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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 5, 2014Lincoln County, Lyon County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2014, 5:33 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Lyon County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 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: Jun 5, 2014, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 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
Jun 5, 5:35 PM CDT	HAIL 1	5 E Ivanhoe, MN
Jun 5, 5:42 PM CDT	HAIL 1	5 Se Marshall, MN

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 5, 4:55 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 189 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: 23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1209 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

058 
WUUS53 KFSD 052233
SVRFSD
MNC081-083-052300-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0049.140605T2233Z-140605T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
533 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHERN LYON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 531 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF ARCO...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
           ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CAMDEN STATE PARK...RUSSELL...BALATON AND LYND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4436 9563 4419 9583 4419 9588 4445 9626
      4459 9610
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 309DEG 15KT 4446 9608

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

BT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 9:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FSD	Lincoln	3 hr
Jun 5, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Pipestone, Rock	42 min
Jun 5, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Lyon	46 min
Jun 5, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Rock	32 min
Jun 5, 5:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Rock	39 min
Jun 5, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lyon	46 min
Jun 5, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Nobles, Rock	19 min
Jun 5, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lyon	38 min
Jun 5, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lyon, Murray, Pipestone	19 min

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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.