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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 3, 2014Charles Mix County, Douglas County, Hutchinson County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT for Charles Mix County, Douglas County, Hutchinson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 34 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
Jun 3, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2014, 8:34 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Charles Mix County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 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.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 311 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2014-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1451 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2014-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 289 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1451 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-310 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
370 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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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 Jun 3, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 8:48 AM CDT, 11 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
848 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

IAZ020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ050-063-068>071-041015-
PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-
CHARLES MIX-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
848 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
IOWA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING
NEAR THE MISSOURI RIVER CORRIDOR...BUT THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED
TO BECOME SEVERE. HOWEVER...THIS AFTERNOON MUCH STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FUNNEL
DOWN THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY INTO NORTHWEST IOWA THROUGH THE MID
AND LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES. BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD END BY MIDNIGHT BUT SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

WHILE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY AFTER 1 PM CDT TODAY.

IAZ001>003-012>014-MNZ081-089-090-098-SDZ057>062-064>067-041015-
LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-
JACKSON-ROCK-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-DOUGLAS-
HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-
848 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST
OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THE MORNING. A FEW OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH. IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS... STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA AND WILL ROLL EASTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING. A FEW OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AND
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BUT THESE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

WHILE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 2 PM TODAY.

MNZ071-072-080-097-SDZ038>040-052>056-041015-
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-PIPESTONE-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-
SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-
848 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA AND EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST.
AT THIS TIME SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO MAINLY BE SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 90 BUT A FEW OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP NEAR HIGHWAY 14
COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WITH A HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH OF
RAINFALL POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

WHILE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 4:00 PM CDT, 4 hours before
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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.