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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2004, 6:59 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Iowa. It was in force for 46 min. 3 reports 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
- Apr 18, 2004, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2004, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Dickinson County, IA
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 7:23 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Milford, IA | |
| Apr 18, 7:23 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Okoboji, IA | |
| Apr 18, 7:23 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Spirit Lake, IA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 680 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -274 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 697 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
449 WUUS53 KFSD 182359 SVRFSD IAC059-190045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 659 PM CDT SUN APR 18 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 658 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ORLEANS TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE PARK...OR FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPIRIT LAKE TO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPIRIT LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... ORLEANS AROUND 710 PM CDT WEST OKOBOJI...WAHPETON...SPIRIT LAKE...OKOBOJI AROUND 715 PM CDT ARNOLDS PARK AROUND 720 PM CDT TERRIL AROUND 730 PM CDT THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4350 9535 4327 9540 4327 9498 4350 9494 $$ BOUSTEAD
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 Apr 18, 3:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 3:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 335 PM CDT SUN APR 18 2004 .DISCUSSION... ONGOING WX AND WL KEEP THIS SHORT. MAIN PBLM TONIGHT WL BE SVR STORMS AND WND THIS EVE. UPPER LOW LIFTING NEWD ACRS SD AND INTERACTING ALONG FNT TO TRIGGER TRW. ALSO SCT TRW BEHIND FNT ...BUT THESE WL LIKELY DISSPIATE TOWARDS SS WITH MAIN FOCUS OF TRW SHIFTING EWD ALONG FNT. WL CONT WIND ADVY FOR PARTS OF SW MN...NW IA AND NE NEB THIS EVE. ANOTHER S/W WILL MOVE ACRS CWA TUE AND TUES NIGHT WITH UPPER WAVE HAVING MOR NEG TILT. SO WUD EXPECT A BETTER CHC OF RAIN WITH THIS SYS AND HAVE GONE LIKELY FOR POPS ON TUES. TEMPS WL BE COOLER TUES WITH CLOUDS AND PRECIP..WITH ABOVE NORM TEMPS ON MON...BUT STILL MUCH COOLER THAN TODAY. ANOTHER S/W ACRS CNTRL AND SRN PLAINS THU MAY CLIP SERN CWA WITH A CHC OF RW-. DRY FRI INTO SUN WITH A WARMING TREND. && .FSD...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...WIND ADVY UNTIL 01Z ZONES 071 MN...WIND ADVY UNTIL 01Z ZONES 072-080-081-089-090. IA...WIND ADVY UNTIL 01Z ZONES 001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032 NE...WIND ADVY UNTIL 01Z ZONES 013-014. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 10:55 AM CDT, 8 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1055 AM CDT SUN APR 18 2004 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-191200- AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA- CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE- DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON- IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN- LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN- OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN- SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON- THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS... LOW PRESSURE AND A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TODAY. THE FRONT WILL THEN MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...FAR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND NORTHWEST IOWA THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE COLD FRONT. WHILE THERE IS JUST A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF THE COLD FRONT COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. WIND AND FOG... STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON IN NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH DAKOTA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS. SUSTAINED WINDS SHOULD GENERALLY BE FROM 30 TO 40 MPH...BUT WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 50 TO 55 IN NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. FIRE DANGER... WARM TEMPERATURES...DRY VEGETATION...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO 30 TO 35 PERCENT...AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO CAUSE A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST IN NORTHWEST IOWA AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...WHERE SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 50 TO 55 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 4 PM. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 18, 6:29 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
629 PM CDT SUN APR 18 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0629 PM HAIL 2 NE MARSHALL 44.47N 95.76W
04/18/2004 1.00 INCH LYON MN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JRMLocal storm report, Apr 18, 6:38 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
638 PM CDT SUN APR 18 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0631 PM HAIL ALLEN 42.41N 96.84W
04/18/2004 0.75 INCH DIXON NE TRAINED SPOTTER
0635 PM HAIL 4 W ALLEN 42.41N 96.92W
04/18/2004 0.88 INCH DIXON NE TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JRMLocal storm report, Apr 18, 6:41 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
641 PM CDT SUN APR 18 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM HAIL SIBLEY 43.40N 95.74W
04/18/2004 1.00 INCH OSCEOLA IA TRAINED SPOTTER
AT SIBLEY AIRPORT.
&&
JRMLocal storm report, Apr 18, 6:55 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
655 PM CDT SUN APR 18 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 8 NW SIOUX CITY 42.58N 96.51W
04/18/2004 60 MPH UNION SD TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CPJLocal storm report, Apr 18, 6:56 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
656 PM CDT SUN APR 18 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0358 PM HAIL 10 NE PLANKINTON 43.82N 98.34W
04/18/2004 1.00 INCH AURORA SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0359 PM HAIL 10 N PLANKINTON 43.86N 98.48W
04/18/2004 1.00 INCH AURORA SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0402 PM HAIL 4 W LETCHER 43.90N 98.22W
04/18/2004 1.00 INCH SANBORN SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0403 PM HAIL 2 NW ELK POINT 42.70N 96.71W
04/18/2004 0.75 INCH UNION SD PUBLIC
0415 PM TSTM WND GST AVON 43.01N 98.06W
04/18/2004 60 MPH BON HOMME SD TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE BRANCHES DOWN.
0419 PM HAIL ARTESIAN 44.01N 97.92W
04/18/2004 1.75 INCH SANBORN SD TRAINED SPOTTER
MOSTLY NICKEL SIZE
0430 PM TSTM WND GST TRIPP 43.22N 97.97W
04/18/2004 60 MPH HUTCHINSON SD LAW ENFORCEMENT
0435 PM HAIL HULL 43.19N 96.13W
04/18/2004 0.75 INCH SIOUX IA AMATEUR RADIO
COVERING GROUND
0443 PM HAIL CARTHAGE 44.17N 97.71W
04/18/2004 0.75 INCH MINER SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0452 PM TORNADO 5 SW PARKER 43.35N 97.21W
04/18/2004 TURNER SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0455 PM HAIL ADRIAN 43.63N 95.93W
04/18/2004 0.88 INCH NOBLES MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0458 PM HAIL 6 S MARION 43.34N 97.26W
04/18/2004 1.75 INCH TURNER SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0459 PM HAIL ROCK RAPIDS 43.43N 96.17W
04/18/2004 0.75 INCH LYON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0502 PM TSTM WND GST ROCK RAPIDS 43.43N 96.17W
04/18/2004 60 MPH LYON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0503 PM HAIL ROCK RAPIDS 43.43N 96.17W
04/18/2004 0.75 INCH LYON IA AIRPLANE PILOT
0505 PM TORNADO 5 S BERESFORD 43.01N 96.78W
04/18/2004 UNION SD FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
SOME DAMAGE...LAST SIGHTED AT 508 PM
0506 PM TORNADO 2 SE INWOOD 43.27N 96.41W
04/18/2004 LYON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0513 PM TORNADO 4 SW ALCESTER 42.98N 96.68W
04/18/2004 UNION SD EMERGENCY MNGR
0515 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SW INWOOD 43.27N 96.47W
04/18/2004 LYON IA PUBLIC
HOUSE SEVERELY DAMAGED
0515 PM HAIL SINAI 44.25N 97.04W
04/18/2004 0.88 INCH BROOKINGS SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0515 PM HAIL SIOUX FALLS 43.54N 96.73W
04/18/2004 1.75 INCH MINNEHAHA SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0515 PM TORNADO 4 SW INWOOD 43.25N 96.50W
04/18/2004 SIOUX IA TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.
0518 PM HAIL SIOUX FALLS 43.54N 96.73W
04/18/2004 1.75 INCH MINNEHAHA SD NWS EMPLOYEE
0520 PM HAIL NEWCASTLE 42.65N 96.87W
04/18/2004 0.75 INCH DIXON NE TRAINED SPOTTER
0520 PM HAIL VOLGA 44.32N 96.92W
04/18/2004 1.75 INCH BROOKINGS SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0520 PM TORNADO 2 SW ADRIAN 43.61N 95.96W
04/18/2004 NOBLES MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
0520 PM HAIL VOLGA 44.32N 96.92W
04/18/2004 0.25 INCH BROOKINGS SD PUBLIC
AT 520 PM CDT...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT VOLGA. AT 525 PM
CDT...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT BROOKINGS. WINDS EST AT 50
MPH INH BROOKINGS. WINDOW REPORTED BROKEN.
0520 PM HAIL SIOUX FALLS 43.54N 96.73W
04/18/2004 1.00 INCH MINNEHAHA SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0524 PM HAIL 6 S SIOUX FALLS 43.46N 96.73W
04/18/2004 1.00 INCH LINCOLN SD NWS EMPLOYEE
0524 PM HAIL SIOUX FALLS 43.54N 96.73W
04/18/2004 1.75 INCH MINNEHAHA SD NWS EMPLOYEE
0525 PM HAIL SIOUX FALLS 43.54N 96.73W
04/18/2004 0.75 INCH MINNEHAHA SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0536 PM HAIL BROOKINGS 44.31N 96.79W
04/18/2004 1.75 INCH BROOKINGS SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0536 PM HAIL WESTBROOK 44.04N 95.43W
04/18/2004 0.75 INCH COTTONWOOD MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0550 PM HAIL BROOKINGS 44.31N 96.79W
04/18/2004 1.75 INCH BROOKINGS SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0551 PM HAIL 2 E HENDRICKS 44.51N 96.39W
04/18/2004 0.75 INCH LINCOLN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0555 PM TSTM WND GST WESTBROOK 44.04N 95.43W
04/18/2004 65 MPH COTTONWOOD MN EMERGENCY MNGR
0558 PM TSTM WND DMG WESTBROOK 44.04N 95.43W
04/18/2004 COTTONWOOD MN EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN.
0558 PM HAIL WESTBROOK 44.04N 95.43W
04/18/2004 1.00 INCH COTTONWOOD MN EMERGENCY MNGR
0612 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 N ROCK VALLEY 43.25N 96.30W
04/18/2004 SIOUX IA TRAINED SPOTTER
GRAVITY WAGONS TIPPED OVER AND SHED DESTROYED.
0619 PM HAIL 3 NW ASHTON 43.34N 95.83W
04/18/2004 1.00 INCH OSCEOLA IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0621 PM HAIL 3 S SIBLEY 43.36N 95.74W
04/18/2004 1.00 INCH OSCEOLA IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0622 PM HAIL SIOUX CENTER 43.08N 96.17W
04/18/2004 0.75 INCH SIOUX IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0629 PM HAIL 2 NE MARSHALL 44.47N 95.76W
04/18/2004 1.00 INCH LYON MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0630 PM HAIL SIBLEY 43.40N 95.74W
04/18/2004 1.00 INCH OSCEOLA IA TRAINED SPOTTER
AT SIBLEY AIRPORT.
0631 PM HAIL ALLEN 42.41N 96.84W
04/18/2004 0.75 INCH DIXON NE TRAINED SPOTTER
0632 PM HAIL MARTINSBURG 42.51N 96.83W
04/18/2004 0.25 INCH DIXON NE TRAINED SPOTTER
0632 PM HAIL MARTINSBURG 42.51N 96.83W
04/18/2004 0.75 INCH DIXON NE TRAINED SPOTTER
0635 PM HAIL 4 W ALLEN 42.41N 96.92W
04/18/2004 0.88 INCH DIXON NE TRAINED SPOTTER
0650 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 8 NW SIOUX CITY 42.58N 96.51W
04/18/2004 60 MPH UNION SD TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CPJLocal storm report, Apr 18, 6:59 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
659 PM CDT SUN APR 18 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0633 PM HAIL 2 N GHENT 44.54N 95.89W
04/18/2004 1.50 INCH LYON MN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JRMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 26 min |
| Apr 18, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 25 min |
| Apr 18, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 30 min |
| Apr 18, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 49 min |
| Apr 18, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 24 min |
| Apr 18, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 61 min |
| Apr 18, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Osceola | 56 min |
| Apr 18, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 64 min |
| Apr 18, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien | 67 min |
| Apr 18, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.