Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 9, 2003Hutchinson County, Turner County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2003, 9:25 PM CDT for Hutchinson County, Turner County, South Dakota. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2003, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2003, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hutchinson County, SD, Turner County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 9, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 9, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 181 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2003-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2003-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

717 
WUUS53 KFSD 100225
SVRFSD
SDC067-125-100300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
925 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEAST HUTCHINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
  NORTHERN TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES WEST OF MARION...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF FREEMAN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MARION...PARKER AROUND 1000 PM CDT

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

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

LAT...LON 4349 9766 4339 9762 4338 9698 4349 9699

$$

BOUSTEAD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDSanborn38 min
Jun 9, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDGregory28 min
Jun 9, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDSanborn43 min
Jun 9, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDGregory30 min
Jun 9, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMiner42 min
Jun 9, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDHanson36 min
Jun 9, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMcCook63 min
Jun 9, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDTurner45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.