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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

May 25, 2015Turner County, Yankton County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2015, 4:53 PM CDT for Turner County, Yankton County, South Dakota. It was in force for 37 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: May 25, 2015, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2015, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Turner County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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
May 25, 5:11 PM CDT	HAIL 1	4 W Viborg, SD
May 25, 5:19 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Viborg, SD

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 18 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 210 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

443 
WUUS53 KFSD 252153
SVRFSD
SDC125-135-252230-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0029.150525T2153Z-150525T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
453 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN YANKTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 452 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MAYFIELD...
  OR 17 MILES NORTH OF YANKTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  VIBORG AROUND 515 PM CDT.
  HURLEY AND DAVIS AROUND 525 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4315 9746 4317 9743 4317 9740 4319 9740
      4342 9709 4321 9692 4320 9692 4307 9735
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 239DEG 30KT 4314 9737 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HANKO

2 follow-up statements

660 
WWUS53 KFSD 252207
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
507 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

SDC125-135-252230-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-150525T2230Z/
TURNER SD-YANKTON SD-
507 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL TURNER AND NORTHEASTERN YANKTON COUNTIES...

AT 506 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
VIBORG...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF PARKER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  VIBORG AROUND 515 PM CDT.
  HURLEY AND DAVIS AROUND 525 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4342 9709 4321 9692 4320 9692 4311 9723
      4316 9728 4324 9733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 239DEG 30KT 4320 9722 

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

HANKO

455 
WWUS53 KFSD 252217
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
517 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

SDC135-252225-
/O.CAN.KFSD.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-150525T2230Z/
YANKTON SD-
517 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN YANKTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4316 9716 4317 9716 4317 9717 4323 9724
      4330 9726 4342 9709 4321 9692 4320 9692
      4314 9714
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 236DEG 31KT 4320 9710 

$$

SDC125-252230-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-150525T2230Z/
TURNER SD-
517 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL TURNER COUNTY...

AT 515 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER VIBORG...OR 13
MILES SOUTH OF PARKER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT. AT 511 PM CDT QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS       
REPORTED 4 MILES WEST OF VIBORG. 

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

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HURLEY AND DAVIS AROUND 525 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4316 9716 4317 9716 4317 9717 4323 9724
      4330 9726 4342 9709 4321 9692 4320 9692
      4314 9714
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 236DEG 31KT 4320 9710 

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

HANKO

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 25, 3:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 3:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
351 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 351 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

CONVECTIVE CONCERN IN THE IMMEDIATE TERM AT THE FOREFRONT FOR
AFTERNOON PACKAGE.  STRONG WAVE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
NEBRASKA AT THE PRESENT TIME...AND DRY SLOT HAS PUNCHED NORTHWARD
INTO MUCH OF THE CWA AT MID AFTERNOON. CLEARING SKIES HAVE DRIVEN
TEMPS UP INTO THE UPPER 70S IN THE SOUTHERN TIER...BUT SOME MIXING
OF THE MOISTURE KEEPING DEWPOINTS GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 50S. IN
PAST HOUR...THUNDERSTORMS STARTING TO DEVELOP ALONG A LINE FROM KFRM
TO NEAR PICKSTOWN.  FOR THE MOMENT...STORMS SHOWING A STRONG
PREFERENCE FOR MORE CONVERGENT AREAS OF THE WESTERN MISSOURI RIVER
VALLEY AT NOSE OF THE BETTER UPPER LEVEL FORCING...FIRING ON THE
GRADIENT OF THE INSTABILITY...WITH LESSER STORMS FURTHER EAST ALONG
THE MINNESOTA/IOWA BORDER WHERE CONVERGENCE IS WEAKER.  30 TO 35 KTS
SHEAR SUFFICIENT FOR ORGANIZED STRUCTURE...AND MLCAPE MAXIMIZING IN
A FAIRLY SKINNY PROFILE AROUND 1000 J/KG.  LIKELY THAT STORMS HAVE
SHOWN THEIR HAND AND WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR THE INSTABILITY AND
CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY ALONG WHICH THEY HAVE ALIGNED...WHICH WILL TAKE
THE HIGHEST POPS FOR THE LATER AFTERNOON AND EVENING SOUTH OF A KMWM
TO KFSD TO PICKSTOWN LINE. MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH AROUND SUNSET...WITH BAND TRANSFORMING TOWARD MORE GENERAL
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDER.  WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON
RAINFALL...AS STORMS WILL BE QUITE SLOW MOVING AND POTENTIALLY
TRAINING A BIT AS WELL AS THEY TRAVERSE ALONG THE BOUNDARY.

TRAILING UPPER ENERGY DRAGS ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY
NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. LOWER LEVEL BOUNDARY WILL
SLOW UP WITH WAVE MOVING UP LATE TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE MORNING TO
THE SOUTHEAST. LIKELY TO FIND DIURNALLY ENHANCED CU FIELD AS WELL AS
SOMETHING ON THE ORDER OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS. TREND WILL BE FOR DIURNAL SUPPORT TO INCREASE JUST AS
THE WAVE IS EXITING...SO WILL NEVER SEE THE MAXIMUM IMPACT IN OUR
CWA. WEAK FLOW...LOW CLOUD BASES...AND INSTABILITY SUGGEST THERE
COULD EVEN BE A THREAT FOR FUNNEL CLOUDS TOMORROW ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST.  HIGHS WILL BE MAINLY UPPER 60S AND 70S...COOLEST WHERE
RAIN LINGERS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 351 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS ON
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. LIGHT WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ARE
EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE 50S. RETURN FLOW ON
DEVELOPING ON WEDNESDAY WILL SHIFT WINDS SOUTHERLY...LEADING TO A
PLEASANT LATE SPRING DAY. MOSTLY SUNNY TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE
EXPECTED WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S.

CLOUDS BEGIN BUILDING INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AHEAD OF A BROAD INTERMOUNTAIN WEST TROUGH DIGGING INTO THE FOUR
CORNERS REGION. THE LOW LEVEL JET NOSES INTO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
ALONG WITH A SUBTLE WAVE...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT IN THE HIGH PLAINS AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SD - WEST OF
THE JAMES RIVER OVERNIGHT. THE DETAILS IN THE TIMING OF THESE WAVES
ARE STILL UNCERTAIN...BUT RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THURSDAY WILL
POTENTIALLY SEE A BREAK IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THE MORNING AS
THE JET WANES WITH FURTHER DEVELOPMENT LATER IN THE DAY OR OVERNIGHT
THURSDAY NIGHT.

AS THE SLOW MOVING MAIN UPPER TROUGH BEGINS PUSHING INTO THE HIGH
PLAINS ON FRIDAY AND ACROSS THE PLAINS ON SATURDAY...THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES PERSIST. MODELS DIVERGE MORE SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THIS
PERIOD...SO UNCERTAINTY IN THE TIMING OF THE PRECIPITATION INCREASES
DURING THIS PERIOD. BY FRIDAY NIGHT...THE GFS AND ECMWF SHUNT MUCH
OF THE PRECIPITATION SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA...WHILE THE GEM
HANGS THE UPPER LOW NEAR THE FORECAST AREA INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1214 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

MVFR CEILINGS CONTINUING TO RISE UP TOWARD LOWER VFR...WITH STRONG
CLEARING PUSH INTO KSUX AREA. SHOULD BE SOMEWHAT SELF DESTRUCTIVE
WITH VFR CUMULUS EXPECTED TO BUILD IN AREAS WHICH CLEAR TO THE
SOUTH. THUNDER MENTION WILL BE LIMITED TO KFSD AND KSUX...WITH
GREATEST IN THE LATTER. VERY SLOW MOVING BOUNDARY AND LINGERING
LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER IFR FOG/STRATUS EPISODE
FOR MAINLY THE KSUX AREA LATER TONIGHT.

&&

.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...CHAPMAN
LONG TERM...
AVIATION...CHAPMAN

Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 3:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
349 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ038>040-050-052>065-262100-
LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-PIPESTONE-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-
DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-
349 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT
ANTICIPATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

IAZ001-MNZ089-090-098-SDZ066>070-262100-
LYON IA-NOBLES-JACKSON-ROCK-TURNER-LINCOLN SD-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
CLAY SD-
349 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE
EARLY EVENING HOURS. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM MAY BE POSSIBLE. THE
MAIN THREAT WITH STRONGER STORMS WILL BE PING PONG SIZE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING.

IAZ002-003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ071-262100-
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION-
349 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. THE MAIN
THREAT WITH ANY SEVERE STORM WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF
BALLS. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH AND AN ISOLATED
TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
340 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0315 PM     HAIL             9 SSW DANTE             42.91N 98.25W
05/25/2015  E1.75 INCH       CHARLES MIX        SD   PUBLIC

&&

NWS SIOUX FALLS SD
IRIS SYSTEM

Local storm report, May 25, 4:14 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
414 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0345 PM     HAIL             4 E AVON                43.00N 97.99W
05/25/2015  E0.88 INCH       BON HOMME          SD   PUBLIC

&&

NWS SIOUX FALLS SD
IRIS SYSTEM

Local storm report, May 25, 4:22 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
422 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0343 PM     HAIL             3 ESE AVON              43.00N 98.01W
05/25/2015  E1.00 INCH       BON HOMME          SD   PUBLIC

&&

NWS SIOUX FALLS SD
IRIS SYSTEM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 3:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Bon Homme, Charles Mix	41 min
May 25, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Bon Homme, Hutchinson, Yankton	31 min
May 25, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Turner	51 min
May 25, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln	27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2015 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.