Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2016, 6:34 PM CDT for Aurora County, Brule County, Jerauld County, South Dakota. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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, 2016, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Aurora County, SD, Brule County, SD, Jerauld County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 6:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Nnw Kimball, SD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1319 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
635
WUUS53 KFSD 252334
SVRFSD
SDC003-015-073-260015-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0022.160525T2334Z-160526T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
634 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN AURORA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
NORTHEASTERN BRULE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN JERAULD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 634 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST
OF KIMBALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
KIMBALL AROUND 640 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4394 9910 4393 9893 4405 9893 4407 9883
4387 9863 4370 9911 4387 9919
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 239DEG 20KT 4383 9905
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DUX2 follow-up statements
640
WWUS53 KFSD 252349
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
649 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
SDC003-015-073-260015-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160526T0015Z/
AURORA SD-BRULE SD-JERAULD SD-
649 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN AURORA...NORTHEASTERN BRULE AND SOUTHWESTERN JERAULD
COUNTIES...
AT 649 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF
GANN VALLEY...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF KIMBALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHWESTERN AURORA...NORTHEASTERN BRULE AND SOUTHWESTERN JERAULD
COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4405 9893 4407 9883 4390 9866 4381 9901
4389 9907 4394 9910 4393 9893
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 236DEG 27KT 4391 9893
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DUX894
WWUS53 KFSD 260011
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
711 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
SDC003-015-073-260021-
/O.EXP.KFSD.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160526T0015Z/
AURORA SD-BRULE SD-JERAULD SD-
711 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN AURORA...
NORTHEASTERN BRULE AND SOUTHWESTERN JERAULD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
715 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
SIOUX FALLS.
LAT...LON 4405 9893 4407 9883 4390 9866 4381 9901
4389 9907 4394 9910 4393 9893
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 239DEG 20KT 4391 9893
$$
DUXThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle, Jerauld | 44 min |
| May 25, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle | 38 min |
| May 25, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory | 51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.