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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2009, 6:23 AM CDT for Bon Homme County, Hutchinson County, Yankton County, South Dakota. It was in force for 52 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
- Jul 9, 2009, 6:23 AM CDT (11:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2009, 7:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bon Homme County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 452 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -280 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 9, 3:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 3:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 315 AM CDT THU JUL 9 2009 .DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY ALONG I29 ASSOCIATED WITH AN ELEVATED WARM FRONT ARE MOVING INTO SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE AIR...SUCH THAT A GENERAL WEAKENING WILL CONTINUE. SEVERE THREAT WITH THESE STORMS IS MINIMAL. BETTER CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THOSE THAT ARE CURRENTLY TIED TO THE COLD FRONT IN CENTRAL SD. IF STORMS BECOME REMOVED FROM THE BNDRY...SEVERE THREAT WILL DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY...OTHERWISE 60 MPH WINDS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL ARE LIKELY INTO THE JAMES VALLEY. ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SFC FRONT TO CHECK UP ACROSS SE SD THIS MORNING AND REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THIS AFTERNOON. PROVIDED STORMS DO NOT BACK BUILD DOWN THE FRONT THROUGHOUT THE DAY...AND STRATUS CLEARS SOME IN THE AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD POP NEAR THE SFC BNDRY LATE IN THE DAY. MAIN CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG AND E OF A LINE FROM BROOKINGS TO YANKTON. INITIAL DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION POINTS TO DISCRETE SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES. ML CAPES OF AROUND 2500 J/KG AND 0-6 KM SHEAR OF 50KTS SUPPORTS ROTATING UPDRAFTS...AND IS THERE IS ENOUGH LOW LEVEL SHEAR...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BNDRY THAT TORNADOES ARE A POSSIBILITY. WILL ALSO HAVE TO WATCH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING...MAINLY OVER FAR SE SD AND NW IA...WHERE RECENT RAINS HAVE SATURATED THE SOIL. THIS IS ALSO THE MOST FAVORABLE AREA FOR HEAVY RAINS THIS EVENING WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER 1.5-2 INCHES. PLUS COULD SEE CONTINUED REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE 850 THERMAL GRADIENT LATE INTO THE EVENING...AND POTENTIALLY THROUGH THE NIGHT. NO FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO BE ISSUED AT THIS TIME...BUT MAY BE SOMETHING FOR LATER SHIFTS TO CONSIDER. INCREASED POPS FOR LATE THU TONIGHT INTO FRI AS THERE COULD BE ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ALONG THE MIDLEVEL BNDRY AS TROPICAL ENERGY RIDES OVER THE BNDRY. MAIN CHANCES APPEAR TO BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF I90. CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION SHOULD END FROM W TO E FRI INTO FRI EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA AND A COLD FRONT DRIVES S INTO SRN NE AND IA. DRY THROUGH THE && .AVIATION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT COVERAGE TO DECREASE AND MAINLY BE CONFINED TO SW MN LATER THIS MORNING. A COLD FRONT OVER CNTRL SD EARLY THIS MORNING TO BECOME STATIONARY OVER ERN SD LATE THIS MORNING. MORE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE STATIONARY FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...AND MOVE INTO NW THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. && .FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IA...NONE. MN...NONE. NE...NONE. SD...NONE. && 97
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 4:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 420 AM CDT THU JUL 09 2009 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- 420 AM CDT THU JUL 09 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS... AFTER MORNING THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS...ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHED ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THE MAIN CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BROOKINGS TO YANKTON. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...70 MPH WINDS...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA IN THE EVENING. FLOODING... THUNDERSTORMS WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...AND MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS THE LAST FEW DAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...ALTHOUGH THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 3 PM CDT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. 97
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 9, 5:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
509 AM CDT THU JUL 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0502 AM TSTM WND GST MITCHELL 43.73N 98.03W
07/09/2009 E75 MPH DAVISON SD ASOS
&&
PSLocal storm report, Jul 9, 5:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
512 AM CDT THU JUL 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0504 AM HAIL MOUNT VERNON 43.71N 98.26W
07/09/2009 E2.50 INCH DAVISON SD TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
PSLocal storm report, Jul 9, 5:26 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
526 AM CDT THU JUL 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 AM HAIL MITCHELL 43.73N 98.03W
07/09/2009 E1.00 INCH DAVISON SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0515 AM TSTM WND GST MITCHELL 43.73N 98.03W
07/09/2009 E60 MPH DAVISON SD TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
PSLocal storm report, Jul 9, 5:35 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
535 AM CDT THU JUL 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 AM HAIL MITCHELL 43.73N 98.03W
07/09/2009 E1.75 INCH DAVISON SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0530 AM TSTM WND GST MITCHELL 43.73N 98.03W
07/09/2009 E70 MPH DAVISON SD TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
PSLocal storm report, Jul 9, 5:48 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
548 AM CDT THU JUL 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0546 AM HAIL PARKSTON 43.39N 97.99W
07/09/2009 E1.00 INCH HUTCHINSON SD TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
PSLocal storm report, Jul 9, 6:23 AM CDT, 0 minutes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule | 43 min |
| Jul 9, 1:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson, McCook | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hutchinson, McCook, Minnehaha, Turner | 48 min |
| Jul 9, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Gregory | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jerauld | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 4:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule, Jerauld | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 4:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jerauld | 31 min |
| Jul 9, 4:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Davison, Hanson, Sanborn | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 5:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson, Hutchinson, Miner, Sanborn | 43 min |
| Jul 9, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Charles Mix, Douglas, Hutchinson | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 5:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson, Hutchinson, Lake, McCook, Miner | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 5:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 5:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Douglas, Hutchinson, Yankton | 47 min |
| Jul 9, 5:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Hanson, Hutchinson, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha and 2 more | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 7:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Yankton | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 7:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 8:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Union | 42 min |
| Jul 9, 8:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Union | 61 min |
| Jul 9, 10:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Lincoln, Turner, Union | 25 min |
| Jul 9, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Union | 31 min |
| Jul 9, 12:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Bon Homme, Brookings, Clay, Hutchinson, Lake, Lincoln and 6 more | 21 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Union | 28 min |
| Jul 9, 2:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Clay, Union, Yankton | 93 min |
| Jul 9, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Union, Yankton | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Union | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Union | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 3:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Union | 85 min |
| Jul 9, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 42 min |
| Jul 9, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Osceola, Sioux | 31 min |
| Jul 9, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 17 min |
| Jul 9, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien | 21 min |
| Jul 9, 3:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Clay, O'Brien | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 12 min |
| Jul 9, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Clay | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 30 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
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.