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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

August 18, 1995Lyon County, Murray County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 1995, 9:16 PM CDT for Lyon County, Murray County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 18, 1995, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 1995, 9:50 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 1995-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1708 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1995-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
1708 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 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 190217 RRA
SVRFSD
MNC083-101-190250-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 950 PM CDT (850 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

   ...SOUTHERN LYON COUNTY
   ...NORTHERN MURRAY COUNTY
 
AT 913 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN SIOUX FALLS 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF
PIPESTONE NEAR FLORENCE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF...
FLORENCE                 AROUND 915 PM CDT
BURCHARD                 AROUND 920 PM CDT
BALATON                  AROUND 935 PM CDT
GARVIN                   AROUND 940 PM CDT
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.  REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN OFTEN PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  A TORNADO WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 1 AM.

CHAPMAN

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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.