Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 316, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2005, 4:27 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Plymouth County, Iowa. It was in force for 48 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 9, 2005, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2005, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cherokee County, IA, Plymouth County, IA
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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 9, 4:36 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 8 Nne Kingsley, IA | |
| Aug 9, 4:40 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 9 S Marcus, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 671 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KFSD 092127 SVRFSD IAC035-149-092215- /O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0316.050809T2127Z-050809T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 427 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA SOUTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 427 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINGSLEY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LE MARS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WASHTA AROUND 500 PM CDT QUIMBY AROUND 505 PM CDT THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4269 9612 4257 9613 4257 9562 4275 9562 $$ CHAPMAN
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFSD 092148 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 446 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 IAC149-092156- /O.CAN.KFSD.SV.W.0316.000000T0000Z-050809T2215Z/ PLYMOUTH IA- 446 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 436 PM CDT...PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC 8 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF KINGSLEY. THE STORM HAS EXITED INTO CHEROKEE COUNTY...THEREFORE...THE WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4272 9586 4263 9586 4264 9559 4277 9559 $$ IAC035-092215- /O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0316.000000T0000Z-050809T2215Z/ CHEROKEE IA- 446 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY... AT 446 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER CHEROKEE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF LE MARS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL CHEROKEE COUNTY NORTHWEST OF QUIMBY THROUGH 500 PM CDT THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4272 9586 4263 9586 4264 9559 4277 9559 $$ CHAPMAN
000 WWUS53 KFSD 092201 SVSFSD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 500 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 IAC035-092215- /O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0316.000000T0000Z-050809T2215Z/ CHEROKEE IA- 500 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY... AT 458 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAKENING...AS WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF QUIMBY MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LARRABEE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH...AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL AREAS EAST OF LARRABEE THROUGH 515 PM CDT THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4277 9574 4265 9580 4274 9541 4291 9542 $$ CHAPMAN
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 9, 2:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 2:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 254 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005 .DISCUSSION... SPOTTY ELEVATED CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY PRETTY MUCH HUNG IN ALL DAY OVER THE WESTERN CWA...AND NOW A MORE SOLID LINE IS DEVELOPING FROM SW MN INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA ALONG AND CLOSER TO SFC FRONT. MOST OF NW IA HAS HEATED OUT INTO THE MID 90S WITH MID AND A FEW UPPER 70 DEW POINTS. STILL WARMING BEHIND THIS FRONT AS THE CLOUDS CLEAR OUT WITH LOWER 80S IN THE NW CWA. EXPECT MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY TO BE OUT OF NW IA BY ABOUT 00Z-02Z. OTHERWISE...WITH DEW POINTS INTO THE LOWER 60S AND A FEW 50S BEHIND THE FRONT...GOING FORECAST LOWS LOOK OK AND NO BIG CHANGES PLANNED. WEDNESDAY SHOULD PROVE TO BE A FAIRLY QUIET DAY AS COOLER AND DRIER HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN. WILL BACK OFF OF TEMPERATURES A LITTLE WITH UNFAVORABLE EAST FLOW...BUT WITH DECENT SUN SHOULD STILL WARM NICELY. WEDNESDAY NIGHT STILL SHOWING SIGNS OF GOOD RETURN FLOW AND THE POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION. WILL GO WITH 50 TO 60 POPS OVER AREA. IF THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACTIVITY DOES GET GOING...A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE THAT THIS COULD CONTINUE INTO THE THURSDAY MORNING HOURS...AND POSSIBLY EARLY AFTERNOON IN NW IA. SO HAVE KNOCKED TEMPS BACK FROM SOUTHEAST SD INTO NW IA AND SW MN WITH POTENTIAL FOR CLOUDS AND RAIN. THURSDAY NIGHT THE BOUNDARY AGAIN TRIES TO ACTIVATE AS A STRONGER WAVE PRESSES INTO THE ROCKIES. WILL AGAIN GO WITH 50 AND 60 POPS...WITH BEST FOCUS OVER NW IA. FRIDAY ALSO SOME POTENTIAL FOR DAYTIME CONVECTION AS UPPER LEVEL JET STRENGTHENS AND MID LEVEL BOUNDARY REALLY TIGHTENS UP WITH INCREASING SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. WILL NUDGE POPS UP TO 40 UNTIL CONFIDENCE A LITTLE HIGHER WITH THIS DEVELOPING FEATURE. IN THE LATTER PERIODS...VIRTUALLY EVERY MODEL HAS GRABBED ON TO THE FARTHER SOUTH/COLDER SOLUTION AND WILL GO ALONG WITH THIS. HAVE BEEN OPTING TO GO WITH GUIDANCE OR BELOW THE LAST FEW DAYS...AND WILL CONTINUE THIS TREND. THE BIG CHANGE THAT THIS BRINGS IS TO PRECIP CHANCES AND POTENTIAL INTENSITY OF PRECIP. WITH SFC BOUNDARY LIKELY INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...STRONGER STORMS WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE CLOSER TO THIS BOUNDARY. GENERALLY...WOULD NOT INCLUDE POPS VERY FAR NORTH OF THE SFC BOUNDARY...BUT BECAUSE UPPER LEVEL JET IS SO STRONG/ RIGHT REAR QUAD NEAR CWA SAT/SUN GIVING A HIGHER POTENTIAL FOR POST FRONTAL MID LEVEL BOUNDARY CONVECTION/PRECIP...WILL CONTINUE CHANCE POPS DURING THIS PERIOD. MONDAY AND TUESDAY LOOK MAINLY DRY AND WILL GO THIS ROUTE...BUT WITH A POTENTIALLY DEVELOPING WEST COAST TROF...PATTERN MAY CONTINUE TO BE OFF AND ON WET...SO WILL CONTINUE AT OR BELOW GUIDANCE FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY EVEN THOUGH NO MENTION FOR PRECIP. && .FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. NE...NONE. && 08
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 11:01 AM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1101 AM CDT TUE AUG 09 2005 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-101200- 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- 1101 AM CDT TUE AUG 09 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND BEHIND A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST OVER THE AREA TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DIME SIZE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A MARSHALL TO SIOUX FALLS TO YANKTON LINE. STORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND IN NORTHWEST IOWA TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE OVER THE AREA FROM THE WEST WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHTS. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 3 PM FROM A LINE SOUTHEAST OF MARSHALL TO SIOUX FALLS TO YANKTON. && 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 9, 3:54 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
354 PM CDT TUE AUG 09 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0340 PM HAIL 4 SE JACKSON 43.58N 94.93W
08/09/2005 0.75 INCH JACKSON MN TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY SIZE HAIL FROM 340 PM TO 345 PM
&&
JCLocal storm report, Aug 9, 4:10 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
410 PM CDT TUE AUG 09 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0408 PM HAIL SIOUX CITY 42.50N 96.39W
08/09/2005 1.00 INCH WOODBURY IA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JCLocal storm report, Aug 9, 4:14 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
414 PM CDT TUE AUG 09 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0413 PM HAIL SIOUX CITY 42.50N 96.39W
08/09/2005 1.00 INCH WOODBURY IA EMERGENCY MNGR
NORTH SIDE OF SIOUX CITY.
&&
JCLocal storm report, Aug 9, 4:22 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
422 PM CDT TUE AUG 09 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0416 PM HAIL SIOUX CITY 42.50N 96.39W
08/09/2005 0.88 INCH WOODBURY IA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Woodbury | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Plymouth | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 17 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.