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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

July 27, 1995Lincoln County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1995, 6:42 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1995, 6:42 AM CDT (11:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1995, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Lincoln County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 1995-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2702 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 1995-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 139 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2702 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1287 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
22.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFSD 271144 RRA
SVRFSD
MNC081-271215-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
642 AM CDT THU JUL 27 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 AM CDT 
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

   ...LINCOLN COUNTY
 
AT 639 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY SIOUX FALLS
DOPPLER RADAR 20 MILES NORTH OF PIPESTONE OR 4 MILES NORTH OF LAKE
BENTON MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS STORM CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF...
LAKE BENTON              AROUND 650 AM CDT
ARCO                     AROUND 700 AM CDT
TYLER                    AROUND 705 AM 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.

RUBY

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, Jul 27, 4:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
4 AM CDT THU JUL 27 1995

SDZ004>011-016>023-036>040-052>056-058>062-064>067-271100-

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 866 CANCELED FOR PART OF THE STATE BUT
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST AND ALONG THE EASTERN BORDER...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 866 HAS BEEN CANCELD FOR AREAS PREVIOUSLY
INCLUDED.  THE AREAS NO LONGER THREATENED ARE TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF
A PARKER...MITCHELL...HURNON...AND GETTYSBURG LINE.  COUNTIES TO THE
NORTH AND EAST REMAIN IN THE WATCH AREA UNTIL 9 AM OR UNTIL THE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST OF YOUR LOCATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 4:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
4 AM CDT THU JUL 27 1995

SDZ004>011-016>023-036>040-052>056-058>062-064>067-271100-

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 866 CANCELED FOR PART OF THE STATE BUT
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST AND ALONG THE EASTERN BORDER...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 866 HAS BEEN CANCELD FOR AREAS PREVIOUSLY
INCLUDED.  THE AREAS NO LONGER THREATENED ARE TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF
A PARKER...MITCHELL...JHURNON...AND GETTYSBURG LINE.  COUNTIES TO THE
NORTH AND EAST REMAIN IN THE WATCH AREA UNTIL 9 AM OR UNTIL THE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST OF YOUR LOCATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:40 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
640 AM CDT THU JUL 27 1995

SDZ004>011-016>023-036>040-052>056-058>062-064>067-271100-

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 866 CANCELED FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST AND EASTERN CENTRAL BORDER...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 866 HAS BEEN CANCELD FOR AREAS INCLUDED IN
THE SOUTHEAST...INCLUDING SIOUX FALLS AND MADISON.  THE AREA IS NO
LONGER THREATENED BY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT TO THE
NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BROOKINGS...HURON...AND MOBRIDGE.

UMLAND

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 7:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon43 min
Jul 27, 7:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln29 min
Jul 27, 7:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCottonwood31 min
Jul 27, 8:01 AM CDTTornado WarningFSDLyon34 min
Jul 27, 8:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCottonwood30 min
Jul 27, 8:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCottonwood31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.