Tornado Warning 44, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

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WWUS53 KFSD 240049
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
749 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010

SDC003-015-023-043-053-240100-
/O.CON.KFSD.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-100724T0100Z/
AURORA SD-GREGORY SD-CHARLES MIX SD-DOUGLAS SD-BRULE SD-
749 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN BRULE...
NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS...NORTHWESTERN CHARLES MIX...NORTH CENTRAL
GREGORY AND SOUTHWESTERN AURORA COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 748 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF PLATTE...OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF
KIMBALL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

AT 745 PM CDT FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE BEING REPORTED 14 MILES WEST OF 
CORSICA. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PLATTE AROUND 755 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4351 9939 4351 9931 4354 9930 4357 9935
      4376 9921 4355 9855 4318 9890 4350 9940
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 306DEG 38KT 4345 9891

$$

JM

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
310 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010

.DISCUSSION...
COMPLEX SETUP THROUGH THE SHORT TERM WITH A WARM FRONT THROUGH THE
KABR AREA...AND A SECONDARY BOUNDARY JUST SOUTH OF HWY 14 WHICH
APPEARS TO BE MOSTLY A DEMARCATION IN DEWPOINTS. BOTH THE GFS AND
GEM REGIONAL HAVE THIS BOUNDARY STRETCHING ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS
OF THE FA THIS AFTN...WITH BACKING FLOW NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY
LEADING TO ENHANCED CONVERGENCE. THE LACK OF A REAL TEMPERATURE
GRADIENT ALONG THE BOUNDARY WILL PREVENT MUCH INCREASED HORIZONTAL
VORTICITY IN THE DENSE SIDE...BUT WILL STILL SEE ENHANCED SHEAR
ALONG THE BOUNDARY AND STORMS THAT DEVELOP IN THIS AREA WILL BENEFIT
FROM THE ADDITIONAL VORTICITY. UNSTABLE AIRMASS IS CURRENTLY
DEVELOPING ACROSS THE FA DESPITE SUBSTANTIAL CLOUD COVER...AND WITH
VERY LOW LCLS AND MODEST SFC HEATING THIS MORNING...INHIBITION FROM
THIS MORNING SHOULD BE DECREASING. AS WINDS ALOFT BEGIN SHIFTING TO
THE WEST AND THEN NORTHWEST THIS EVENING...ENVIRONMENTAL SHEAR WILL
INCREASE AND ADVECTION OF COOLER AIR INTO THE MIDLEVELS WILL HELP TO
SUPPORT CONVECTION. EVEN IF STORMS DO NOT OCCUR ALONG THE WARM
FRONT...THE MAIN COLD FRONT SLIDING INTO THE AREA APPEARS TO BE
STRONG ENOUGH TO BREAK THE CAP...AS EVIDENCED BY ONGOING CONVECTION
IN NORTH CENTRAL SD. CONVECTIVE INITIATION SHOULD BEGIN OCCURRING IN
THE FA BY 23Z...WITH THE MAIN FRONT ENTERING FROM THE WEST BY 00Z OR
SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THIS SYSTEM WILL PROPAGATE FAIRLY QUICKLY
THROUGH THE AREA...WITH THE MAIN THREAT MOVING EAST OF THE AREA BY
09Z. /LAFLIN

AFTER TONIGHT...IT APPEARS THE FCST BECOMES MUCH MORE QUIET THRU THE
WEEKEND. VARIOUS MODELS ARE ALL IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THE WEEKEND IN
EXITING THE SHORT WAVE/UPPER TROF RAPIDLY EWD THRU THE GRTLKS. THIS
MEANS THAT IT APPEARS THE LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY WL MOVE WELL OFF TO THE
E AND S OF THE FSD FA TO POSE ANY PCPN CHALLENGES. SFC HIGH PRES WL
RULE THE ROOST FOR THE WEEKEND WHICH SHOULD PROVIDE DRY WEATHER RAIN
WISE. RH TIME SECTIONS SUGGEST SOME CU IN THE AFTERNOONS WHICH MAKE
SENSE GIVEN THE WET GROUND. BUT RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS THERE IS NO
MECHANISM TO PRODUCE ENOUGH LIFT TO GIVE A TSRA OR TWO. GIVEN THE
H85 TEMPS SAT AND SUN...SAW NO REASON TO MAKE CHANGES OTHER THAN A
DEG OR TWO HERE AND THERE...AND THE HUMIDITY VALUES WL BE REASONABLE.

SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...FOR BETTER OR WORSE DECIDED
TO TAKE OUT OUR SMALL POPS IN OUR FAR SRN ZONES ON MON AND MON
NIGHT. THERE IS A BIT OF H7 CONVERGENCE IN THAT AREA ON MONDAY WHICH
IS A BIT CONCERNING. HOWEVER...THE H5 WAVE IS NOW PLACED POSSIBLY
TOO FAR SOUTH OF OUR FA TO HELP SPARK ANYTHING THIS FAR NORTH. THE
WAVE IS BASICALLY JUST A SUBTLE LOW PRES AREA WHICH IS IN BETWEEN
TWO H5 HIGH PRES RIDGES. SO HOPEFULLY THIS WL WORK OUT. ONE THING OF
NOTE HOWEVER...IS BOTH THE NAM AND GFS SHOW A LOT OF LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE ON MONDAY...SUGGESTING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CU BUILDUP.
POSSIBLY EVEN DOWNRIGHT STRATUS EARLY IN THE DAY EDGING UP FROM THE
SOUTH. THAT IS SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON. THEREFORE KEPT THE TREND
OF GOING BLO MEX GUIDANCE VALUES.

IN THE EXTENDED TUE THRU FRI...MAIN FEATURE IS MANY OF THE MODELS
POINT AT A QS BOUNDARY DRAPPED AROUND THE NRN FRINGE OF OUR FA.
THERE IS AN UPPER RIDGE FCST TO DEVELOP...QUITE STRONG...ACROSS THE
SRN TWO THIRDS OF THE CONUS. THEREFORE THE KEY IS ANY RIDGE RIDER
ACTIVITY WHICH MAY INTERACT WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED SFC BOUNDARY.
THE PRIMARY PERIODS TO FOCUS ON FOR THIS SCENARIO IS WED THRU
THURSDAY NIGHT...LEAVING FRIDAY DRY SO FAR UNTIL THE EXACT DETAILS
SETTLE DOWN A BIT. BUT RIGHT NOW IT DOES APPEAR THAT A SFC FRONT WL
BE MOVG THRU THIS AREA AROUND THUR NIGHT. FOLLOWED A BLEND OF THE
06Z GFS/ECMWF AND HPC...WHO HAS GOOD ACCESS TO THE ECMWF ENS MEAN
AND GEFS OUTPUT. AS FAR AS TEMPS...JUST DOES NOT LOOK LIKE ANYTHING
REAL ABNORMAL...WITH A LOT OF MAX TEMPS IN THE 80S.    /MJF

&&

.AVIATION...
MAINLY MVFR CIGS ASSOCIATED WITH BROKEN CU ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST
THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTN BEFORE TSTMS DEVELOP NEAR THE KHON AREA.
THESE STORMS WITH MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH KFSD AND KSUX BY 06Z. CIGS
ARE THEN EXPECTED TO RECOVER TO VFR WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
NORTHEAST AND THEN BACKING TO THE NORTHWEST. /LAFLIN

&&

.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-
     031-032.
MN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-
     097-098.
NE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR NEZ013-014.
SD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR SDZ038>040-053>056-059>062-
     065>071.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1109 AM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-241200-
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-
1109 AM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
A POTENT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL EVOLVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP RAPIDLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING IN
THE MID JAMES RIVER VALLEY...AND WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD
DURING THE EVENING. THESE SUPERCELL STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE...ALONG WITH WIND
GUSTS TO 80 MPH...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND EVEN A FEW TORNADOES.
STORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND MAY FORM INTO A MORE LINEAR
STRUCTURE LATER IN THE EVENING TOWARD INTERSTATE 29...WITH LARGE
HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH. STORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST SOUTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA
OVERNIGHT...WITH THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH AS WELL AS HAIL TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE.

FLOODING...
HEAVY RAINFALL FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT HAS PRODUCED RIVER FLOODING
FOR THE VERMILLION...BIG SIOUX...LITTLE SIOUX AND MISSOURI
RIVERS...AND FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE JAMES RIVER.

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT FROM THE JAMES
VALLEY EASTWARD. AT THIS TIME...HEAVIEST RAINFALL AVERAGING FROM
1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED FOR AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90.
HOWEVER...WITH RECENT WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 90... LESSER RAINFALL AMOUNTS OCCURRING RAPIDLY WILL
STILL PRODUCE A FLASH FLOODING THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY AFTER 6 PM CDT BETWEEN THE
MISSOURI AND JAMES VALLEYS...TOWARD SUNSET ALONG THE INTERSTATE
29 CORRIDOR...AND LATE EVENING ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA AND
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.

&&

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
709 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010

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

0704 PM     HAIL             3 S CHAMBERLAIN         43.76N 99.32W
07/23/2010  E1.00 INCH       BRULE              SD   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

LAFLIN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
719 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010

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

0716 PM     HAIL             4 SSE CHAMBERLAIN       43.76N 99.29W
07/23/2010  E1.75 INCH       BRULE              SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LAFLIN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
722 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010

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

0706 PM     TSTM WND GST     CHAMBERLAIN             43.81N 99.32W
07/23/2010  E80 MPH          BRULE              SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LAFLIN