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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2010, 2:47 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Plymouth County, Iowa. It was in force for 28 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
- Jun 1, 2010, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2010, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Cherokee County, IA, Plymouth County, IA
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 1:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1529 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
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 Jun 1, 5:18 AM CDT, 9 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 5:18 AM CDT, 9 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 518 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 2010 .DISCUSSION... PATTERN LOOKS TO REMAIN ACTIVE THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH CONFLUENT ZONAL FLOW FEATURING NUMEROUS WAVES...DIFFICULT TO TIME AND DIFFICULT TO TRACK...MAKING FOR A CHALLENGING FCST. STRONGEST TROUGHING EARLY THIS MORNING THRU CANADA WITH SECONDARY MAIN TROUGH BACK THRU NV...WITH A COUPLE EMBEDDED SMALLER WAVES IN WSW FLOW INTO NRN PLAINS. ONE SUCH WAVE LIFTING FROM WY/CO INTO WRN SD...AND ANOTHER BACK IN UT. LLJ INCREASING THRU CNTRL PLAINS 88D VWP AND HBR PROFILER...BUT LACK OF PLAINS PROFILERS ACRS NRN NEBRASKA DOES NOT MAKE IT ANY EASIER TO DIAGNOSE LLJ. LOW LVL FRONTAL BNDRY FM SERN ND TO NWRN SD...WITH SECONDARY WMFNT WELL TO S IN NRN KS. MAIN LO LVL MOISTURE TRANSPORT BACK THRU CNTRL NEBRASKA WITH RETREATING SFC RIDGE HOLDING DRIER AIR IN THRU ERN CWA. NOTING DEVELOPING ACC FIELD OVR WRN NEBRASKA/SRN SD...EXTENDING TO STRONGER CONVECTION IN NWRN KS/SWRN NEBRASKA...AS EFFECTS OF LEADING SHORTWAVE MOVE INTO PLAINS AND INTERACT WITH LLJ. EML PUSHING INTO PLAINS ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO INCREASING POTENTIAL INSTABILITY AXIS THRU CNTRL NEBRASKA/SD THIS MORNING. OVERALL...LIKE IDEA SHOWN IN THE HRRR AND IN SOME FORM THE NAM/GFS WITH INCREASING PCPN AREA EXPECTED TO EVOLVE OVER NEXT 2-3H ACRS WRN/SRN CWA IN WAA WING... SPREADING AND BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD TO THE NORTHEAST THRU MID TO LATE MORNING. MOST SOUNDINGS INDICATE LITTLE RESISTANCE TO THIS ELEVATED CONVECTION /PRIOR TO INITIATION/ AND THUS CONCERN THAT WL JUST GO WITHOUT CESSATION...WHICH WOULD NOT ONLY LIMIT SVR THREAT TO THE N AND W...BUT EVEN MORE TO THE S THRU THE AFTN. HOWEVER... 0-6KM BULK SHEAR INCREASES TO 40 TO 50 KTS BY AFTN ACRS THE AREA... USING SOME CREATIVE NON CONVECTIVE PROFILES. THIS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TO ORGANIZE STORMS WHICH DEVELOP EITHER ON EDGE OF THE ELEVATED CONVECTIVE AREAS BY EARLY AFTN AS DESTABILIZATION WITH L80S/L60S T/TD COMBO...OR ON MAIN FRONTAL BNDRY WITH ELEVATED INSTABILITY. THREAT FOR SVR CERTAINLY FAVORS SERN HALF OF AREA... AND CHOSE EXEPECT GRADIENT IN SHEAR/INSTABILITY IN DEEPER FRONTAL CONVERGENCE AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT. WOULD EXPECT BULK OF THREAT WOULD BE HAIL TO WIND TRANSITION AS STORMS GROW UPSCALE INTO MCS...BUT MORE DISCRETE SUPERCELLS LATER AFTN MAY BRING A NOMINAL TOR THREAT WITH LOWEST ATM SHEAR FROM NON-CONVECTED AREAS JUST ON THE SHY SIDE OF FAVORABLE. CONCERN FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IN PLACE...BUT WITH FORWARD PROPOGATION EXPECTED TO GENERALLY REIGN...EXPECT ANY PROBLEMS WOULD BE MORE PROPERLY HANDLED ON THE STORM SCALE...HENCE NOT A WIDESPREAD THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. TEMPERATURES YET ANOTHER CHALLENGE...AND IF PCPN FAILS TO MATERIALIZE IN TIMELY MANNER DURING THE MORNING...A WARM AIRMASS COULD EASILY YIELD MUCH WARMER MAXES BEFORE FROPA SINKS SWRD THRU THE AFTN. SOMEWHERE FROM LOWER 70S IN EARLIER RAIN AREAS THRU ERN SD TO MID 80S IN SRN PORTIONS OF NW IA AHEAD OF BNDRY/PCPN. PUSHED OUT PCPN JUST A BIT FASTER TONIGHT AS JET ENTRANCE REGION AIDS IN BRINGING DRIER NLY FLOW IN AT LOW LVLS...AND DRIVES THE LOWER LVL FRONTAL BNDRY INTO KS/MO BY EARLY WED. HOWEVER...WL CONTINUE TO FIND A FAIRLY STRONG WAVE ALFT RIDING ALONG LINGERING MID LVL BNDRY INTO WED MORNING...SO DIFFICULT TO FULLY REMOVE POPS THRU SERN 2/3 OR SO OF AREA. YET ANOTHER IMPULSE LOOKS TO COME OUT OF THE WRN HIGH PLAINS BY LTR WED...BUT AS MAIN BAROCLINICITY ALSO WORKS SWRD...KEPT ONLY SOME CHC LVL POPS ALG FAR S/SE CWA. CLOUDS AND COOLER TMPS SHUD KNOCK QUITE A BIT OFF SRN HIGHS WED...WITH ONLY UPR 60S TO LOWER 70S MOST AREAS. SFC RIDGE BRINGS PARTIAL CLEARING WED NIGHT INTO THU AS SETTLE SE ACRS THE AREA. CONTINUE TO FAVOR A BIT SLOWER PROGRESSION PER ECMWF...AS SEEMS CONVECTION HAVING ITS WAY WITH ESPLY GFS. NEXT BETTER THREAT IN THE SHORT RANGE FOR PCPN LOOKS TO START UP BY LATER THU AFTN ALG WRN FLANK...AND SPREADS EWRD THU NIGHT AND FRIDAY. WAA PCPN EXPECTED TO START UP LTR THU CNTRL SD...AND PUSH EWRD THU NIGHT BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD. ENOUGH CONFIDENCE IN DYNAMIC STRENGTH AND INSTABILITY TO PUSH MENTION TO SCT. DID VERY LITTLE TO FCST AGAIN BEYOND FRI...AS INCREASING UNCERTAINTY IN FLOW MAKES FOR POTENTIALLY UNNECESSARY FLIP FLOPS. DID LOOK LIKE COULD BE A DECENTLY MIXY DAY BY SATURDAY...FEATURING A BIT MORE WLY COMPONENT THAN EARLIER FCST...LEADING TO A SMALL RAISING OF TMPS THRU WRN/SRN CWA MORE LKLY TO BE OUT OF PCPN/CLDS EARLIER. /CHAPMAN && .AVIATION... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING OVER CENTRAL SD...WITH THIS ACTIVITY SPREADING TOWARDS I29 AND SW MN BY LATE MORNING. MAINLY VFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. BY AFTERNOON...STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME POSSIBLE WITH A FEW MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER. THE MORE ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORM THREAT SHOULD BE AROUND THE FSD AREA FROM ABOUT 19Z THROUGH 0Z WHILE SUX SEES THE BETTER CHANCE FROM ABOUT 23Z TO 5Z. /08 && .FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. NE...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 11:41 AM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1141 AM CDT TUE JUN 01 2010 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-021200- 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- 1141 AM CDT TUE JUN 01 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS... ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FROM SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST IOWA INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS PRODUCING HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS... EXTENDING FROM LAKE ANDES TO SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA...AND INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BECOME MORE LIKELY AFTER 2 PM FARTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA...TO ROCK VALLEY AND SPIRIT LAKE IOWA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. STORMS IN THESE AREAS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE AN INCREASING THREAT AS STORMS SPREAD TO THE SOUTHEAST. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR ANY LOW LEVEL BOUNDARIES RESULTING FROM THE MORNING CONVECTION TO THE NORTH. THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD END BY 9 PM AS THE COLD POOL ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS PUSHES FORWARD AWAY FROM THE FORECAST AREA. FLOODING... AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM WAGNER SOUTH DAKOTA...TO SIOUX FALLS TO WINDOM MINNESOTA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CHAMBERLAIN TO SPENCER IOWA. THESE STORMS WILL NOT BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 9 PM CDT... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA TO SPIRIT LAKE IOWA. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
In the hours before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
151 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0145 PM HAIL HARTLEY 43.18N 95.48W
06/01/2010 E1.75 INCH O'BRIEN IA BROADCAST MEDIA
0148 PM HAIL MONETA 43.13N 95.39W
06/01/2010 E1.75 INCH CLAY IA AMATEUR RADIO
&&
MDBLocal storm report, Jun 1, 1:53 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
153 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0122 PM TORNADO 4 WNW SANBORN 43.20N 95.73W
06/01/2010 O'BRIEN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
BRIEF TOUCHDOWN
&&
RRYRHOLMLocal storm report, Jun 1, 1:55 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
155 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0151 PM HAIL 2 ENE HARTLEY 43.19N 95.44W
06/01/2010 E2.50 INCH O'BRIEN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
DAMAGE TO TREES AND CARS
&&
RRYRHOLMLocal storm report, Jun 1, 1:59 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
159 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0150 PM HAIL 3 WNW EVERLY 43.18N 95.38W
06/01/2010 M1.75 INCH CLAY IA CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
RRYRHOLMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 8:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Gregory | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 8:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule, Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory | 102 min |
| Jun 1, 8:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Davison, Douglas | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 9:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas, Hutchinson | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | O'Brien, Sioux | 23 min |
| Jun 1, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Clay, O'Brien | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Clay | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida, Woodbury | 23 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 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.