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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

May 29, 20134 counties in South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2013, 4:57 AM CDT for 4 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2013, 4:57 AM CDT (09:57 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2013, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Aurora County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Douglas County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 307 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 2013-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2013-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2290 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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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 29, 3:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 3:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 9:53 AM CDT, 19 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
953 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-291200-
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-
953 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY FORM LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND WESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA. THESE MAY FORM INTO A LINE AND PUSH TOWARDS SOUTH CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA. A FEW WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS ACROSS BRULE...CHARLES MIX AND GREGORY COUNTIES.
THIS LINE SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS IT PUSHES EAST OF THESE
AREAS. MORE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BEGIN TO FORM OVER NEBRASKA BY
MORNING AND PUSH INTO OUR REGION...BUT THESE ARE GENERALLY NOT
EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

FLOODING...
SEVERAL SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY CONTINUE TO FLOOD ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED
DURING THE DAY TODAY THOUGH...SO CONDITIONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO
IMPROVE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE
HEAVY RAIN MAY BEGIN TO MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING WHICH COULD PUSH MANY OF THE CREEKS AND STREAMS
BACK TO OR ABOVE BANKFUL.

RIVER FLOODING IS ALSO OCCURRING OR FORECAST TO OCCUR ALONG
PORTIONS OF THE JAMES RIVER...VERMILLION RIVER...BIG SIOUX
RIVER...FLOYD RIVER...OCHEYEDAN RIVER AND THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER.
SEE ASSOCIATED FLOOD WARNINGS FOR MORE INFORMATION ON TIMING AND
EXPECTED CREST HEIGHTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE
BIGGEST THREAT WITH THESE STORMS...WITH FLASH FLOODING
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA WHERE ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOODING. A FEW STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL
AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO
THE OVERNIGHT. A SLIGHTLY GREATER SEVERE THREAT MAY EXIST WITH
THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN
RISKS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 900 PM CDT MAINLY IN
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 12:12 AM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 1:51 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryFSDLincoln, Minnehaha, Moody7 hr
May 29, 5:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDavison, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson34 min
May 29, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Charles Mix36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.