Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 23, 2000Hutchinson County, Turner County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2000, 8:53 PM CDT for Hutchinson County, Turner County, South Dakota. It was in force for 52 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 23, 2000, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2000, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hutchinson County, SD, Turner County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 23, 9:01 PM CDTHail 1Menno, SD
Jun 23, 9:16 PM CDTHail 0.75Hurley, 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 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 2000-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 162 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2000-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
162 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1581 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KFSD 240153
SVRFSD
SDC067-125-240245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
853 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEAST HUTCHINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
  TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 853 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HURLEY...OR ABOUT 17
  MILES NORTHWEST OF YANKTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MARION AROUND 925 PM CDT
  HURLEY AROUND 930 PM CDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDYankton36 min
Jun 24, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Minnehaha37 min
Jun 24, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDYankton39 min
Jun 24, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln29 min
Jun 24, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDYankton14 min
Jun 24, 2:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDTurner32 min
Jun 24, 3:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDLincoln, Turner119 min
Jun 24, 3:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDYankton93 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.