Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

July 7, 1996Miner County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1996, 4:51 PM CDT for Miner County, South Dakota. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 1996, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 1996, 5:25 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Miner County, SD

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 7, 5:13 PM CDTHail 0.75Carthage, SD

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 12:00Z on 1996-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1996-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 263 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2220 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
278 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 072151
SVRFSD
SDC097-072225-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
451 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS SD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 525 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

   ...NORTHERN MINER COUNTY
 
AT 449 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY SIOUX FALLS
DOPPLER RADAR 26 MILES NORTHEAST OF MITCHELL OR IN THE VICINITY OF
FEDORA MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS STORM CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF...
ROSWELL & CARTHAGE       AROUND 455 PM CDT
VILAS                    AROUND 505 PM CDT
HOWARD                   AROUND 510 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.

HEITKAMP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDJerauld35 min
Jul 7, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDSanborn31 min
Jul 7, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix34 min
Jul 7, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDKingsbury34 min
Jul 7, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix33 min
Jul 7, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.