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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

July 11, 2005Sioux County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2005, 6:32 PM CDT for Sioux County, Iowa. It was in force for 43 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
Jul 11, 2005, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2005, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sioux County, IA

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 11, 6:40 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 606 Ne Hawarden, IASTRONG WIND LASTED JUST A BRIEF TIME AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY SMALL HAIL.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 194 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2005-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 137 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2005-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
137 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1358 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 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.

000 
WUUS53 KFSD 112332
SVRFSD
IAC167-120015-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0252.050711T2332Z-050712T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
632 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 632 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAWARDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SIOUX COUNTY THROUGH 650 PM CDT

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

LAT...LON 4310 9645 4293 9652 4306 9631 4314 9640

$$

MJF
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KFSD 112356
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
655 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005

IAC167-120015-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-050712T0015Z/
SIOUX IA-
655 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR 
WESTERN SIOUX COUNTY...

AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
 THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL SIOUX COUNTY...OR ABOUT 4 
MILES NORTHEAST OF HAWARDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 4310 9645 4293 9652 4306 9631 4314 9640

$$

MJF
000 
WWUS53 KFSD 120014
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
714 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005

IAC167-120024-
/O.EXP.KFSD.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-050712T0015Z/
SIOUX IA-
714 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN SIOUX COUNTY EXPIRES 
AT 715 PM CDT...

THE WARNING WILL EXPIRED. THE STORM IS NO LONGER SEVERE.

LAT...LON 4310 9645 4293 9652 4306 9631 4314 9640

$$

MJF

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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.