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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 3, 2016Cottonwood County, Lyon County, Murray County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2016, 5:44 PM CDT for Cottonwood County, Lyon County, Murray County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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: Jun 3, 2016, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 115 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 nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 175 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: 1410 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 224 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

588 
WUUS53 KFSD 032244
SVRFSD
MNC033-083-101-032330-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0040.160603T2244Z-160603T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LYON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN COTTONWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 544 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CAMDEN STATE
  PARK...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARSHALL...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...
  TRACY AROUND 610 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GARVIN
AND LYND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4439 9560 4419 9559 4419 9535 4407 9541
      4425 9607 4445 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 288DEG 34KT 4434 9588 

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

HANKO

2 follow-up statements

559 
WWUS53 KFSD 032313
SVSFSD

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

MNC033-083-101-032330-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160603T2330Z/
LYON MN-MURRAY MN-COTTONWOOD MN-
613 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LYON...NORTHEASTERN MURRAY AND NORTHWESTERN
COTTONWOOD COUNTIES...

AT 613 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER TRACY...OR 14
MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARSHALL...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LYON...NORTHEASTERN MURRAY AND NORTHWESTERN COTTONWOOD
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: GARVIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4419 9559 4419 9535 4407 9541 4420 9589
      4435 9577 4435 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 278DEG 40KT 4426 9566 

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

HANKO

878 
WWUS53 KFSD 032328
SVSFSD

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

MNC033-083-101-032338-
/O.EXP.KFSD.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160603T2330Z/
LYON MN-MURRAY MN-COTTONWOOD MN-
628 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LYON...
NORTHEASTERN MURRAY AND NORTHWESTERN COTTONWOOD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE
AT 630 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4419 9559 4419 9535 4407 9541 4420 9589
      4435 9577 4435 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 288DEG 34KT 4426 9566 

$$

HANKO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lyon	23 min
Jun 3, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Pipestone	34 min
Jun 3, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Murray, Pipestone	49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.