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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 7, 1995Nobles County, Rock County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1995, 1:36 AM CDT for Nobles County, Rock County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1995, 1:36 AM CDT (06:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1995, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Nobles County, MN, Rock County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 1995-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 433 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1995-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
433 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
962 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFSD 070638 RRA
SVRFSD
MNC105-133-070715-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
136 AM CDT WED JUN 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN NOBLES COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN ROCK COUNTY
 
AT 135 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SIOUX FALLS TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR HILLS
MINNESOTA MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
 
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH LUVERNE...ASH CREEK ...
ADRIAN AND ELLSWORTH MINNESOTA BEFORE 215 AM CDT.
 
PEOPLE NEAR THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE
STORM HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS...DON'T DRIVE INTO FLOODED CROSSINGS.
 
BLOOM

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 6, 8:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
SDZ045-048-080715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
815 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995

TWO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED ON THE WHITE RIVER/10 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MURDO AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DRAPER.

THESE TWO STORMS HAVE INDICATED LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT OVER THE PAST
TWO HOURS.  PERSONS ALONG THE WHITE RIVER IN SOUTHERN JONES AND
SOUTHWEST LYMAN COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLASH
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

PFEIFFER

IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA PRONE TO FLOODING...BY PREPARED TO MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND.  PLEASE STAY INFORMED BY LISTENING TO THE LATEST
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 8:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
SDZ045-048-080715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
815 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995

TWO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED ON THE WHITE RIVER/10 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MURDO AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DRAPER.

THESE TWO STORMS HAVE INDICATED LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT OVER THE PAST
TWO HOURS.  PERSONS ALONG THE WHITE RIVER IN SOUTHERN JONES AND
SOUTHWEST LYMAN COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLASH
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

PFEIFFER

IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA PRONE TO FLOODING...BY PREPARED TO MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND.  PLEASE STAY INFORMED BY LISTENING TO THE LATEST
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...SOLOMON
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 8:28 PM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
SDZ045-048-080715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
815 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995

TWO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED ON THE WHITE RIVER/10 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MURDO AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DRAPER.

THESE TWO STORMS HAVE INDICATED LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT OVER THE PAST
TWO HOURS.  PERSONS ALONG THE WHITE RIVER IN SOUTHERN JONES AND
SOUTHWEST LYMAN COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLASH
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

PFEIFFER

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.