Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1020 PM CDT MON JUL 04 1994

STORM DATA FOR MONDAY JULY 04 1994

 TIME          COUNTY...LOCATION AND STATE   CHARACTER OF STORM...DAMAGE
.......................................................................

 857 PM CDT   CHARLES MIX...GEDDES SD         GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
 945 PM CDT   SRN GREGORY...5S BONESTEEL SD   NICKEL SIZE HAIL...HVY
                                              RAIN

GRAHAM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1044 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH DAKOTA...

AT 1042 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN GREGORY AND
WESTERN CHARLES MIX COUNTIES. THE AREA OF SHOWERS WAS BASICALLY FROM
SOUTH OF PIERRE TO NORTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND EASTWARD TO A
MITCHELL-GREENWOOD LINE. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER
THEY ARE VARYING IN INTENSITY RAPIDLY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS... VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL ARE ALL LIKELY WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS.

IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION 0AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

MG

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1152 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT...

AT 1150 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR ARMOUR IN SOUTHERN DOUGLAS
COUNTY SOUTH DAKOTA SOUTHWARD TO NEAR NORFOLK NEBRASKA. ANOTHER
ISOLATED STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED EAST OF LECHTER IN SOUTHEASTERN
SANBORN COUNTY. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO
20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH WERE REPORTED 10 MILES SOUTH OF YANKTON AT
1150 PM.

IF YOU LIVE IN EXTRME SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA OR NORTHWESTERN IOWA...
YOU CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH YOUR
AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR
THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL
RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

MG

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA
1208 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA...

AT MIDNIGHT CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 50 MILES WEST OF SIOUX CITY IN
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS
WILL EXTEND FROM BERESFORD SOUTH DAKOTA TO MACY NEBRASKA OR 30 MILES
SOUTH OF SIOUX CITY BY 1 AM.

GUSTY WIND UP TO 55 MILES AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. PEA
TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE SIOUX CITY AREA
UNTIL 4 AM CDT.

MICHELS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1255 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994

...A SEVER THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM...

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AT 1250 AM
AND WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST.  WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WERE
COMMON ALONG A THUNDERSTORM GUST FRONT MOVING THROUGH LINCOLN AND
UNTION COUNTES OF SD FROM CANTON TO ELK POINT.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

THE GUST FRONT WILL BE MOVING INTO LYON AND SIOUX COUNTIES OF IOWA
THROUGH 2 AM.  WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH BE COMMON ALONG THE
LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...AND LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS ARE
POSSIBLE.  PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES OF ROCK RAPIDS AND ORANGE CITY CAN
EXPECT THE STRONG WIND GUSTS TO MOVE INTO THEIR COMMUNITIES BY 1215 AM.

AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING
SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

UMLAND

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
118 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994

A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN MCCOOK COUNTY OF
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AT 115 AM CDT.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.

THE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF MITCHELL NEAR
SPENCER.  THE STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF NORTHERN MCCOOK COUNTY AND INTO
SOUTHWEST LAKE COUNTY BY 145 AM.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

UMLAND