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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

August 1, 2010Beadle County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2010, 8:21 PM CDT for Beadle County, South Dakota. It was in force for 39 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
Aug 1, 2010, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2010, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Beadle County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 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
Aug 1, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 323 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2010-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1681 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2010-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1681 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.5

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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 Aug 1, 2:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 2:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 9:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchFSDBon Homme, Clay, Hutchinson, Lincoln, Turner, Union and 1 more14 hr
Aug 1, 10:43 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFSDJerauld, Sanborn30 hr
Aug 2, 6:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDLincoln, Minnehaha, Turner3 hr
Aug 2, 6:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDBon Homme, Charles Mix, Douglas, Hutchinson3 hr
Aug 2, 7:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDNobles, Rock3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.