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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

July 25, 20154 counties in South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2015, 9:24 PM CDT for 4 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 2015, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Brookings County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Miner County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 25, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 267 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2015-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 907 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2015-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 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
907 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1251 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.5

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The text

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

939 
WUUS53 KFSD 260224
SVRFSD
SDC011-077-079-097-260300-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0113.150726T0224Z-150726T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
924 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BROOKINGS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN KINGSBURY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN MINER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 924 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR LAKE THOMPSON STATE RECREATION AREA TO NEAR
  WHITE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WHITE AROUND 935 PM CDT.
  RAMONA AROUND 1000 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
BUSHNELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4435 9649 4409 9727 4426 9757 4455 9684
      4454 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 292DEG 18KT 4424 9746 4447 9672 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JM
1 follow-up statement
799 
WWUS53 KFSD 260255
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
955 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 2015

SDC011-077-079-097-260305-
/O.EXP.KFSD.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-150726T0300Z/
BROOKINGS SD-KINGSBURY SD-LAKE SD-MINER SD-
955 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BROOKINGS...SOUTHEASTERN
KINGSBURY...NORTHWESTERN LAKE AND NORTHEASTERN MINER COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4435 9649 4409 9727 4426 9757 4455 9684
      4454 9675
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 292DEG 18KT 4424 9746 4447 9672 

$$

JM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBeadle, Jerauld, Kingsbury, Sanborn46 min
Jul 25, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Beadle, Brule, Jerauld50 min
Jul 25, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBeadle, Brookings, Kingsbury43 min
Jul 25, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Brule, Jerauld47 min
Jul 25, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDKingsbury, Lake, Miner43 min
Jul 25, 9:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLake19 min
Jul 25, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas32 min
Jul 25, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDouglas, Hutchinson47 min
Jul 25, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Charles Mix, Hutchinson40 min
Jul 25, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme17 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.