Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
310 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2003

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG NOSE OF MOISTURE ADVECTION OVER
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. EXPECT A FEW STRONG STORMS TO DEVELOP OUT OF
THIS CLUSTER...BUT REMAIN MAINLY ALONG THE MO RIVER AREA. NORTH OF
HERE...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PUSH NORTHEAST AND PROVIDE A
THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN...AND AN ISOLATED SEVERE THREAT. THE MAIN
TORNADO THREAT SHOULD ALSO BE ALONG THE MO RIVER.

WILL WATCH CONVECTION OVER WESTERN SD TO SEE IF IT WILL DEVELOP INTO
AN MCS...ALTHOUGH ENVIRONMENT NOT GREAT FOR AN ORGANIZED MCS.

.FSD...NONE

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1038 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE...MAINLY NEAR THE MISSOURI RIVER.

MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
HOLD OFF UNTIL TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE CENTERED IN NORTHWEST KANSAS
THIS AFTERNOON...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA
TONIGHT...BRINGING A WARM FRONT NORTHWARD THROUGH NEBRASKA
TOWARDS THE AREA. WARM MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL FLOW NORTH
INTO THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPING ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE LIKELY FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH
DEVELOP TONIGHT.

A TRANSITION TO HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED
LATER TONIGHT.

FLOODING...
AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN
LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM YANKTON SOUTH
DAKOTA...TO SPENCER IOWA.  LOCALIZED FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY IN URBAN AREAS AND OTHER LOCATIONS WITH POOR
DRAINAGE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

LOCATIONS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM GREGORY...TO MITCHELL AND
BROOKINGS... REMAIN IN A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER TUESDAY
AND TUESDAY NIGHT.  THE MAIN FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO
SHIFT SOUTHEAST...INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BY TUESDAY EVENING... AND A VERY UNSTABLE
AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA.  AT THIS TIME IT IS
DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT WHERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL TAKE
PLACE ON TUESDAY.  HOWEVER AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT AREAS
WITHIN THE MODERATE RISK WILL AGAIN SEE A POSSIBILITY OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES LATE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH THROUGH NORTHWEST IOWA ON
WEDNESDAY...SHIFTING THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER INTO THIS AREA

FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE MISSOURI RIVER AFTER
11 AM.
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY IN MOST AREAS AFTER 7 PM.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
958 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2003

...PORTIONS OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 570 HAVE BEEN CANCELLED...

THE COUNTIES THAT REMAIN IN THE TORNADO WATCH ARE...

IOWA...
OSCEOLA
DICKINSON
SIOUX
OBRIEN
CLAY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR PROPER COUNTY GROUP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
959 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2003

...PORTIONS OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 570 HAVE BEEN CANCELLED...

THE COUNTIES THAT REMAIN IN THE TORNADO WATCH ARE...

IOWA...
OSCEOLA
DICKINSON
SIOUX
OBRIEN
CLAY

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