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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 17, 20164 counties in South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 9:13 PM CDT for 4 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 47 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 17, 2016, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bon Homme County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Turner County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 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 17, 9:20 PM CDTHAIL 1.25Menno, SDTREES DOWN AROUND TOWN.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 17, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 00:00Z on 2016-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1368 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 00:00Z on 2016-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 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
1368 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1582 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted.

539 
WUUS53 KFSD 180213
SVRFSD
SDC009-067-125-135-180300-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0076.160618T0213Z-160618T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
913 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HUTCHINSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN YANKTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN BON HOMME COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...
  WEST CENTRAL TURNER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 913 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MENNO...OR
  20 MILES NORTHEAST OF TYNDALL...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 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...
  SCOTLAND AROUND 955 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE OLIVET
AND LESTERVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN SIOUX FALLS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4304 9776 4325 9791 4345 9765 4327 9728
      4298 9749
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 018DEG 7KT 4322 9760 

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

DUX
2 follow-up statements
443 
WWUS53 KFSD 180232
SVSFSD

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

SDC009-067-125-135-180300-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-160618T0300Z/
HUTCHINSON SD-YANKTON SD-BON HOMME SD-TURNER SD-
932 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON...NORTHWESTERN YANKTON...NORTHEASTERN BON
HOMME AND WEST CENTRAL TURNER COUNTIES...

AT 931 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MENNO...OR 19
MILES NORTHEAST OF TYNDALL...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL WAS
         REPORTED NEAR MENNO.  

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

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SCOTLAND AROUND 945 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE OLIVET
AND LESTERVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
SIOUX FALLS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4304 9776 4321 9788 4341 9759 4327 9728
      4298 9749
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 010DEG 15KT 4319 9758 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DUX
680 
WWUS53 KFSD 180256
SVSFSD

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

SDC009-067-125-135-180306-
/O.EXP.KFSD.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-160618T0300Z/
HUTCHINSON SD-YANKTON SD-BON HOMME SD-TURNER SD-
956 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HUTCHINSON...
NORTHWESTERN YANKTON...NORTHEASTERN BON HOMME AND WEST CENTRAL TURNER
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT...
                
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 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
SIOUX FALLS.

LAT...LON 4304 9776 4321 9788 4341 9759 4327 9728
      4298 9749
TIME...MOT...LOC 0254Z 018DEG 7KT 4319 9758 

$$

DUX

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLake44 min
Jun 17, 7:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDLake3 hr
Jun 17, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLake, McCook27 min
Jun 17, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMinnehaha, Moody41 min
Jun 17, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLake36 min
Jun 17, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLake, McCook, Miner27 min
Jun 17, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, McCook, Minnehaha, Turner28 min
Jun 17, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln42 min
Jun 17, 8:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDLincoln, Minnehaha3 hr
Jun 17, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Lincoln, Turner, Union46 min
Jun 17, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Hutchinson26 min
Jun 17, 8:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDHutchinson, McCook3 hr
Jun 17, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Clay, Union, Yankton52 min
Jun 17, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDGregory42 min
Jun 17, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDUnion49 min
Jun 18, 3:14 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryFSDAurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more41 hr

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.