Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 219, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2001, 8:50 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Iowa. It was in force for 25 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, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2001, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Cherokee County, IA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 8:52 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Marcus, IA | Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KFSD 140151 SVRFSD IAC035-140215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 850 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 850 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF MARCUS TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF MARCUS...OR FROM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORANGE CITY TO 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LE MARS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... CLEGHORN AROUND 855 PM CDT MERIDEN AROUND 900 PM CDT CHEROKEE...LARRABEE AROUND 910 PM CDT THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCtE 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 4290 9587 4264 9586 4274 9542 4291 9541
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 13, 3:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 3:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
355 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001
KIND OF CRAZY HERE TODAY...SO WE'LL BE BRIEF. EVEN HAVE LONG TERM
FLOODING TO WORRY ABOUT NOW. IN THE SHORT TERM...ANOTHER SHORTWV
DEPICTED BY CRNT WV AND MDLS TO MOVE UP THE STALLED SFC BNDRY FOR
THE FIRST HALF TNGT. THEREFORE...LIKELY SETTING UP ANOTHER ROUND OF
CONVECTION TNGT. ONE THING THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN LAST NIGHT...IS
THE DIR WIND SHEAR IS NOT QUITE AS IMPRESSIVE...AS THE UPR LVL
SUPPORT MATURES...MORE WINDS ALOFT ARE UNIDIRECTIONAL OUT OF THE SW.
WHAT IS MOST IMPRESSIVE IS A LLVL JET SETTING UP TNGT...WITH 70 KNTS
PROGGED IN CNTRL KS...BUMPING INTO ONLY 10 TO 20 KNTS IN ERN NEB...SO
SPEED CONVERGENCE IS TREMENDOUS. SO WE HAVE A STALLED SFC BNDRY...
WITH A MID LVL SHORTWV AND SPEED CONVERGENCE CAUSING PROBLEMS TNGT.
ISSUED A FFA FOR MUCH OF THE ERN CWA DUE TO SATURATED GROUND.
HEAVY RAIN THREAT BEGINS TO SETUP LATE TNGT FOR THE JAMES. THTE
RIDGE BEGINS TO STALL IN THIS AREA...AND AVN/ETA DEPICT A
TROWAL...EVEN FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH TREMENDOUS 850-700MB
FRONTOGENSIS PROGGED TO PERSIST IN THIS AREA AND WWD THRU THU NIGHT.
THEREFORE WITH CRNT LOW TRACK FCST...WRAP ARND HEAVY RAINS COULD
OCCUR IN THIS AREA CAUSING PROBLEMS OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND.
THE ERN HALF OF THE CWA MAY ACTUALLY GET DRY SLOTTED ON THURSDAY...AT
LEAST DRY SLOTTED ALOFT...SO CONVECTION WILL BE MORE SCATTERED BUT
WATCH OUT FOR A WIND THREAT.
SYSTEM FINALLY CLEARS OUT LATER THU NIGHT AND FRIDAY...LEAVING SOME
WINDS BEHIND. NOT MUCH TIME TO LOOK AT THE EXTENDED...BUT A SERIES
OF SHORTWVS MOVE THRU SUNDAY THRU TUESDAY...NOT AS STRONG AS THIS
SERIES OF COURSE. WEDNESDAY...WENT DRY FOR NOW...EVEN THO THE MRF IS
PAINTING PCPN ON US...USUALLY THESE THINGS ARE A LITTLE FAST.
.FSD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT FOR THE
JAMES VALLEY TOWARD THE MO VALLEY.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT ONLY...FOR THE I 29 CORRIDOR...SW
MINNESOTA AND FAR NW IA.
FUHSIn the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
414 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0402 PM 8 NE BRUCE SD .88 INCH HAIL
06/13/01 BROOKINGS REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
633 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0624 PM DAKOTA CITY NE 1 INCH HAIL
06/13/01 DAKOTA REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0627 PM SIOUX CITY IA .88 INCH HAIL
06/13/01 WOODBURY REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0627 PM SOUTH SIOUX CITY NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/13/01 DAKOTA REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Special weather statement, Jun 13, 7:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SDZ038>040-050-052>069-140100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 730 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 415 CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED INTO SOUTWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | O'Brien, Osceola | 28 min |
| Jun 13, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien | 28 min |
| Jun 13, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Osceola | 23 min |
| Jun 13, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Clay, O'Brien | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 27 min |
| Jun 13, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson, Osceola | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Ida, Woodbury | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Ida | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida | 20 min |
| Jun 13, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 20 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.