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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

July 3, 1995Charles Mix County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1995, 11:16 PM CDT for Charles Mix County, South Dakota. It was in force for 16 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1995, 11:16 PM CDT (04:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1995, 11:32 PM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Charles Mix County, SD

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 189 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1995-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1633 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1995-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
1633 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KFSD 040417 RRA
SVRFSD
SDC023-040450-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1116 PM CDT MON JUL 3 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1150 PM CDT (1050 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

   ...NORTHEASTERN CHARLES MIX
 
AT 1113 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY SIOUX FALLS
DOPPLER RADAR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE ANDES  OR 3 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF BOVEE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 23 MPH.

THIS STORM CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF...
BOVEE                    BY 1123 PM CDT
PLATTE                   BY 1131 PM CDT
PLATTE MUNI ARPT         BY 1134 PM CDT
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG 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.
WB

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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.