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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 230, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 13, 2001Pipestone County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2001, 9:32 PM CDT for Pipestone County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 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, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2001, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Pipestone County, MN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 13, 10:05 PM CDT	Hail 1	Pipestone, MN

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, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 190 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 298 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 4.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KFSD 140232
SVRFSD
MNC117-140300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PIPESTONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 932 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PIPESTONE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PIPESTONE AROUND 940 PM CDT
  HOLLAND AROUND 955 PM CDT

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A
STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4402 9646 4386 9645 4405 9606 4421 9628

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, 8:55 PM CDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 8:55 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
855 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001

NOT MUCH TIME FOR DISCUSSION DUE TO ONGOING SEVERE WEATHER IN
EASTERN CWA.  MAIN SURFACE BOUNDARY JUST EAST OF SOUTH DAKOTA
BORDER...WITH OUTFLOW ON REAR SIDE OF STORMS CAUSING TSRA TO
REDEVELOP ALONG I-29 CORRIDOR.  HAVE ALREADY MADE SEVERAL UPDATES
TO ZONES TO COVER CHANGES IN TORNADO AND FLASH FLOOD WATCHES.

.FSD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT FOR THE
       JAMES VALLEY TOWARD THE MO VALLEY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:14 PM CDT, 5 hours 18 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 59 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, 2 hours 2 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.

Local storm report, Jun 13, 9:19 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
919 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0708 PM    15 E BROOKINGS            SD   TORNADO
06/13/01   BROOKINGS                      REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0719 PM    3 NE LAKE BENTON          MN   TORNADO
06/13/01   LINCOLN                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0719 PM    3 NE LAKE BENTON          MN   TORNADO
06/13/01   LINCOLN                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0731 PM    3 W ROCK VLY              IA   .88 INCH HAIL
06/13/01   SIOUX                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0731 PM    3 W ROCK VLY              IA   .88 INCH HAIL
06/13/01   SIOUX                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0800 PM    SIOUX CITY ARPT           IA   67 MPH TSTM GUST
06/13/01   WOODBURY                       OFFICIAL WIND EQUIPMENT

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	Tornado Warning	FSD	Lincoln	35 min
Jun 13, 7:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Lyon	34 min
Jun 13, 8:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Lyon	31 min
Jun 13, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Pipestone	29 min
Jun 13, 8:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Lyon	36 min
Jun 13, 8:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Jackson	32 min
Jun 13, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Nobles	16 min
Jun 13, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles	24 min
Jun 13, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Murray	24 min
Jun 13, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln	33 min
Jun 13, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Rock	25 min
Jun 13, 9:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson	24 min
Jun 13, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Rock	16 min
Jun 13, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson	27 min
Jun 13, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Pipestone	28 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2001 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.