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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

August 18, 1995Union County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT for Union County, South Dakota. It was in force for 21 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 18, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 1995, 9:06 PM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Union County, SD

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 1995-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2198 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1995-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2198 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
281 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFSD 190145 RRA
SVRFSD
SDC127-190215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
845 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

   ...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UNION COUNTY
 
AT 840 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SIOUX FALLS 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX
CITY OR NEAR JUNCTION CITY MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF...
JUNCTION CITY            AROUND 845 PM CDT
SPINK                    AROUND 850 PM CDT
RICHLAND                 AROUND 855 PM CDT
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG...REINFORCED BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY
HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN OFTEN PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING...AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 1 AM.



CHAPMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDYankton29 min
Aug 18, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Yankton33 min
Aug 18, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay33 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.