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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

April 2, 2007Woodbury County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2007, 10:01 PM CDT for Woodbury County, Iowa. It was in force for 29 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 2, 2007, 10:01 PM CDT (03:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2007, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Woodbury County, IA

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 2, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2007-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 74 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 2007-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 223 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
74 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-377 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1481 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
516 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000
WUUS53 KFSD 030302
SVRFSD
IAC193-030330-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0013.070403T0301Z-070403T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1001 PM CDT MON APR 2 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN WOODBURY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 1001 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANTHON...OR ABOUT 23 
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ANTHON AROUND 1015 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 500 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA.

LAT...LON 4233 9621 4223 9611 4232 9567 4249 9576

$$

SCHUMACHER
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KFSD 030330
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1029 PM CDT MON APR 2 2007

IAC193-030339-
/O.EXP.KFSD.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070403T0330Z/
WOODBURY IA-
1029 PM CDT MON APR 2 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WOODBURY COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 1030 PM CDT...

THE STORM IS NO LONGER SEVERE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA.

LAT...LON 4233 9621 4223 9611 4232 9567 4249 9576

$$

SCHUMACHER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDIda, Woodbury32 min
Apr 2, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDIda28 min
Apr 3, 10:05 AM CDTWind AdvisoryFSDBuena Vista, Cherokee, Ida, Plymouth, Woodbury6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.