Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2000, 3:40 PM CDT for Cherokee County, O'Brien County, Iowa. It was in force for 35 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
- Jun 13, 2000, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2000, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cherokee County, IA, O'Brien County, IA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 3:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 57 E | Marcus, IA | |
| Jun 13, 4:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Aurelia, IA | Thunderstorm winds caused property damage. The amount of damage was not known. |
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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 997 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -254 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KFSD 132042 SVRFSD IAC035-141-132115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 340 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA SOUTHERN O'BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 340 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED 3 MILES NORTH OF MARCUS...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORANGE CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PAULLINA AROUND 355 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. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENC>Y. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 28 min |
| Jun 13, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 28 min |
| Jun 13, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 23 min |
| Jun 13, 3:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Cherokee, O'Brien, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Clay, Dickinson | 119 min |
| Jun 13, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 27 min |
| Jun 13, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 26 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.