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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 22, 2016Buena Vista County, Clay County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2016, 1:41 AM CDT for Buena Vista County, Clay County, Iowa. 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 22, 2016, 1:41 AM CDT (06:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2016, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Buena Vista County, IA, Clay County, IA

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:44 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 2:00 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGWebb, IALARGE TREE LIMB DOWN. REPORT RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

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 21, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 216 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2016-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3071 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2016-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 204 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3071 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1409 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
415 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.1
Supercell composite
49.4

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The text

As transmitted.

378 
WUUS53 KFSD 220641
SVRFSD
IAC021-041-220715-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0084.160622T0641Z-160622T0715Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
141 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA...
  NORTHEASTERN BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA...

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 141 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPENCER IN
  CLAY COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WEBB AROUND 205 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
DICKENS... ROSSIE AND GILLETT GROVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4302 9537 4321 9513 4312 9491 4282 9491
TIME...MOT...LOC 0641Z 305DEG 25KT 4309 9512 

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

BT
2 follow-up statements
681 
WWUS53 KFSD 220656
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
156 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

IAC021-041-220715-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-160622T0715Z/
CLAY IA-BUENA VISTA IA-
156 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT
FOR CENTRAL CLAY AND NORTHEASTERN BUENA VISTA COUNTIES...

AT 156 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEBB...OR 11
MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPENCER IN CLAY COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...
  WEBB AROUND 200 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
DICKENS... ROSSIE AND GILLETT GROVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4302 9537 4321 9513 4312 9491 4282 9491
TIME...MOT...LOC 0656Z 305DEG 25KT 4303 9500 

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

BT
719 
WWUS53 KFSD 220708
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
208 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

IAC021-041-220718-
/O.EXP.KFSD.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-160622T0715Z/
CLAY IA-BUENA VISTA IA-
208 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CLAY AND NORTHEASTERN
BUENA VISTA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 215 AM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN IOWA.

LAT...LON 4302 9537 4321 9513 4312 9491 4282 9491
TIME...MOT...LOC 0706Z 305DEG 25KT 4303 9500 

$$

BT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 5:27 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDClay, Dickinson65 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.