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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 17, 2016Lyon County, Murray County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 5:31 PM CDT for Lyon County, Murray County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 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 17, 2016, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 80.0 mph

Counties Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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
Jun 17, 5:31 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Nnw Tracy, MN	TOP OF A GRAIN ELEVATOR DAMAGED.
Jun 17, 5:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Tracy, MN	LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 17, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 187 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: 1540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

335 
WUUS53 KFSD 172231
SVRFSD
MNC083-101-172315-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0063.160617T2231Z-160617T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
531 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 531 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF TRACY TO NEAR RUSSELL...MOVING
  SOUTH AT 40 MPH.

  THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS STORMS. 

  HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. EXPECT 
           CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 
           EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. 

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  TRACY...BALATON AND FLORENCE AROUND 545 PM CDT. 
  CURRENT LAKE AND LAKE SHETEK STATE PARK AROUND 555 PM CDT. 
  CURRIE AND DOVRAY AROUND 605 PM CDT. 
  LAKE WILSON AROUND 610 PM CDT. 
  CHANDLER AROUND 615 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
GARVIN...AVOCA...HADLEY...IONA AND LYND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

WIND DAMAGE WITH THESE STORMS WILL OCCUR BEFORE ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4420 9559 4420 9553 4396 9546 4392 9546
      4389 9606 4420 9606 4420 9608 4440 9608
      4443 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 352DEG 34KT 4437 9561 4436 9605 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...80MPH
 
$$

SCHUMACHER

1 follow-up statement

297 
WWUS53 KFSD 172309
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
609 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

MNC083-101-172316-
/O.EXP.KFSD.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160617T2315Z/
MURRAY MN-LYON MN-
609 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MURRAY AND SOUTHERN LYON
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT...
            
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4420 9559 4420 9553 4396 9546 4392 9546
      4389 9606 4420 9606 4420 9608 4440 9608
      4443 9560
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 352DEG 34KT 4437 9561 4436 9605 

$$

SCHUMACHER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln	49 min
Jun 17, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lyon	47 min
Jun 17, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln	37 min
Jun 17, 5:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FSD	Lincoln	3 hr
Jun 17, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Jackson	31 min
Jun 17, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Jackson	32 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.