Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 4, 1999Bon Homme County, Yankton County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1999, 4:30 AM CDT for Bon Homme County, Yankton County, South Dakota. It was in force for 30 min. 2 reports 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
Jun 4, 1999, 4:30 AM CDT (09:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1999, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bon Homme County, SD, Yankton County, SD

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 4, 4:35 AM CDTHail 0.75Tabor, SD
Jun 4, 4:55 AM CDTHail 0.75Yankton, 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 3, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 4, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 1999-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 830 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1999-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 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
830 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-234 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1167 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFSD 040935 COR
SVRFSD
SDC009-135-041000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION TO PORTION OF COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
430 AM CDT FRI JUN 4 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BON HOMME COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
  WESTERN YANKTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 430 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF TABOR...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
  EAST OF TYNDALL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LESTERVILLE...UTICA AROUND 440 AM CDT
  VOLIN AROUND 50\0 AM CDT

THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN SIOUX FALLS.

CHAPMAN

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 4, 1:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 1:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
145 AM CDT FRI JUN 4 1999

AN EARLY AFD IN CASE THE REST OF THIS NIGHT TURNS BUSIER. LLJ
CONTINUES TO ASSIST IN MASSIVE WAA AND MOISTURE CONVERGENCE HELPING
TO BRING RISK OF TSTMS AND SVR WX THE NXT FEW DAYS. ALTHOUGH EYES
HAVE BEEN ON SAT NGT FOR SVR WX DUE TO UPPER LVL TROUGH MOVING INTO
THE PLAINS...FRI NGT HAS SNEAKED IN FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF TSTMS AND
RISK OF SVR WX. I CANNOT REMEMBER THE LAST TIME IVE SEEN OVERNIGHT
CAPES AS HIGH AS FCST BY THE ETA FOR FRI NGT. ACCORDING TO THE ETA
850 MB MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ALONG WITH 50 KNOT LLJ TO HELP SET
BOUNDARY ALONG THE SD/NE BORDER INTO NW IA. WHILE CAP/CIN WL
DOMINATE FURTHER S...TSTMS SHOULD EASILY BREAK CAP BETWEEN I-29 AND
SRN BOUNDARIES OF THE CWA GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE BOUNDARY. SPC PLACES
MODERATE RISK OF SVR WX FOR ALL OF THE FSD CWA...AND WL GET NO
ARGUMENT HERE.

WHILE ABV SCENERIO IS ACCORDING TO ETA AND THE ONE I WL BE PROMOTING IN
THE FCST PKG...FEEL PRUDENT TO MENTION THAT THE NGM IS FURTHER N IN
THE BOUNDARIES AND WAA ALONG WITH CAP DOMINATING MORE OF THE SRN
SECTIONS OF THE CWA. REGARDLESS OF EITHER MDL SOLN THREAT FOR AN
EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT SVR WX EVENT FRI NGT SOMWHERE IN THE CWA WL BE
AT WORK.  AN EARLY SVR WX OUTLOOK FOR THE MODERATE RISK WHICH WL BE
ISSUED ONCE THE CURRENT WATCH FOR THU NGT WX EXPIRES.

.FSD...NONE

BR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 1:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDGregory37 min
Jun 4, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix, Gregory64 min
Jun 4, 2:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix, Gregory52 min
Jun 4, 3:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Charles Mix31 min
Jun 4, 3:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.