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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 20, 1997Sioux County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1997, 6:29 AM CDT for Sioux County, Iowa. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 1997, 6:29 AM CDT (11:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1997, 7:05 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Sioux County, IA

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:28 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 20, 4:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 20, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 197 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1997-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1320 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1997-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
1320 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2762 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFSD 201129 RRA
SVRFSD
IAC167-201205-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
629 AM CDT FRI JUN 20 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  EASTERN SIOUX COUNTY - IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA

* UNTIL 705 AM CDT
 
* SOME AREAS AFFECTED
  NEWKIRK                  AROUND 645 AM CDT
  GRANVILLE                AROUND 650 AM CDT
  HOSPERS                  AROUND 650 AM CDT

* AT 628 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SIBLEY OR 10 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF NEWKIRK MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED UNLESS IN AN
EMERGENCY.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

HEITKAMP

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.

NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 19, 8:29 PM CDT, 10 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 8:29 PM CDT, 10 hours before
SOUTH DAKOTA/NORTHWEST IOWA/SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
830 PM CDT WED JUN 18 1997

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL HAS NOT DEVELOPED AS WELL AS EARLIER
EXPECTED AND SOME ADJUSTMENT TO EARLIER CWA ZONES WILL BE MADE.  WILL
ADJUST ZONES IN LINE WITH SPC CHANGES TO WATCH AREA WHICH IS ANTICIPATED
AROUND 9 PM.  WILL LOWER THE POPS FOR LATER TONIGHT FOLLOWING THE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ALONG THE SOUTHEAST BORDER. POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS YET THROUGH MIDNIGHT FROM AROUND YANKTON ON EAST INTO
NORTHWEST IOWA AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THAT AREA.

.FSD...NONE
UMLAND

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-098-200800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
145 AM CDT FRI JUN 20 1997

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 482 FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS EAST ACROSS THE AREA THE REST OF
TONIGHT...BUT THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. HOWEVER
A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE HEAVY
RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS.

RUBY
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-098-200800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
145 AM CDT FRI JUN 20 1997

...CORRECTED FOR EXTRA WORDING IN LINE 3...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 482 FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE REST OF
TONIGHT...BUT THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. HOWEVER
A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE HEAVY
RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS.

RUBY
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:51 AM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ089-090-098-200800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
145 AM CDT FRI JUN 20 1997

...CORRECTED FOR EXTRA WORDING IN LINE 3...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 482 FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE REST OF
,TONIGHT...BUT THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. HOWEVER
A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE HEAVY
RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS.

RUBY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 2:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPlymouth29 min
Jun 20, 3:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBuena Vista, Cherokee31 min
Jun 20, 5:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon, Sioux31 min
Jun 20, 8:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDO'Brien, Osceola32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.