Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2012, 5:55 PM CDT for Moody County, South Dakota; Pipestone County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2012, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Pipestone County, MN, Moody County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 444 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -507 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
952
WUUS53 KFSD 292255
SVRFSD
MNC117-SDC101-292330-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0164.120629T2255Z-120629T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
555 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN PIPESTONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN MOODY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR TRENT...OR 14 MILES WEST OF PIPESTONE...AND MOVING
EAST AT 5 MPH.
AT 540 PM CDT PENNY SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED 3 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHEAST OF EGAN WITH THIS STORM.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN MOODY AND SOUTHWESTERN PIPESTONE COUNTIES.
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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4397 9638 4385 9638 4385 9654 4392 9667
4398 9666
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 280DEG 10KT 4393 9658
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.25IN
$$
HANKO2 follow-up statements
440
WWUS53 KFSD 292310
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
610 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2012
MNC117-SDC101-292330-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0164.000000T0000Z-120629T2330Z/
PIPESTONE MN-MOODY SD-
610 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MOODY AND SOUTHWESTERN PIPESTONE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 610 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6
MILES EAST OF TRENT...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PIPESTONE...MOVING
EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN MOODY AND SOUTHWESTERN PIPESTONE COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4392 9662 4398 9661 4397 9638 4385 9638
4385 9652
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 280DEG 10KT 4392 9653
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.25IN
$$
HANKO000
WWUS53 KFSD 292326
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
626 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2012
MNC117-SDC101-292337-
/O.EXP.KFSD.SV.W.0164.000000T0000Z-120629T2330Z/
PIPESTONE MN-MOODY SD-
626 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MOODY AND
SOUTHWESTERN PIPESTONE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN SIOUX FALLS.
LAT...LON 4392 9662 4398 9661 4397 9638 4385 9638
4385 9652
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 280DEG 10KT 4391 9647
$$
HANKOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Moody | 23 min |
| Jun 29, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 17 min |
| Jun 29, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Pipestone | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.