Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 297, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT for Moody County, South Dakota. It was in force for 18 min. 2 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
- Aug 3, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2005, 8:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Moody County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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 3, 8:03 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 Ssw Trent, SD | |
| Aug 3, 8:03 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Ssw Trent, SD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1422 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 358 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KFSD 040100 SVRFSD SDC101-040130- /O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0297.050804T0100Z-050804T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 800 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN MOODY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 800 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TRENT...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PIPESTONE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL MOODY COUNTY THROUGH 810 PM CDT THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4398 9672 4384 9674 4386 9648 4403 9646 $$ MJF
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFSD 040113 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 812 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 SDC101-040130- /O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0297.000000T0000Z-050804T0130Z/ MOODY SD- 812 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR EASTERN MOODY COUNTY... AT 812 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THE STORM WAS LOCATED IN A LINE FROM NEAR WARD TO TRENT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...BUT HAS SHOWN SIGNS OF WEAKENING IN THE PAST SEVERAL MINUTES. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4398 9672 4384 9674 4386 9648 4403 9646 $$ MJF
000 WWUS53 KFSD 040118 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 818 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 SDC101-040128- /O.CAN.KFSD.SV.W.0297.000000T0000Z-050804T0130Z/ MOODY SD- 818 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MOODY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS THE STORM HAS WEAKENED. LAT...LON 4398 9672 4384 9674 4386 9648 4403 9646 $$ MJF
000 WWUS53 KFSD 040118 CCA SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR COUNTY LOCATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 818 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 SDC101-040128- /O.CAN.KFSD.SV.W.0297.000000T0000Z-050804T0130Z/ MOODY SD- 818 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MOODY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS THE STORM HAS WEAKENED. LAT...LON 4398 9672 4384 9674 4386 9648 4403 9646 $$ MJF
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 3, 2:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 2:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 250 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FCST PBLM WL BE WHEN TRW WL DEVELOP ACRS CWA TONIGHT. ATTM...MID LEVEL CAP IN PLACE WHILE CDFNT IS MOVG THRU SRN CWA. CAP IS NOT EXPECTED TO BREAK UNTIL THIS EVE WITH APPROACH OF S/W. CAP SHUD BREAK FIRST ACRS WRN CWA AND COOLING WL SPREAD E DURING NITE. TRW OVR WRN SD ASSOCD WITH THIS S/W SHUD CONT TO DEVELOP AS IT MOVES EWD. NEXT QUESTION WL BE SVR WX THREAT. SINCE COOLER AIR ALOFT LAGS WELL BEHIND FNT...AND LOW LEVELS BECOME MORE STABLE WITH INFLUX OF COOLER AIR IN THE LOW LEVELS WITH TIME...THREAT OF SVR WX MAY BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED. CUD SEE SVR STORMS OVR WRN CWA THIS EVE...BUT AS NIGHT PROGRESSES MAY JUST TURN INTO RAIN EVENT...AS GUSTY WINDS ASSOCD WITH STORMS MAY HAVE A HARD TIME REACHING SFC. STILL WITH COLDER AIR ALOFT CUD SEE DECENT HAIL WITH SOME OF THE STORMS AS SHEAR STILL FAIRLY GOOD. LINGERING PRECIP OVR SERN CWA THU MORN...BUT CWA SHUD CLEAR OUT NICELY WITH COOLER TEMPS AND DRIER AIR EXPECTED. SHUD REAMIN MILD ON FRI WITH DRY AIR IN PLACE AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. WL WARM UP AGAIN THIS WEEKEND AS RIDGE ALOFT BUILDS OVR NRN ROCKIES...BUT WL NOT BE AS HUMID AS IT HAS BEEN. HUMIDITY SHUD RETURN NICELY BY MON AS RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS EWD INTO PLAINS ALLOWING BEETER LLM TO RETURN. WL ALSO BE HOT AGAIN MON INTO WED...WITH CDFNT MOVING THRU WED. WL KEEP DRY FRI THRU TUES...WITH A CHC OF TRW ON WED. && .FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. NE...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 10:54 AM CDT, 9 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1054 AM CDT WED AUG 03 2005 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-041200- 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- 1054 AM CDT WED AUG 03 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM TYNDALL TO SIOUX FALLS TO JACKSON MN LATE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE WIND GUST OF 60 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE WEST OF INTERSTATE 29 AFTER 4 PM. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA AFTER 6 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, Aug 3, 6:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
657 PM CDT WED AUG 03 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0657 PM HAIL PARKSTON 43.39N 97.99W
08/03/2005 1.00 INCH HUTCHINSON SD TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CJLocal storm report, Aug 3, 7:05 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
705 PM CDT WED AUG 03 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0704 PM HAIL 2 W EMERY 43.60N 97.66W
08/03/2005 1.00 INCH HANSON SD EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
CJLocal storm report, Aug 3, 7:19 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
719 PM CDT WED AUG 03 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM HAIL 9 SE IROQUOIS 44.27N 97.72W
08/03/2005 0.75 INCH KINGSBURY SD TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CJLocal storm report, Aug 3, 7:26 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
726 PM CDT WED AUG 03 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0722 PM HAIL 1 E SALEM 43.72N 97.37W
08/03/2005 0.88 INCH MCCOOK SD LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
CJLocal storm report, Aug 3, 7:39 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
739 PM CDT WED AUG 03 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM HAIL WENTWORTH 44.00N 96.96W
08/03/2005 0.75 INCH LAKE SD PUBLIC
&&
CJLocal storm report, Aug 3, 7:59 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
759 PM CDT WED AUG 03 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0759 PM HAIL 4 SSW TRENT 43.85N 96.69W
08/03/2005 0.88 INCH MOODY SD TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | McCook | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake, Moody | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hutchinson, Turner | 66 min |
| Aug 3, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Union | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Union | 25 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.