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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

May 1, 20125 counties in South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2012, 6:29 PM CDT for 5 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 46 min. 2 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: May 1, 2012, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hutchinson County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Turner County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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
May 1, 6:35 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	3 W Humboldt, SD
May 1, 6:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	7 Nne Montrose, SD	LOTS OF BRANCHES DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 6 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 1, 2:59 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 364 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -252 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

478 
WUUS53 KFSD 012329
SVRFSD
SDC067-083-087-099-125-020015-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0018.120501T2329Z-120502T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
629 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
  EASTERN MCCOOK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
  WESTERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHERN TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 629 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ORLAND TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  CLAYTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MONTROSE AROUND 635 PM CDT...
  MONROE...MARION...HUMBOLDT AND COLTON AROUND 645 PM CDT...
  DELL RAPIDS...PARKER...WALL LAKE AND HARTFORD AROUND 655 PM CDT...
  CROOKS AND BALTIC AROUND 700 PM CDT...
  TEA AND SIOUX FALLS AROUND 710 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.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4384 9681 4384 9663 4338 9676 4340 9754
      4385 9721 4385 9682
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 274DEG 39KT 4384 9713 4339 9753
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <1.00IN

$$

CJ

2 follow-up statements

367 
WWUS53 KFSD 012342
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
642 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012

SDC067-083-087-099-125-020015-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120502T0015Z/
MINNEHAHA SD-MCCOOK SD-LINCOLN SD-HUTCHINSON SD-TURNER SD-
642 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
TURNER...NORTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON...NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN...EASTERN
MCCOOK AND WESTERN MINNEHAHA COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH ALONG WITH BRIEF GUSTNADOES. THESE STORMS WERE 
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORLAND TO 
HUMBOLDT TO FREEMAN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  COLTON AROUND 650 PM CDT...
  PARKER AND HARTFORD AROUND 655 PM CDT...
  WALL LAKE AND CROOKS AROUND 700 PM CDT...
  DELL RAPIDS AND BALTIC AROUND 705 PM CDT...
  TEA AND SIOUX FALLS AROUND 710 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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 4384 9681 4384 9663 4338 9676 4340 9754
      4385 9721 4385 9682
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 274DEG 39KT 4384 9702 4361 9712
          4341 9735
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <1.00IN

$$

CJ

233 
WWUS53 KFSD 020011
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
711 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012

SDC067-083-087-099-125-020021-
/O.EXP.KFSD.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120502T0015Z/
MINNEHAHA SD-MCCOOK SD-LINCOLN SD-HUTCHINSON SD-TURNER SD-
711 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN TURNER...NORTHEASTERN
HUTCHINSON...NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN...EASTERN MCCOOK AND WESTERN
MINNEHAHA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR 
PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH 
THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 4384 9681 4384 9663 4338 9676 4340 9754
      4385 9721 4385 9682
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 274DEG 39KT 4382 9658 4359 9669
          4339 9692

$$

CJ

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 May 1, 3:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 3:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
352 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012

.DISCUSSION.../ISSUED AT 352 PM CDT/
SEVERE THREAT REMAINS THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS THIS AREA. 19Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS LOW PRESSURE
NEAR/JUST NORTH OF KABR WITH A WARM FRONT INTO WEST-CENTRAL AND
SOUTH-CENTRAL MN /NEAR KETH-KMKT LINE/...PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH TO THE
SOUTH THROUGH THE MIDDLE JAMES VALLEY...AND COLD FRONT SOUTHWEST
TOWARD K9V9-KOGA. ONGOING LINE OF HIGH-BASED CONVECTION ALONG WEAK
WEST-SOUTHWEST TO EAST-NORTHEAST MID LEVEL THETA-E RIDGE AXIS NOT
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...THOUGH WITH STEEP MID-LEVEL
LAPSE RATES...DRY LAYER ALOFT AND RELATIVELY LOW FREEZING LEVEL
AROUND 10KFT AGL...MARGINAL HAIL/STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
EXPECT MORE ORGANIZED SEVERE THREAT TO DEVELOP TOWARD EVENING AS
UPPER LEVEL WAVE LIFTS INTO THE AREA FROM WESTERN NEBRASKA. MODEST
DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL SUPPORT LARGE HAIL/ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND WITH
INITIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SURFACE BASED STORMS ALONG THE PRE-FRONTAL
TROUGH/COLD FRONT...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY
NEAR KBKX-KYKN LINE AS THE WAVE LIFTS NORTHEAST THROUGH THE EARLY
EVENING. STORMS THEN SHOULD TRACK EAST OF THE BOUNDARY AFTER 01Z-02Z
AS THE WAVE CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA. SEVERE
THREAT EXPECTED TO WANE TOWARD LATE EVENING 03Z-06Z AS THE STORMS
MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA. /JH

BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...ANY LINGERING PRECIPITATION FROM OVERNIGHT
CONVECTION SHOULD HAVE SHIFTED EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA...LEAVING
BEHIND CLEARING SKIES AND MOUNTING INSTABILITY. THE SURFACE BOUNDARY
SHOULD DRAPE SW TO NE NEAR THE SD/IA/MN BORDER DURING THE MORNING...
THEN MAY FLATTEN TO TAKE ON MORE OF AN WSW TO ENE ORIENTATION SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 90 AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN NORTHEASTERN SD AND
WESTERN MN. SHOULD SEE A BROAD AREA OF 2000 TO 3000 J/KG DEVELOP IN
THE WARM SECTOR BY 21Z...AND MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE SIGNIFICANT
EROSION OF THE CAP WITH SURFACE HEATING IN PROXIMITY TO THE
BOUNDARY. THUNDERSTORM INITIATION WILL BE LIKELY BY 21Z-23Z...FIRST
IN NORTHWEST IOWA WHERE THE CAP WILL BE WEAKEST...THEN BUILDING WSW
ALONG THE FRONT.

WITH AMPLE INSTABILITY...FORCING FROM THE BOUNDARY...AND A MINIMAL
CAP...SHOULD SEE CONVECTION GO ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE BOUNDARY IN
NW IA AND SE SD WITHIN 1 TO 2 HOURS OF INITIATION. WITH BULK SHEAR
VECTORS AND RIGHT MOVING STORM MOTION DIRECTLY PARALLEL TO THE
BOUNDARY...COULD SEE AN ISOLATED THREAT FOR TORNADOES AS STORMS
TRACK ALONG THE FRONT AND INGEST ADDITIONAL LOW LEVEL VORTICITY.
HOWEVER...WITHOUT A DISCERNIBLE PREFERENTIAL LOCATION FOR CONVECTIVE
INITIATION...LOOKS AS THOUGH THIS THREAT WILL QUICKLY END AS STORMS
MELD INTO A MESSY COMPLEX. ANY STORMS THAT CAN DEVIATE NORTH OF THE
BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY BECOME ELEVATED...BUT MAY STILL PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL DUE TO SUPPORTIVE 2-6 KM BULK SHEAR VALUES UP TO 40 KTS AND
DECENT ELEVATED INSTABILITY. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL LESSEN
AS STORM BECOME MORE DISORGANIZED AFTER SUNSET.

A MIDLEVEL WAVE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA BETWEEN
00Z AND 06Z...ENHANCING ONGOING CONVECTION AND LIGHTING UP ANY OF
THE BOUNDARY IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY INITIATED. WITH A STRENGTHENING
LOW LEVEL JET AND TRAINING CELLS ALONG A SLOW MOVING BOUNDARY...A
FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL INCREASE DURING THIS TIME FRAME. THE GFS
PAINTS A BROAD AREA OF MORE THAN AN 1 INCH/6 HOURS...BUT AMOUNTS
COULD BE LOCALLY HIGHER UNDER CONVECTIVE CELLS.

BY THURSDAY MORNING...MOST MODEL SOLUTIONS SHOW THE SURFACE BOUNDARY
CLEARING THE FORECAST AREA TO SOUTHEAST...ALLOWING ALL BUT NORTHWEST
IOWA TO CLEAR OUT BY EARLY TO MID MORNING. ONGOING CONVECTION AND/OR
CLOUD COVER IN NORTHWEST IOWA WILL KEEP THE AREA CAPPED TO SURFACE
BASED CONVECTION THROUGHOUT THE DAY...SO THE SEVERE POTENTIAL SHOULD
STAY FAIRLY LOW. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SINK SOUTH OF
THE FORECAST AREA BY 06Z. WITH A WEAK MIDLEVEL WAVE MOVING INTO THE
NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS ON THURSDAY EVENING...ADDITIONAL CONVECTION
MAY FORM IN WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND CLIP THE
NORTHWESTERN CWA OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER THE LATEST MODEL RUNS ARE QUITE
A BIT WEAKER WITH THIS FEATURE THAN PREVIOUSLY.

WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND ANY NUMBER OF SHORTWAVES TRAVELING FROM
THE BROAD TROUGH OVER THE WEST...IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO PIN DOWN
PRECIPITATION TIMING IN THE EXTENDED. WHILE THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE
DRY PERIODS IN DAYS 4-7...DIFFERENCES IN MODEL SOLUTIONS AND POOR
TEMPORAL CONTINUITY BETWEEN SIMULATIONS NECESSITATE LOW TO MODERATE
CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION IN VIRTUALLY EVERY PERIOD. TEMPERATURES
SHOULD COOL SLIGHTLY INTO NEXT WEEK...BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO SETTLE
MORE THAN A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. /LAFLIN

&&

.AVIATION.../FOR THE 18Z TAF ISSUANCE/
WITH STRATUS AND ANY FOG BURNED OFF...OUTLOOK IS FOR VFR UNTIL
STORMS DEVELOP AFTER 21Z. STORMS WILL OF COURSE PRESENT THEIR LOCAL
ENVIRONMENTS OF HIGHLY VARIABLE CONDITIONS DOWN TO LOCAL AND BRIEF
IFR. STORMS WILL BE MAINLY OVER SOUTHEAST TWO THIRDS OF FORECAST
AREA AND SHOULD BE DISSIPATED OR MOVED OUT BY 02/12Z. VFR SHOULD
REMAIN GENERAL OUTSIDE STORM AREAS...EXCEPT OVER SOUTHEAST PART OF
AREA...ROUGHLY KSUX TO KMJQ AND SOUTHEAST OR MUCH OF NORTHWEST
IA...WHERE GENERAL CEILINGS AOB 1K FEET AND VISIBILITIES 3-5SM BR
MAY REDEVELOP AND AFFECT THIS AREA 02/08Z-15Z. OCCASIONAL SURFACE
GUSTS ABOVE 25 KNOTS THROUGH 02/01Z OVER AREA. OVER SOUTHWEST MN
SUSTAINED WINDS MAY BE CLOSE TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS
THROUGH THE SAME TIME.

&&

.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...NONE.
MN...NONE.
NE...NONE.
SD...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 2:16 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED FIRST PARAGRAPH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
216 PM CDT TUE MAY 01 2012

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-
216 PM CDT TUE MAY 01 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
ISOLATED HIGH-BASED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN
PARTS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THROUGH
THE MID AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

DISCRETE SURFACE-BASED THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
AFTER 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON...BETWEEN THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY AND
INTERSTATE 29. THESE SCATTERED STORMS WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY...AND
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO AROUND GOLF BALL SIZE AND
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 65 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY TRANSITION TO
SMALLER BOWING SEGMENTS WITH POTENTIAL FOR QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AS THEY MOVE EAST INTO SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA AFTER 8 PM. THE SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT SHOULD END BY MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS TO BE A BIT BETTER
LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL DEVELOP FROM SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA...THROUGH NORTHWEST IOWA BY LATE AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS
WILL GRADUALLY LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH THE EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS
SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM TRACY MINNESOTA...TO PICKSTOWN SOUTH
DAKOTA...MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN
DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. A COUPLE OF
TORNADOES ARE A THREAT FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JACKSON MINNESOTA TO VERMILLION SOUTH DAKOTA.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
WHILE DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT THE RISK AT THIS RANGE...IT WOULD
APPEAR THAT THE RISK FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL REMAIN LATER
FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 5 PM CDT BETWEEN THE
JAMES RIVER VALLEY AND INTERSTATE 29...AND AFTER 8 PM EAST OF
INTERSTATE 29...ENDING BY MIDNIGHT.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 5:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
519 PM CDT TUE MAY 01 2012

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

0515 PM     HAIL             10 SSE MARSHALL         44.32N 95.70W
05/01/2012  E0.75 INCH       LYON               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WITH 40 MPH WIND

&&

LAFLIN

Local storm report, May 1, 5:31 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
531 PM CDT TUE MAY 01 2012

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

0528 PM     HAIL             4 WSW CURRENT LAKE      44.12N 96.02W
05/01/2012  E1.25 INCH       MURRAY             MN   PUBLIC

&&

LAFLIN

Local storm report, May 1, 5:43 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
543 PM CDT TUE MAY 01 2012

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

0536 PM     HAIL             7 S MITCHELL            43.63N 98.03W
05/01/2012  E1.00 INCH       DAVISON            SD   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

LAFLIN

Local storm report, May 1, 5:46 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
546 PM CDT TUE MAY 01 2012

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

0533 PM     HAIL             2 WNW CURRENT LAKE      44.15N 95.99W
05/01/2012  E1.00 INCH       MURRAY             MN   STORM CHASER

&&

LAFLIN

Local storm report, May 1, 5:53 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
553 PM CDT TUE MAY 01 2012

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

0430 PM     HAIL             3 NNW HOLLAND           44.13N 96.21W
05/01/2012  E0.75 INCH       PIPESTONE          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LAFLIN

Local storm report, May 1, 6:16 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
616 PM CDT TUE MAY 01 2012

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

0520 PM     HAIL             3 WSW PIPESTONE         43.98N 96.37W
05/01/2012  E0.75 INCH       PIPESTONE          MN   PUBLIC

&&

LAFLIN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Gregory	40 min
May 1, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Charles Mix, Douglas	28 min
May 1, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lake, McCook	27 min
May 1, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Moody	29 min
May 1, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lake, Minnehaha	27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2012 Every 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.