Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2012, 12:49 AM CDT for Brookings County, Moody County, South Dakota; Lincoln County, Pipestone County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2012, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2012, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 3.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lincoln County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Brookings County, SD, Moody County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:49 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 12:50 AM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 7 N Brookings, SD | |
| Jun 19, 12:55 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Brookings, SD | 1 FOOT DIAMETER TREE KNOCKED DOWN AND SEVERAL SMALL BRANCHES STRIPPED FROM TREE |
| Jun 19, 1:07 AM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | White, SD | |
| Jun 19, 1:37 AM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 3 Sw Arco, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 18, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3093 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
403
WUUS53 KFSD 190549
SVRFSD
MNC081-117-SDC011-101-190630-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0158.120619T0549Z-120619T0630Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1249 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN PIPESTONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
BROOKINGS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
NORTHERN MOODY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 130 AM CDT
* AT 1248 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL LARGER THAN BASEBALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRUCE...OR 6
MILES NORTHWEST OF BROOKINGS...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BROOKINGS THROUGH 1255 AM CDT...
AURORA AND WHITE AROUND 1255 AM CDT...
ELKTON AND WARD AROUND 110 AM CDT...
LAKE BENTON AROUND 120 AM CDT...
TYLER AND ARCO AROUND 125 AM CDT...
RUTHTON AROUND 130 AM CDT...
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BUSHNELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4441 9608 4409 9606 4414 9666 4418 9689
4420 9689 4420 9701 4447 9694
TIME...MOT...LOC 0548Z 279DEG 45KT 4437 9682
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 3.00IN
$$
SCHUMACHER2 follow-up statements
543
WWUS53 KFSD 190609
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
109 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012
MNC081-117-SDC011-101-190630-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-120619T0630Z/
LINCOLN MN-PIPESTONE MN-MOODY SD-BROOKINGS SD-
109 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
BROOKINGS...NORTHEASTERN MOODY...NORTHERN PIPESTONE AND SOUTHERN
LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...
AT 109 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP
TO BASEBALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF ELKTON...OR 14 MILES EAST OF
BROOKINGS...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE BENTON AROUND 120 AM CDT...
ARCO AROUND 125 AM CDT...
TYLER AND RUTHTON AROUND 130 AM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 4441 9608 4420 9608 4420 9607 4409 9606
4415 9671 4416 9673 4421 9675 4445 9677
TIME...MOT...LOC 0609Z 279DEG 45KT 4432 9646
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.75IN
$$
SCHUMACHER329
WWUS53 KFSD 190620
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
120 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012
MNC081-117-SDC011-101-190630-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0158.000000T0000Z-120619T0630Z/
LINCOLN MN-PIPESTONE MN-MOODY SD-BROOKINGS SD-
120 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
BROOKINGS...NORTHEASTERN MOODY...NORTHERN PIPESTONE AND SOUTHERN
LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...
AT 120 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP
TO BASEBALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE BENTON...OR 19 MILES EAST
OF BROOKINGS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE BENTON AROUND 125 AM CDT...
TYLER AND ARCO AROUND 130 AM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 4441 9608 4420 9608 4420 9607 4409 9606
4415 9671 4416 9673 4421 9675 4445 9677
TIME...MOT...LOC 0620Z 280DEG 38KT 4431 9638
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.75IN
$$
SCHUMACHERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle, Kingsbury | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Kingsbury | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings, Kingsbury | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 1:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 66 min |
| Jun 19, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 26 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2012Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.