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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 278, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

August 11, 2002Nobles County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2002, 11:46 PM CDT for Nobles County, Minnesota. It was in force for 14 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 11, 2002, 11:46 PM CDT (04:46 UTC)
Expired: Aug 12, 2002, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Nobles County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:46 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
Aug 11, 11:50 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52 E	Worthington, MN	Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage. Numerous limbs were down, some on cars and houses. Some trees on the east side of town were uprooted.

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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 11, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 202 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: 1443 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KFSD 120446 CCA
SVRFSD
MNC105-120500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1145 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF BREWSTER TO 10
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF WORTHINGTON...OR FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF
  WORTHINGTON TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WORTHINGTON...MOVING EAST AT
  55 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ROUND LAKE AROUND 1150 PM CDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A
STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4384 9555 4368 9566 4351 9577 4351 9547
          4371 9547 4384 9547

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 Aug 11, 7:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 7:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
755 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

UPDATED AROUND 7 PM TO COVER CHANGES TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCHES.  ALSO MADE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO BACK OFF BEST
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ACROSS EASTERN COUNTIES.  STILL EXPECTING
CURRENT LINE OF TSRA ACROSS CENTRAL SD TO FORM A COHESIVE LINE WITH
THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE CWA OVERNIGHT.

NO OTHER CHANGES NEEDED AT THIS TIME.

FSD...NONE
 HACKER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 11, 7:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

SDZ038-050-052-053-120100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
730 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 590 FOR GREGORY COUNTY HAS BEEN
REPLACED BY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 594...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 589 EXTENDED BY WATCH NUMBER 594 FOR
JERAULD...BEADLE...AND SANBORN COUNTIES...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH...NUMBER 594...UNTIL MIDNIGHT...FOR MUCH OF EASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA...EXCEPT AREAS ROUGHLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM BROOKINGS
TO YANKTON.  THIS WATCH REPLACES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH NUMBER 590 FOR GREGORY COUNTY...AND EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WATCH
FOR JERAULD...BEADLE...AND SANBORN COUNTIES.

Local storm report, Aug 11, 8:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
833 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

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

0827 PM    (9V9)CHAMBERLAIN ARPT     SD   58 MPH TSTM GUST
08/11/02   BRULE                          ASOS REPORT

Local storm report, Aug 11, 8:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
849 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

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

0830 PM    20 NW WESSINGTON SPGS     SD   .88 INCH HAIL
08/11/02   JERAULD                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Local storm report, Aug 11, 10:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1020 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

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

0820 PM    15 NE HURON               SD   60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/11/02   BEADLE                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0855 PM    10 NW WESSINGTON SPGS     SD   60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/11/02   JERAULD                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0859 PM    5 N IROQUOIS              SD   60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/11/02   BEADLE                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0916 PM    7 NE WHITE LAKE           SD   60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/11/02   AURORA                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0930 PM    3 NE WOONSOCKET           SD   .75 INCH HAIL
08/11/02   SANBORN                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0933 PM    (MHE)MITCHELL ARPT        SD   67 MPH TSTM GUST
08/11/02   DAVISON                        RECORDED ON AUTOMATED
                                          OBSERVING EQUIPMENT.

0942 PM    MITCHELL                  SD   WIND DAMAGE
08/11/02   DAVISON                        TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN IN TOWN. REPORTED
                                          BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

0945 PM    6 W FULTON                SD   60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/11/02   HANSON                         TREE BRANCHES DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

1005 PM    14 N DELMONT              SD   .75 INCH HAIL
08/11/02   DOUGLAS                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Aug 11, 10:48 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1048 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

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

1030 PM    PARKSTON                  SD   .88 INCH HAIL
08/11/02   HUTCHINSON                     REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
                                          SOME QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

Local storm report, Aug 11, 10:53 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1053 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

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

1050 PM    (FSD)JOE FOSS FLD SIOUX F SD   77 MPH TSTM GUST
08/11/02   MINNEHAHA                      AUTOMATED SENSOR REPORT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 11, 10:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Rock	38 min
Aug 11, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lyon, Murray, Pipestone	46 min
Aug 11, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Nobles	32 min
Aug 11, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson	48 min
Aug 11, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Nobles	46 min
Aug 12, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Rock	37 min
Aug 12, 2:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Jackson	50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2002 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.