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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1993, 6:55 PM CDT for Murray County, Pipestone County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1993, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1993, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Murray County, MN, Pipestone County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 302 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jul 1, 5:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SDZ018-012350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 548 PM CDT THU JUL 1 1993 AT 545 PM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY 5 MILES EAST OF MADISON SOUTH DAKOTA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL EFFECT THE NORTH PART OF MOODY COUNTY AND THE CITY OF FLANDREAU BETWEEN 550 PM AND 630 PM CDT. IF YOU RECEIVE HAIL UP TO 3/4 INCH OR LARGER AND WINDS OF 50 MPH OR NORE PLEASE CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW INFORCEMENT AGENCY. KOSCIELSKI
Local storm report, Jul 1, 6:05 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 610 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 1993 TIME COUNTY...LOCATION AND STATE CHARACTER OF STORM...DAMAGE ....................................................................... 318 PM CDT CHARLES MIX LAKE ANDES MARBLE HAIL 415 PM CDT HUTCHINSON OLIVET GOLF BALL HAIL 425 PM CDT HUTCHINSON MENNO TENNIS BALL HAIL 500 PM CDT TURNER 5 S PARKER B MARBLE HAIL 515 PM CDT BROOKINGS NEAR WHITE FUNNEL CLOUD KOSCIELSKI
Local storm report, Jul 1, 6:10 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 610 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 1993 TIME COUNTY...LOCATION AND STATE CHARACTER OF STORM...DAMAGE ....................................................................... 318 PM CDT CHARLES MIX LAKE ANDES MARBLE HAIL 415 PM CDT HUTCHINSON OLIVET GOLF BALL HAIL 425 PM CDT HUTCHINSON MENNO TENNIS BALL HAIL 500 PM CDT TURNER 5 S PARKER MARBLE HAIL 515 PM CDT BROOKINGS NEAR WHITE FUNNEL CLOUD KOSCIELSKI
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:39 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
MNZ017-020000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 640 PM CDT THU JUL 1 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVES ACROSS LYON COUNTY MINNESOTA... AT 635 PM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN LYON COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. THE STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF COTTONWOOD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF MARSHALL. PEOPLE IN LYON COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A REINFORCED BUILDING IF THIS THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA. MENTZER
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:51 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Hutchinson | 26 min |
| Jul 1, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon | 30 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.