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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2009, 10:50 AM CDT for 4 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 25 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, 10:50 AM CDT (15:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2009, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clay County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:52 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 709 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
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, 10:35 AM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 10:35 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1035 AM CDT THU JUL 9 2009 .DISCUSSION... STORMS ABOUT FINISHING EXIT SERN FCST AREA LATE THIS MRNG. SPOTTY SHJWRS/TSTMS STILL PSBL MAINLY E THRU ERY AFTN WITH SIGNS OF UPPER SUPPORT MOVG INTO WRN FCST AREA. MAIN AND POTENTIALY SEVERE LATE AFTN DVLPMNT EXPECTED AFTER 4 PM. SOME QUESTION ON THE LOW CLOUDS AND HEATG FACTOR BUT LATELY THERE SEEMS TO BE A DECENT BREAKING UP OF THE LOW CLOUDS SO IT IS BEST TO ASSUME THERE WILL BE MORE THAN ENUF HEATG TO BREAK CAP. MAIN THREAT WILL CONT TO BE ERN HALF OF FCST AREA INCLUDG FSD. HEATG BTW WILL ALSO ALLOW TEMPS TO CATCH UP MOST OF THE WAY FROM MRNG COOLING IN THE E...JUST LOWERED SOME HIGHS A DEG OR TWO. DEPENDING ON EXPECETED STORM STRENGTH AND CVRG...FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY NEED TO BE CONSIDERED ESPLY FOR PARTS OF NWRN IA FOR LATE AFTN FCST. && .AVIATION... LINGERING IFR/MVFR CIGS ERN HALF OF FCST AREA SHUD BE HEATED OUT TO VFR CIGS OR SCT CLDS BY 18Z.OTRW THE MAIN AVIATION THREAT WILL BE NEWLY DVLPG STORMS...PSBLY SVR...21Z-12Z MAINLY ERN TWO THIRDS OF FCST AREA AT THE START...BEING CONFINED MORE TO THE ERN EDGE OF AREA WITH TIME BY 10/12Z. && .PREV 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 && .FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. NE...NONE. && WILLIAMS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 4:20 AM CDT, 6 hours 30 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, 8:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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</html>Local storm report, Jul 9, 9:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
911 AM CDT THU JUL 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0835 AM HAIL 6 NW HUBBARD 42.45N 96.67W
07/09/2009 E1.00 INCH DAKOTA NE PUBLIC
&&
DMORINLocal storm report, Jul 9, 9:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
912 AM CDT THU JUL 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0605 AM HAIL 2 NE BRIDGEWATER 43.57N 97.47W
07/09/2009 E1.00 INCH MCCOOK SD BROADCAST MEDIA
ONE INCH HAIL DAMAGED CROPS...RELAYED BY MEDIA
&&
DMORINLocal storm report, Jul 9, 9:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
914 AM CDT THU JUL 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0350 AM HAIL 2 E WOLSEY 44.41N 98.43W
07/09/2009 E1.00 INCH BEADLE SD BROADCAST MEDIA
RELAYED BY MEDIA
&&
DMORINLocal storm report, Jul 9, 9:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
926 AM CDT THU JUL 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 AM HAIL 3 N FULTON 43.77N 97.82W
07/09/2009 E1.00 INCH HANSON SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0515 AM TSTM WND GST 3 N FULTON 43.77N 97.82W
07/09/2009 E70.00 MPH HANSON SD TRAINED SPOTTER
60 TO 70 MPH WIND GUSTS
&&
DMORINLocal storm report, Jul 9, 10:37 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1037 AM CDT THU JUL 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0425 AM HAIL 6 S WESSINGTON SPRINGS 43.99N 98.57W
07/09/2009 E1.00 INCH JERAULD SD NEWSPAPER
CROPS STRIPPED.
0430 AM HAIL 12 N WHITE LAKE 43.90N 98.71W
07/09/2009 E1.25 INCH AURORA SD PUBLIC
QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR HAIL.
0440 AM HAIL 6 SE WESSINGTON SPRINGS 44.02N 98.49W
07/09/2009 E1.50 INCH JERAULD SD PUBLIC
QUARTER TO PING PONG BALL HAIL
0500 AM HAIL PLANKINTON 43.72N 98.48W
07/09/2009 E1.00 INCH AURORA SD PUBLIC
A LOT OF PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
&&
DMORINThe 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, 6:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Hutchinson, Yankton | 52 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, 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
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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.