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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

April 6, 2006Plymouth County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2006, 9:11 PM CDT for Plymouth County, Iowa. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2006, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2006, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Plymouth County, IA

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 00:00Z on 2006-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 753 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 00:00Z on 2006-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
753 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2279 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KFSD 070211
SVRFSD
IAC149-070245-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0013.060407T0211Z-060407T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
911 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 911 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AKRON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF
  HAWARDEN...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 45 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4269 9658 4276 9637 4291 9626 4291 9655
      4281 9659 4275 9664

$$
BT
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KFSD 070217
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
916 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006

IAC149-070245-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060407T0245Z/
PLYMOUTH IA-
916 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT 
FOR WESTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY...

AT 916 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AKRON...OR ABOUT
13 MILES WEST OF LE MARS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 55 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4269 9658 4276 9637 4291 9626 4291 9655
      4281 9659 4275 9664

$$
BT
000 
WWUS53 KFSD 070236
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
936 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006

IAC149-070246-
/O.EXP.KFSD.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060407T0245Z/
PLYMOUTH IA-
936 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY 
EXPIRES AT 945 PM CDT...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND EXITED THE COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4269 9658 4276 9637 4291 9626 4291 9655
      4281 9659 4275 9664

$$
BT

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.