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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 3, 2016Moody County, South Dakota; Pipestone County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2016, 5:41 PM CDT for Moody County, South Dakota; Pipestone County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 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: Jun 3, 2016, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Pipestone County, MN, Moody County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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
Jun 3, 5:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	6 Ese Flandreau, 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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: 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.

850 
WUUS53 KFSD 032241
SVRFSD
MNC117-SDC101-032315-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0039.160603T2241Z-160603T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PIPESTONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
  EASTERN MOODY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 540 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FLANDREAU...OR
  13 MILES WEST OF PIPESTONE...MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
  PIPESTONE AND PIPESTONE NATIONAL MONUMENT AROUND 600 PM CDT. 
  TROSKY AROUND 610 PM CDT. 
  EDGERTON AND WOODSTOCK AROUND 615 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HATFIELD
AND IHLEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4394 9674 4415 9670 4414 9607 4385 9607
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 288DEG 34KT 4405 9657 

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

HANKO

2 follow-up statements

620 
WWUS53 KFSD 032301
SVSFSD

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

SDC101-032310-
/O.CAN.KFSD.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160603T2315Z/
MOODY SD-
601 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MOODY 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 4390 9644 4414 9645 4414 9607 4385 9607
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 287DEG 27KT 4400 9635 

$$

MNC117-032315-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160603T2315Z/
PIPESTONE MN-
601 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR PIPESTONE COUNTY...

AT 600 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PIPESTONE
NATIONAL MONUMENT...OR OVER PIPESTONE...MOVING EAST 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 STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EDGERTON...WOODSTOCK AND TROSKY AROUND 615 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE HATFIELD
AND IHLEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4390 9644 4414 9645 4414 9607 4385 9607
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 287DEG 27KT 4400 9635 

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

HANKO

569 
WWUS53 KFSD 032310
SVSFSD

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

MNC117-032320-
/O.EXP.KFSD.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160603T2315Z/
PIPESTONE MN-
610 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PIPESTONE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 615 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4390 9644 4414 9645 4414 9607 4385 9607
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 288DEG 34KT 4400 9635 

$$

HANKO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Brookings, Kingsbury	42 min
Jun 3, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Brookings	29 min
Jun 3, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Brookings, Kingsbury	17 min
Jun 3, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Brookings, Lake, Moody	35 min
Jun 3, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lyon	23 min
Jun 3, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Lyon, Murray	46 min
Jun 3, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Murray, Pipestone	49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2016 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2016 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.