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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

July 11, 2000Dakota County, Dixon County, Nebraska

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2000, 9:57 PM CDT for Dakota County, Dixon County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 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 11, 2000, 9:57 PM CDT (02:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2000, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jul 11, 10:05 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 57 EEmerson, NEThunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including numerous large branches down.

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
Jul 11, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 2000-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3053 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2000-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
3053 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1183 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
5.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KFSD 120258
SVRFSD
NEC043-051-120330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWEST DAKOTA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
  SOUTHEAST DIXON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 957 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF EMERSON...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF PONCA...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EMERSON AROUND 1005 PM CDT

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER
AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 58 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDixon25 min
Jul 11, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDakota, Dixon33 min
Jul 11, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDixon32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 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.