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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

August 16, 2000Hutchinson County, McCook County, Turner County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2000, 6:10 PM CDT for Hutchinson County, McCook County, Turner County, South Dakota. It was in force for 35 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
Aug 16, 2000, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2000, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hutchinson County, SD, McCook County, SD, Turner County, SD

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 16, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 12:00Z on 2000-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2000-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 195 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2119 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
318 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KFSD 162312
SVRFSD
SDC067-087-125-162345-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
610 PM CDT WED AUG 16 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 610 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF FREEMAN...OR ABOUT 17
  MILES WEST OF PARKER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DOLTON AROUND 620 PM CDT
  MONROE AROUND 630 PM CDT

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Charles Mix37 min
Aug 16, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Charles Mix31 min
Aug 16, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme27 min
Aug 16, 6:37 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDBon Homme, Yankton23 min
Aug 16, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDYankton34 min
Aug 16, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay48 min

Nearby

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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.