Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1995, 7:34 PM CDT for Mellette County, Todd County, South Dakota. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 1995, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1995, 8:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mellette County, SD, Todd County, SD
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1369 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFSD 230035 RRA SVRFSD SDC095-121-230120- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 734 PM CDT THU JUN 22 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 820 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA ...SOUTHEASTERN MELLETTE ...TODD AT 729 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY SIOUX FALLS DOPPLER RADAR 25 MILES WEST OF WINNER OR 3 MILES NORTH OF OKREEK MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 50 MILES WEST OF WINNER IN CENTRAL TODD COUNTY OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MISSION. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF... MOSHER BY 742 PM CDT AT 710 PM BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF MISSION SD. AT 700 PM GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 1 TO 2 MILES EAST OF MISSION. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. & MED
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 22, 3:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
SDZ001>070-MNZ097-098-IAZ001-012-230300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 333 PM CDT THU JUN 22 1995 ...HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT... A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS DUE TO THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAINS WILL BE ACROSS THE WEST THIS EVENING AND OVER THE CENTRAL AND EAST DURING THE NIGHT. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA...ESPECIALLY THOSE NEAR RIVERS AND STREAMS...AND THOSE CAMPING IN THE BLACK HILLS...SHOULD KEEP UP TO DATE ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING DOES OCCUR OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:34 PM CDT, 4 hours before
SDZ001-070-MNZ097-098-IAZ001-012-230300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 333 PM CDT THU JUN 22 1995 ...HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT... A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS DUE TO THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAINS WILL BE ACROSS THE WEST THIS EVENING AND OVER THE CENTRAL AND EAST DURING THE NIGHT. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA...ESPECIALLY THOSE NEAR RIVERS AND STREAMS...AND THOSE CAMPING IN THE BLACK HILLS...SHOULD KEEP UP TO DATE ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING DOES OCCUR OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
SDZ001>070-MNZ097-098-IAZ001-012-230300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 333 PM CDT THU JUN 22 1995 ...HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT... A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS DUE TO THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAINS WILL BE ACROSS THE WEST THIS EVENING AND OVER THE CENTRAL AND EAST DURING THE NIGHT. PERSONS ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA...ESPECIALLY THOSE NEAR RIVERS AND STREAMS...AND THOSE CAMPING IN THE BLACK HILLS...SHOULD KEEP UP TO DATE ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING DOES OCCUR OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
540 PM CDT THU JUN 22 1995
STORM DATA FOR JUNE 21 1995
TIME COUNTY...LOCATION CHARACTER OF STORM...DAMAGE
DURING HUGHES CO...PIERRE 4 N TREE BRANCHES TO 3 INCH
EVENING DIAMETER BROKEN. TEMPORARY
GREENHOUSE BLOWN AWAY
SPRINGERLocal storm report, Jun 22, 5:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
540 PM CDT THU JUN 22 1995
STORM DATA FOR JUNE 21 1995
TIME COUNTY...LOCATION CHARACTER OF STORM...DAMAGE
DURING HUGHES CO.F..PIERRE 4 N TREE BRANCHES TO 3 INCH
EVENING DIAMETER BROKEN. TEMPORARY
GREENHOUSE BLOWN AWAY
SPRINGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Tripp | 34 min |
Nearby
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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.