Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Issued

Jul 11, 2000, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)

Expired

Jul 11, 2000, 8:45 PM CDT

In force

27 min

Issued by

NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Area

Whole counties

County Union County, SD

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS53 KFSD 120119
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SDC027-127-120145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
818 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
  NORTHERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 817 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS FROM 6 MILES
  NORTH OF ALCESTER TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BERESFORD...OR FROM 7
  MILES EAST OF BERESFORD TO 11 MILES NORTH OF VERMILLION...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  THE STRONGEST STORM IN THE LINE WAS LOCATED
  5 MILES EAST OF WAKONDA.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ALCESTER    AROUND 825 PM CDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH/...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 11, 3:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
330 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 2000

NOT MUCH TIME FOR DISC SO HERE IT GOES. VIGOROUS SHORTWV RIDING OVR
RIDGE HAS OBVIOUSLY SPARKED SVR CONVECTION OVR NRN SD. EXPECTING
ACTIVITY TO CONT TO BUILD SWD INTO PRIME AIR THIS EVENING. LIFT IS
CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO BE CONCERNED ABT WITH MASSIVE LLVL
CONVERGENCE AND JET DIV OVER IT. DECENT SFC TROF JUST W OF CWA
HELPING TO PROVIDE SOME OF THE LLVL LIFT. CONCERNED ABT WINDS WITH
THESE TSTMS. RUC SNDGS GET VERY DRY ALOFT NR THE FROPA. THIS SHOULD
HELP ANY EVAP COOLING AND DOWNRUSHING AIR MAKE IT TO THE SFC. INFLOW
FOR THESE STORMS IS PRETTY DECENT FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...BUT ENERGY
DEFINITLY WEAKENS HEADING SOUTH.

THIS FEATURE PASSES ALLOWING FOR SOME CLEARER SKIES ON WED AND WED
NIGHT. SOME DEBRIS LOW CLDS MAY DVLP BEHIND THIS COMPLEX TO THE
NORTH. SO WITH THE WINDS SHIFTING TO THE N OR NW OVERNIGHT...ANY OF
THESE MAY ADVECT IN TOWARD CWA. HOWEVER SUBSIDENCE IS VERY STRONG
WITH DRY AIR ABUNDANT LATE TNGT...SO DIDN'T WANT TO GO TOO WILD WITH
THIS AS THEY MAY NOT DVLP.

ON THURSDAY...ETA PROGS SOME DECENT PCPN ALONG A WMFNT OVR
CWA...WHILE THE AVN PUSHES IT TO ERN NEB. ETA DOESN'T JIVE WELL WITH
RECENT CONT OF MRF...AND MAY BE TOO FAST IN TRYING TO DVLP PCPN AHD
OF NXT ADVANCING RIDGE RIDER WHICH WL PASS THRU THU NIGHT. CLDS
SHOULD DEFINITELY INCR SOMEWHAT ON THU WITH LOW TO MID LVL WAA...BUT
AM NOT CONVINCED ANY PCPN WL FALL. THEREFORE LEFT OUT FOR NOW...BUT
SOMETHING FOR FUTURE SHIFTS TO WATCH. CONTINUED TO TREND A LITTLE
LOWER THAN FWC FOR TEMPS FOR HIGHS...WITH WET AND GREEN GROUND MOST
LOCATIONS.

.FSD...NONE
 FUHS

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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.