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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 3, 2016Brookings County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2016, 4:52 PM CDT for Brookings County, South Dakota. It was in force for 29 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 3, 2016, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2016, 5:21 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Brookings County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 4:55 PM CDTHAIL 0.882 Ene Arlington, SDSMALL MARBLE TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
Jun 3, 4:57 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ssw Volga, SDLARGE PORTION OF TREE BLOCKING ROAD.

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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2016-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2016-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1281 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

539 
WUUS53 KFSD 032152
SVRFSD
SDC011-032245-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0035.160603T2152Z-160603T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
452 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BROOKINGS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 452 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARLINGTON...OR
  13 MILES WEST OF BROOKINGS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...PUBLIC. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OAKWOOD STATE PARK AROUND 500 PM CDT. 
  VOLGA AND BRUCE AROUND 505 PM CDT. 
  BROOKINGS AROUND 520 PM CDT. 
  AURORA AROUND 530 PM CDT. 
  WHITE AROUND 535 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BUSHNELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 4430 9712 4447 9711 4448 9654 4420 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 277DEG 24KT 4438 9705 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HANKO
2 follow-up statements
695 
WWUS53 KFSD 032205
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
505 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

SDC011-032245-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160603T2245Z/
BROOKINGS SD-
505 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL BROOKINGS COUNTY...

AT 504 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER VOLGA...OR NEAR
BROOKINGS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. AT 457 PM CDT DAMAGING WINDS WERE
         REPORTED IN VOLGA. 

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

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BROOKINGS AROUND 515 PM CDT. 
  AURORA AROUND 525 PM CDT. 
  WHITE AROUND 530 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BUSHNELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4427 9697 4447 9690 4448 9654 4420 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 271DEG 26KT 4433 9689 

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

HANKO
028 
WWUS53 KFSD 032221
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
521 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

SDC011-032231-
/O.CAN.KFSD.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160603T2245Z/
BROOKINGS SD-
521 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BROOKINGS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4427 9697 4447 9690 4448 9654 4420 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 277DEG 24KT 4432 9673 

$$

HANKO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings, Kingsbury42 min
Jun 3, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings, Kingsbury17 min
Jun 3, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings, Lake, Moody35 min
Jun 3, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMoody34 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.