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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

May 1, 2012Lincoln County, South Dakota; Lyon County, Sioux County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2012, 7:12 PM CDT for Lincoln County, South Dakota; Lyon County, Sioux County, Iowa. It was in force for 33 min. 3 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, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
58.0 mph

Counties Lyon County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Lincoln County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 1, 7:22 PM CDTHAIL 1.55 Se Canton, IA
May 1, 7:34 PM CDTHAIL 12 E Inwood, IAHAIL OCCURRED WITH 50 TO 55 MPH WINDS.
May 1, 7:45 PM CDTHAIL 22 Sse Alvord, IACOMBINATION OF HAIL AND STRONG WINDS STRIPPED LEAVES FROM TREES.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 1, 2:59 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 220 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2012-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1502 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2012-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1502 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

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

183 
WUUS53 KFSD 020012
SVRFSD
IAC119-167-SDC083-020045-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0020.120502T0012Z-120502T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN LYON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...
  NORTHWESTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...
  EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 712 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWTON HILLS STATE PARK...OR 9
  MILES SOUTH OF CANTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FAIRVIEW AND CANTON AROUND 720 PM CDT...
  INWOOD AROUND 730 PM CDT...
  ALVORD AND DOON AROUND 740 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 4345 9637 4327 9622 4310 9660 4322 9673
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 225DEG 30KT 4320 9659
WIND...HAIL <58MPH 1.00IN

$$

CJ
1 follow-up statement
243 
WWUS53 KFSD 020030
SVSFSD

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

IAC119-167-SDC083-020045-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-120502T0045Z/
SIOUX IA-LYON IA-LINCOLN SD-
730 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
LINCOLN...WESTERN LYON AND NORTHWESTERN SIOUX COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM
CDT...

AT 731 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO HEN
EGG SIZE.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRVIEW...OR 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CANTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALVORD AND DOON AROUND 740 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 4315 9649 4330 9660 4345 9637 4327 9622
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 228DEG 29KT 4329 9643
WIND...HAIL <58MPH 2.00IN

$$

CJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLyon, Sioux33 min
May 1, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon, Sioux34 min
May 1, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLyon33 min
May 1, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon36 min
May 1, 8:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDLyon3 hr
May 1, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, O'Brien, Plymouth, Sioux30 min
May 1, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDickinson, Osceola38 min
May 1, 9:29 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDClay, O'Brien46 min
May 1, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien, Osceola34 min
May 1, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDClay31 min
May 1, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBuena Vista, Clay, Dickinson17 min

Nearby

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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.