Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2008, 7:42 PM CDT for 4 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2008, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2008, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, McCook County, SD, Turner County, SD
The radar
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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 Jun 20, 3:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 3:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 320 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008 .DISCUSSION... SCT TSTMS DVLPG AS EXPECTD OVER AREA THIS AFTN. CONVERGENCE AND MOISTR NOT AS GREAT AS YESTY...WELL NOT AS LOCALIZED ANYWAY...AND STORMS IN GNRL SHUDNT BE QUITE AS STG...BUT APPRNTLY COOLR TEMPS ALF HAVE ALREADY LEAD TO SVRL HAIL REPORTS. THESE SHUD PERSIST INTO ERY EVE THO THEY SHUD DISAPPR RATHER QUICKLY FROM THE NW...WHILE PERSISTG TO ARND MIDNGT FAR SE. TEMPS TNGT LOOK CLOSE TO GUIDNCE. SAT SHUD SEE A REPEAT PRBLY ON A LTL ERYR TIME SCALE AS WEAK FNTL BOUNDRY MOVES SWD/SEWD OVER FCST AREA. THESE STORMS SHUD BE MORE CONCNTRATD IN SERN HALF OF FCST AREA, IN ANY EVENT AM NOT GOING WITH THE NO GNRL THUNDER AREA ON CURNT DAY 2 OUTLOOK...AND IN FACT WE MAY BE DEALING AGN WITH SOME FAIRLY EASY HAILERS WITH COOL TEMPS ALF AND HALF DECENT HEATG. SUN AND SUN NGT SHUD SEE DRY WX...AND IN FACT AM INCLINES TO GO WITH SLWR GFS AND KEEP THE DRY THRU MON DAYTIME...FOR NOW PLAN TO JUST LEAVE IN A SLGT CHC SWRN CRNR FOR MON AFTN. EVEN THO NAM IS QUICKER IN BRINGNG UPR SUPPRT IN...DO NOT THINK MOISTR WILL INCRS QUICKLY ENUF TO GET MUCH TILL MON NGT. TUE THRU FRI EXTENDED PD A CRAPSHOOT WITH UPPER RDG TRYING TO BUILD NWD FROM SRN ROCKIES AND SRN PLAINS...WHILE HARD TO TIME SHRTWVS CLIMB OVER RDG AND FEED ON SLWLY INCRG MOISTR. WILL KEEP HALF DECENT POPS FOR MON NGT THRU TUE NGT IN START OF WAS PATTRN...LEAVE WED DRY WITH NOT TOO MUCH SUPPORT...AND GO WITH THE LOW CHC GUIDNCE POP MENTNS FOR THU AND FRI. TEMPS MEANWHILE WILL BE TRYING TO WARM BUT TILL WE CAN GET RDG TO BUILD MORE STGLY WE ARE STILL NOT GONNA SEE THE LIKES OF 90. && .AVIATION... MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...AFTERNOON HEATING AND PASSING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET ACROSS THE NORTHWEST...TO SOMETIME AROUND MIDNIGHT VICINITY OF KSUX. AIRMASS COLD ENOUGH ALOFT TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL WITH JUST ABOUT EVERY THUNDERSTORM THRU EVENING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LARGER HAIL IN THE STRONGER STORMS. THE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY COULD POTENTIALLY AFFECT ANY OF OUR TAF SITES WITH BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY BEFORE SUNSET. && .FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. NE...NONE. && WILLIAMS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 10:35 AM CDT, 9 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1035 AM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-211200- 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- 1035 AM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WEAK COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH TOWARDS SUNSET. FLOODING... MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PARTS OF THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AROUND LINN GROVE IN NORTHWEST IOWA. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE SATURDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON SATURDAY...MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM HURON TO LAKE ANDES SOUTH DAKOTA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LIMITED SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 2 PM. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 20, 3:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
349 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0329 PM HAIL 3 ENE HORNICK 42.24N 96.04W
06/20/2008 E0.75 INCH WOODBURY IA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MJFLocal storm report, Jun 20, 4:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
457 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0438 PM HAIL 4 ESE LETCHER 43.88N 98.07W
06/20/2008 E0.75 INCH SANBORN SD PUBLIC
IN ADDITION TO PENNY SIZED HAIL AND REALLY HEAVY RAIN,
WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH TOOK SOME BRANCHES DOWN.
&&
TRMLocal storm report, Jun 20, 5:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
530 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0503 PM HAIL 3 ENE FULTON 43.74N 97.77W
06/20/2008 E0.75 INCH HANSON SD PUBLIC
HAIL COVERED THE GROUND AND STRIPPED A LOT OF LEAVES OFF
TREES.
&&
TRMLocal storm report, Jun 20, 5:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
532 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0525 PM HAIL 1 S ARLINGTON 44.35N 97.13W
06/20/2008 E0.75 INCH KINGSBURY SD LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
TRMLocal storm report, Jun 20, 5:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
548 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 PM HAIL 4 S VOLGA 44.27N 96.93W
06/20/2008 E0.75 INCH BROOKINGS SD PUBLIC
&&
TRMLocal storm report, Jun 20, 6:42 PM CDT, 1 hour before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Davison, Hanson, Sanborn | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Charles Mix, Douglas | 48 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.