 1993-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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 00:00Z on 1993-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1003 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 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 
WUUS1 KFSD 070854 RRA
SVRFSD
IAC143-070930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
352 AM CDT MON JUN 7 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST IOWA
 
   ...CENTRAL AND EASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY
 
SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE OCHEYEDAN.
 
AT 350 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF SIBLEY IN
NORTHWEST IOWA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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.
 
PEOPLE NEAR THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE
STORM HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS...DON'T DRIVE INTO FLOODED CROSSINGS.
 
RYRHOLM

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 7, 2:56 AM CDT, 56 minutes before
SDZ018-070900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
257 AM CDT MON JUN 7 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

AT 255 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR CANTON...
ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF SIOUX FALLS. HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO REPORTED
AT YANKTON AND WAKONDA EARLIER THIS MORNING.

STORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
THE REST OF TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH
OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH TODAY. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES
YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A REINFORCED BUILDING IMMEDIATELY.

MENTZER0
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 3:27 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
IAZ013-020-SDZ066-070930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA
327 AM CDT MON JUN 7 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD SHELDON...

AT 325 AM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD SHELDON IOWA WHICH
IS 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE IN SHELDON BY 4 AM.  HEAVY RAIN AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR JEFFERSON AND 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BERESFORD IN UNION COUNTY.  THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO ALCESTER BY
4 AM AND HINTON IOWA BY 430 AM.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR UNION COUNTY UNTIL 7 AM THIS MORNING.

IRELAND
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 3:32 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
IAZ013-020-SDZ066-070930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA
327 AM CDT MON JUN 7 1993

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD SHELDON...

AT 325 AM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD SHELDON IOWA WHICH
IS 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE IN SHELDON BY 4 AM.  HEAVY RAIN AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR JEFFERSON AND 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BERESFORD IN UNION COUNTY.  THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO ALCESTER BY
4 AM AND HINTON IOWA BY 430 AM.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR UNION COUNTY UNTIL 7 AM THIS MORNING.

IRELAND
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 3:38 AM CDT, 14 minutes before
SDZ012-015>020-071000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
340 AM CDT MON JUN 7 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...

CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE TRI/STATE AREA
AROUND SIOUX FALLS AT 335 AM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE
LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN...BRIEF HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE
NORTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH.

EARLIER AROUND 230 AM CDT TWO INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BERESFORD ALONG WITH 3 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN. ALSO AROUND 2
INCHES OF RAIN OCCURRED IN THE CANTON AREA. THESE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS
COULD CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING PROBLEMS.

THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE STORM DEVELOPMENT THE REMAINDER OF
TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH TODAY. IF A
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A REINFORCED
BUILDING IMMEDIATELY.

RYRHOLM
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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 3:40 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
SDZ010-011-015-016-017-018-019-020-070940-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
340 AM CDT MON JUN 7 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 700 AM CDT...

AT 330 AM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
HAIL...CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.

THESE STORMS WERE MOSTLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM RIDGEVIEW/30 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MOBRIDGE TO REVILLO/25 MILES EAST OF WATERTOWN WITH THE STRONGEST
STORMS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF VIVIAN/20 MILES SOUTH OF PIERRE...
5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIGHMORE/35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GETTYSBURG AND 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MADISON/30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS.  PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA SHOULD
REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND SEEK SHELTER IF SIGHTED.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 3:44 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
SDZ010-011-015-016-017-018-019-020-070940-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
340 AM CDT MON JUN 7 1993

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 700 AM CDT...

AT 330 AM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
HAIL...CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.

THESE STORMS WERE MOSTLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM RIDGEVIEW/30 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MOBRIDGE TO REVILLO/25 MILES EAST OF WATERTOWN WITH THE STRONGEST
STORMS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF VIVIAN/20 MILES SOUTH OF PIERRE...
5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HIGHMORE/35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GETTYSBURG AND 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MADISON/30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS.  PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA SHOULD
REMAIN ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND SEEK SHELTER IF SIGHTED.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

PFEIFFER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 4:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPlymouth19 min
Jun 7, 4:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCherokee40 min
Jun 7, 4:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDO'Brien25 min
Jun 7, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon32 min
Jun 7, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDO'Brien26 min
Jun 7, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDO'Brien21 min
Jun 7, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLyon, Sioux21 min
Jun 7, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDOsceola25 min

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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.