Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2008, 4:43 PM CDT for Yankton County, South Dakota. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 4, 2008, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2008, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 5:10 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 5 Nw Yankton, 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 nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 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 042143
SVRFSD
SDC135-042230-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0064.080604T2143Z-080604T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
443 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN YANKTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF UTICA...OR 7 MILES WEST OF
YANKTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
UTICA AROUND 450 PM CDT...
YANKTON AROUND 505 PM CDT...
MISSION HILL AROUND 530 PM CDT...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A
STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4283 9723 4285 9724 4285 9728 4286 9731
4286 9741 4284 9745 4286 9750 4285 9759
4303 9760 4304 9717 4284 9717
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 250DEG 13KT 4291 9750
$$
SCHUMACHER3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KFSD 042208
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
507 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008
SDC135-042230-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-080604T2230Z/
YANKTON SD-
507 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN YANKTON COUNTY...
AT 507 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF YANKTON AIRPORT...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
YANKTON THROUGH 515 PM CDT...
MISSION HILL AROUND 525 PM CDT...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4283 9723 4285 9724 4285 9728 4286 9731
4286 9741 4284 9745 4286 9750 4285 9759
4303 9760 4304 9717 4284 9717
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 250DEG 13KT 4294 9739
$$
SCHUMACHER000
WWUS53 KFSD 042215
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
514 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008
SDC135-042230-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-080604T2230Z/
YANKTON SD-
514 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN YANKTON COUNTY...
AT 514 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR YANKTON...MOVING EAST AT 12 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
YANKTON AROUND 520 PM CDT...
MISSION HILL AROUND 530 PM CDT...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE HAS BEEN REPORTED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
YANKTON AT 510 PM CDT WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE
STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 4283 9723 4285 9724 4285 9728 4286 9731
4286 9741 4284 9745 4286 9750 4285 9759
4303 9760 4304 9717 4284 9717
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 256DEG 10KT 4292 9743
$$
SCHUMACHER000
WWUS53 KFSD 042230
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
529 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008
SDC135-042238-
/O.EXP.KFSD.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-080604T2230Z/
YANKTON SD-
529 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN YANKTON COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 530 PM CDT...
THE STORM IS NO LONGER SEVERE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL
CAN STILL BE EXPECTED NORTH OF YANKTON THROUGH 600 PM.
LAT...LON 4283 9723 4285 9724 4285 9728 4286 9731
4286 9741 4284 9745 4286 9750 4285 9759
4303 9760 4304 9717 4284 9717
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 256DEG 10KT 4293 9738
$$
CHAPMANWhat 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 4, 10:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 10:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1059AM CDT WED JUN 4 2008 .DISCUSSION... VERY ACTIVE 36 HOURS COMING UP AS A POTENT UPPER LEVEL WAVE DIVES INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION TODAY. FOR TODAY...PRECIPITATION SHOULD CLEAR OUT OF MOST AREAS...BUT WITH WEAK UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT AND A MOIST PROFILE...CANNOT RULE OUT ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IN FACT...SOME OF THIS UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT MOVING ONTO THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS AND COULD SEE SOME OF THIS PRECIPITATION MOVE INTO THE WESTERN CWA THIS AFTERNOON. WILL TAKE OUT THREAT OF TORNADOES/LAND SPOUTS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE LACK OF A DECENT BOUNDARY AND LACK OF HEATING...ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THE CLOUD COVER IN THE WEST IS EXPANDING PRETTY RAPIDLY. OTHERWISE...HEADING INTO TONIGHT...PRETTY GOOD CHANCE THAT A FLOOD WATCH WILL NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AS MODELS CONTINUE TO CONVERGE ON A SOLUTION THAT BRINGS HEAVY RAIN INTO CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...WITH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT LIKELY ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE THREAT TONIGHT PRETTY MUCH JUST HAIL AND MAINLY LATE. BETTER CHANCES FOR SEVERE SHOULD BE SOUTH OF THE CWA. 08 && AVIATION... SHOULD REMAIN PRETTY MUCH LOW END MVFR TO OCCASIONAL IFR IN FOG AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... ADVECTION SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDER SPREADING EWRD EARLY THIS MORNING. LOOKS LIKE MUCH OF THE CWA SHOULD BE ABLE TO SQUEEZE OUT MEASURABLE PRECIP. SHOULD DRY OUT FOR A TIME LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON AS BEST MID LEVEL FORCING SLIDES EAST OF THE AREA...HOWEVER CONVOLUTED MOIST WRLY FLOW MAKES IT HARD TO COMPLETELY DISCOUNT SHOWERS ANYWHERE DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. NOT ANTICIPATING MUCH IN THE WAY OF SUNSHINE TODAY AS SFC HEATING WOULD MOSTLY BE SELF DESTRUCTIVE PROVIDED THE ABUNDANCE OF SFC MOISTURE...WITH THE EXCEPTION POSSIBLY IN THE WEST. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT NON EXISTENT THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT MAY HAVE TO WATCH WRN AREAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. MOISTURE AND TEMPERATURE ADVECTION IN THE LOWEST LEVELS AND SOME OF DRYING IN THE 700 TO 500 MB LAYER SHOULD DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE ENOUGH BY LATE AFTERNOON FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY IN PLACES WHICH DO SEE A BIT OF SUNSHINE. SHOULD TIMING BE RIGHT WITH S/WV PASSAGE...ENHANCEMENT OF CONVECTION CAN BE EXPECTED. NAM AND GFS DIFFER ON THE EXTENT OF CAPE WITH THE GFS YIELDING MORE ROBUST MU CAPE VALUES THIS AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH ML CAPES ARE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR IN THE 800 TO 1400 J/KG RANGE BY 00Z THIS EVENING IN THE JAMES VALLEY WEST. DEEP LAYER DIRECTION SHEAR DOES SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS IN THESE AREA LATE TODAY INTO EARLY EVENING...HOWEVER BUFKIT SOUNDINGS INDICATED TALL SKINNY CAPE...WHICH DOES NOT SUPPORT VIGOROUS UPDRAFTS. SO...MAINLY THINKING MARGINAL SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL IN THE LOW END SEVERE RANGE. ONE OTHER THING TO WATCH WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LANDSPOUTS WITH THESE STORMS. PROGGED 2 KM VGP VALUES IN THE .1 TO .4 RANGE AND LAPSE RATES AROUND 7 DEG/KM. SHOULD THERE BE ENOUGH SURFACE HEATING...WHICH REMAINS A QUESTION AT THIS TIME...THEN A FEW LANDSPOUTS ARE CERTAINLY A POSSIBILITY. BETTER CHANCES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE LATER TONIGHT AND THEN AGAIN LATE THU AFTERNOON INTO THU EVENING. STRONG ELEVATED WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE CWA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP ALONG THIS FRONT WITH SOME STORMS LIKELY BECOMING SEVERE. MAIN SEVERE THREAT WITH THESE ELEVATED STORMS WILL HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...AND POSSIBLY LARGER. THESE STORM SHOULD MOVE FROM THE SRN CWA AROUND MIDNIGHT...TO THE NRN EXTEND OF THE CWA TOWARDS SUNRISE. THEN GENERALLY SHOULD SEE A BREAK IN THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY LATER IN THE MORNING AND INTO MID AFTERNOON. SET UP FOR LATE THU AFTERNOON/EVENING IS A POTENTIALLY VOLATILE ONE. SEVERE THREAT WILL LARGELY DEPEND ON PLACEMENT OF UPPER TROUGH AND SFC WARM FRONT. MODELS HAVING DIFFERENT IDEAS ON PLACEMENT AND TIMING BUT LIKELY THERE WILL BE HIGH THREAT OF SEVERE WX ALONG AND EAST OF I29 AND POSSIBLY AS FAR WEST AS THE WRN CWA BORDER. VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND STRONG TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN TORNADO THREAT WILL BE ALONG THE SFC WARM FRONT...WHICH AT THIS TIME IS EXPECTED TO BE DRAPED ACROSS SE SD AND SW MN. WILL ALSO HAVE TO MONITOR THE FLOOD POTENTIAL WITH THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND AGAIN TOMORROW. THINGS DRY OUT ON FRIDAY AND STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST OF THE AREA. MODELS HAVE SHIFTED UPPER LOW FARTHER NORTH...SO LOWER THE CHANCES FOR POP FRI MORNING. RESIDUAL MOISTURE AND COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT...COULD SEE SOME SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE DAY FRI. OTHERWISE OVERALL WET WX PATTERN TO CONTINUE INTO THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. && .FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. NE...NONE. && LIEBL/RYRHOLM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 11:28 AM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1128 AM CDT WED JUN 04 2008 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-051200- 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- 1128 AM CDT WED JUN 04 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS... RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP OVER NEBRASKA AND SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND LIFT NORTHWARD. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...ESPECIALLY LATE. FLOODING... THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER FROM AROUND SPENCER TO LINN GROVE IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT OR JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS WEEK. MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE VERMILLION RIVER THE NEXT FEW DAY. RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...WHICH COULD BE CAUSE FOR CONTINUED OR ADDITIONAL FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. THIS COULD CREATE SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING ISSUES AS WELL AS INCREASE THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING ON CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE SOUTH AND EAST OF A BROOKINGS TO YANKTON LINE WITH GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH AND STRONG TORNADOES ALL THREATS. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE A THREAT TO THE WEST OF THIS LINE WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY AFTER && 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, Jun 4, 4:37 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
437 PM CDT WED JUN 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0422 PM HAIL 5 SW UTICA 42.93N 97.56W
06/04/2008 E1.50 INCH YANKTON SD TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
BTLocal storm report, Jun 4, 4:40 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
440 PM CDT WED JUN 04 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0435 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 S TABOR 42.91N 97.66W
06/04/2008 BON HOMME SD TRAINED SPOTTER
FIELDS WASHED OUT SOUTH OF TABOR
&&
MGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 3:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Union | 12 days |
| Jun 4, 3:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Union | 13 days |
| Jun 4, 3:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Yankton | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Yankton | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 4:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Yankton | 2 hr |
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.