Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2000, 11:23 AM CDT for Lake County, Miner County, South Dakota. It was in force for 37 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
- May 17, 2000, 11:23 AM CDT (16:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2000, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lake County, SD, Miner County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:27 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 11:30 AM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Madison, 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 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
352 WUUS53 KFSD 171623 SVRFSD SDC079-097-171700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1123 AM CDT WED MAY 17 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN MINER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WESTERN LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA * UNTIL NOON CDT * AT 1123 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF CANOVA...OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF MADISON...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WINFRED AROUND 1135 AM CDT RAMONA AROUND 1155 AM CDT THIS STORM IS CAPABLE 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 8:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Kingsbury, Miner | 32 min |
| May 17, 8:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Kingsbury | 32 min |
| May 17, 9:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Kingsbury | 31 min |
| May 17, 9:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings | 44 min |
| May 17, 10:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings | 51 min |
| May 17, 10:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Kingsbury | 29 min |
| May 17, 10:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings, Kingsbury | 36 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.