Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

May 17, 2000Kingsbury County, Miner County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2000, 8:13 AM CDT for Kingsbury County, Miner County, South Dakota. It was in force for 32 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
May 17, 2000, 8:13 AM CDT (13:13 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2000, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kingsbury County, SD, Miner County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:15 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
May 17, 8:25 AM CDTHail 1Carthage, SD
May 17, 8:40 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 57 MDe Smet, SDThunderstorm winds caused tree damage, blew down a pole barn, and damaged outbuildings.

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 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2000-05-17Temperature 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 2000-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -63 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1071 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 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.

789 
WUUS53 KFSD 171314
SVRFSD
SDC077-097-171345-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
813 AM CDT WED MAY 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MINER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
  SOUTHWESTERN KINGSBURY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 845 AM CDT

* AT 813 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF CARTHAGE...OR ABOUT 26 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF HURON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CARTHAGE AROUND 825 AM 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.

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
May 17, 8:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDKingsbury32 min
May 17, 9:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDKingsbury31 min
May 17, 9:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings44 min
May 17, 10:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings51 min
May 17, 10:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDKingsbury29 min
May 17, 10:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings, Kingsbury36 min
May 17, 11:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLake, Miner37 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.