Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

594 
WWUS53 KFSD 221720
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1220 PM CDT WED SEP 22 2010

IAC149-167-SDC083-127-221745-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0293.000000T0000Z-100922T1745Z/
SIOUX IA-PLYMOUTH IA-LINCOLN SD-UNION SD-
1220 PM CDT WED SEP 22 2010

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
UNION...SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN...NORTHWESTERN PLYMOUTH AND SIOUX
COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...

AT 1220 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED...PRODUCING  GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR ALCESTER...OR NEAR HAWARDEN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HAWARDEN AROUND 1225 PM CDT...
  HUDSON AROUND 1235 PM CDT...
  CRAIG AROUND 1240 PM CDT...
  IRETON...MAURICE AND SIOUX CENTER AROUND 1245 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 4326 9643 4326 9604 4294 9588 4286 9656
      4308 9669
TIME...MOT...LOC 1720Z 256DEG 23KT 4299 9653
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

WEISSER

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
833 AM CDT WED SEP 22 2010

.DISCUSSION...
WENT AHEAD AND RAISED POPS ACROSS THE CWA FOR TODAY. CONVECTION IN
CENTRAL SD AND NORTHERN NEBRASKA CONTINUES TO BECOME MORE ORGANIZED
AND THE 6Z NAM/GFS AND HRRR OUTPUT INDICATE THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE
DURING THE AFTERNOON. LOOKS LIKE A FAIRLY STRONG MID LEVEL WAVE
DRIVING THIS ACTIVITY WITH THE 800-700MB WINDS RAPIDLY INCREASING
ALONG WITH VERY GOOD MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND INCREASING
INSTABILITY. DID DECREASE HIGHS A BIT AND MAY NEED TO DO SO FURTHER
IF THIS TREND FOR MORE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUES. /08

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...
MAJOR SYSTEM APPEARS DUE TO BRING TWO BIG SHOTS OF CONVECTION TO OUR
FORECAST AREA. ONE WILL INVOLVE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF TSTMS THIS
MORNING AND IN FACT THROUGH THE DAY AS SRLY/SERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW
INCREASES AHEAD OF LOW DEVELOPING TO THE SW. MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE
AIR WILL FLOW TOWARD AND INTO AREA AS SHEAR BECOMES GREATER OVER
AREA NEAR AND N OF APPROACHING WARM FRONT. BY AFTERNOON THESE
PARAMETERS SHOULD BE RIPE ENOUGH FOR A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE RISK OVER
MUCH OF OUR AREA ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHEAST HALF. SPC DAY 1 OUTLOOK
AND DISCUSSION GENERALLY LOOKS GOOD INCLUDING ENHANCED VERY LARGE
HAIL AND POSSIBLY EVEN TORNADO POTENTIAL. IF INITIAL ACTIVITY IS NOT
SO WIDESPREAD IT DAMPENS POTENTIAL...AND I DONT THINK IT WILL BE...I
WOULD THINK AN UPGRADE TO EVEN STRONGER POTENTIAL MIGHT COME LATER
THIS MORNING. WILL HIT THE SEVERE POTENTIAL FAIRLY HARD IN HAZARDOUS
WX OUTLOOK...AND PERHAPS MENTION SEVERE IN GRIDS/PUBLIC FORECASTS AT
LEAST SOUTHEAST PART OF AREA. FOR RAINFALL POTENTIAL WITH THIS FIRST
SHOT...THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF AREA...SWRN MN AND NEARBY...SEEMS
TARGETED. CONDITIONS NOT RIPE ENUF FOR FLASH FLOOD WATCH BUT THIS
COULD SET THINGS UP FOR THE NEXT ROUND WHICH I WILL GET TO SHORTLY.

TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO WARM PRETTY MUCH ACCORDING TO GUIDANCE.
MAJOR INCREASE IN SHOWER/TSTM COVERAGE NOT COMING TILL LATER TODAY
IN THE NORTHEASTERN FORECAST AREA SHOULD ALLOW WARMING TO GUIDANCE
VALUES THERE...WHILE STRONG WARMING PUSHES TEMPS UP TO 80 PLUS FAR
S/SE DESPITE INCREASING CLOUDS. WINDS WILL INCREASE AS SYSTEM
DEVELOPS AND IT SHOULD BECOME BREEZY TO WINDY SOUTHEAST CORNER THIS
AFTERNOON.

FIRST ROUND SHOULD PULL OUT TO THE NORTHEAST THIS EVENING WITH A
SEVERAL HOUR LULL LIKELY EARLY TONIGHT BEFORE NEXT ROUND SPREADS IN
QUICKLY FROM THE SW LATE TONIGHT. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE MORE
WIDESPREAD THAN THE FIRST SHOT WITH LESS SEVERE POTENTIAL...AND THAT
MAINLY OUR SOUTHEAST CORNER ON THU. HOWEVER HEAVY RAINFALL COULD
BECOME FAIRLY WIDESPREAD. WILL HOLD OFF ON FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NOW
BUT THE POTENTIAL SEEMS THERE FOR AT LEAST OUR NORTHEAST GIVEN A
THREAT OF TWO HEAVY RAIN SHOTS. IN ANY EVENT...HIGH UNQUALIFIED POPS
ARE IN ORDER FOR LATE TONIGHT AND THU. TEMPS WILL BE COOLER MOST
AREAS FRIDAY BUT COULD BE SLIGHTLY WARMER IN OUR NORTHEAST DEPENDING
ON RAINFALL COVERAGE. LOWS TONIGHT OF COURSE WILL BE QUITE MILD/WARM.

SHOWERS SHOULD MOVE OUT QUICKLY THURSDAY NIGHT AND LEAVE A MOSTLY
DRY FORECAST MOST OF THE WAY THROUGH NEXT TUE. WILL KEEP SOME LITTLE
CHANCE OF SHOWERS FRI NIGHT INTO EARLY SAT. THIS COULD BE GREATER
IF DEVELOPING UPPER LOW DIGS AS FAR W AS GFS SHOWS...WILL ACCEPT
SLIGHTLY MORE MODERATE ECMWF FOR NOW. THIS SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY
THREAT OF RAIN AFTER THU EVENING. TEMPS WILL GENERALLY BE MILD WITH
THE SAT UPPER LOW POSSIBLY MAKING IT A LITTLE COOLER THAN WHAT WE
HAVE IF THE UPPER LOW DIGS FURTHER W AS THE GFS DEPICTS. / WILLIAMS

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR THROUGH MID MORNING THEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING.
WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTHWARD TOWARD CWA DURING THE AFTERNOON IN
RESPONSE TO DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO PRODUCE
WIDESPREAD MVFR CIGS ACROSS CWA DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH LCL IFR
CONDITIONS VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. GENERAL MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS
TONIGHT AS WIDESPREAD RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE
ACROSS CWA.  SOUTHEAST SURFACE WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KTS
DURING THE AFTERNOON.

&&

.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.

&&

WILLIAMS

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1025 AM CDT WED SEP 22 2010

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-231200-
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-
1025 AM CDT WED SEP 22 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TODAY...WITH STORMS
BECOMING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS
EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL AS LARGE
AS BASEBALLS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE
MISSOURI RIVER. THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR
AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM WINDOM MINNESOTA TO SIOUX FALLS TO
SPRINGFIELD SOUTH DAKOTA. BESIDES HAVING THE HIGHER SEVERE
RISK...ISOLATED STORMS IN THESE AREAS COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED
TORNADOES AND TWO INCH OR LARGER DIAMETER HAIL.

FLOODING...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING SPOTTY HEAVY RAIN
TO THE AREA TODAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER ROUND OF MORE
ORGANIZED AND HEAVIER RAINFALL LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. WITH
THE POSSIBILITY OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT...AREA STREAMS...CREEKS AND RIVERS COULD EXCEED
BANKFUL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER
THE AREA THURSDAY. WHILE HEAVY RAIN COULD FALL ANYWHERE...THE
GREATEST THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND POTENTIAL FLOODING WILL BE
ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. ALSO...THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT
RISK OF SEVERE STORMS IN NORTHWEST IOWA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY AFTER 1100 AM CDT.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1138 AM CDT WED SEP 22 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1135 AM     HAIL             VERMILLION              42.78N 96.93W
09/22/2010  E2.50 INCH       CLAY               SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ON THE USD CAMPUS

&&

MDB

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1140 AM CDT WED SEP 22 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1137 AM     HAIL             VERMILLION              42.78N 96.93W
09/22/2010  E1.00 INCH       CLAY               SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MG

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1143 AM CDT WED SEP 22 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1137 AM     HAIL             VERMILLION              42.78N 96.93W
09/22/2010  M1.50 INCH       CLAY               SD   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

MDB

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1200 PM CDT WED SEP 22 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1150 AM     HAIL             12 N VERMILLION         42.96N 96.93W
09/22/2010  E1.75 INCH       CLAY               SD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED AT HUB CITY.

&&

MG

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1201 PM CDT WED SEP 22 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 AM     HAIL             5 W VERMILLION          42.78N 97.03W
09/22/2010  M1.00 INCH       CLAY               SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH.

&&

MDB

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1204 PM CDT WED SEP 22 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1129 AM     HAIL             VERMILLION              42.78N 96.93W
09/22/2010  E2.50 INCH       CLAY               SD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL ON NORTH SIDE OF VERMILLION BROKE
            OUT 12 SKYLIGHTS AT THE WALMART.

&&

MG