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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 13, 2001Plymouth County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2001, 7:45 PM CDT for Plymouth County, Iowa. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2001, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2001, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Plymouth County, IA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 8:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61 ELe Mars, IAThunderstorm winds tore part of the roof and walls from a metal machine shed. Debris damaged a nearby garage. There was also tree and power line damage, and a resulting power outage.

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
Jun 13, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2001-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4371 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2001-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4371 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1290 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.5
Supercell composite
17.4

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The text

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

219 
WUUS53 KFSD 140045
SVRFSD
IAC149-140130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
745 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERRILL...OR ABOUT 12
  MILES NORTH OF SIOUX CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MERRILL AROUND 755 PM CDT
  LE MARS...CRAIG AROUND 805 PM CDT
  REMSEN AROUND 825 PM CDT

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 
CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO 
MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

LAT...LON 4270 9657 4258 9641 4279 9590 4291 9630

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPlymouth35 min
Jun 13, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon, Sioux46 min
Jun 13, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDSioux36 min
Jun 13, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDWoodbury32 min
Jun 13, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDWoodbury31 min
Jun 13, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDO'Brien, Osceola, Sioux41 min
Jun 13, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPlymouth34 min
Jun 13, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDO'Brien, Osceola28 min
Jun 13, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCherokee25 min
Jun 13, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDDickinson32 min
Jun 13, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDO'Brien28 min
Jun 13, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDOsceola23 min
Jun 13, 9:16 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDClay, O'Brien29 min
Jun 13, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDWoodbury27 min
Jun 13, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDickinson, Osceola29 min
Jun 13, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay32 min
Jun 13, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCherokee, Ida, Woodbury29 min
Jun 13, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDickinson32 min
Jun 13, 9:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDCherokee, Ida32 min
Jun 13, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBuena Vista38 min
Jun 13, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDIda20 min
Jun 13, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDIda31 min
Jun 13, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBuena Vista20 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.