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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

May 22, 2016Charles Mix County, Gregory County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2016, 8:34 PM CDT for Charles Mix County, Gregory County, South Dakota. It was in force for 41 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
May 22, 2016, 8:34 PM CDT (01:34 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Charles Mix County, SD, Gregory County, SD

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 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
May 22, 9:05 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 55Gregory, SD
May 22, 9:20 PM CDTHAIL 12 E Dixon, SD

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
May 22, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 2016-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1223 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 2016-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
1223 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1730 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted.

331 
WUUS53 KFSD 230134
SVRFSD
SDC023-053-230215-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0009.160523T0134Z-160523T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
834 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN GREGORY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN CHARLES MIX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 834 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER COLOME...OR 12
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINNER...MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
  DALLAS AROUND 845 PM CDT. 
  GREGORY AROUND 850 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE DIXON IN
GREGORY COUNTY.

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 4350 9953 4350 9930 4342 9919 4309 9907
      4300 9951 4300 9953
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 236DEG 34KT 4323 9969 

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

DUX
1 follow-up statement
351 
WWUS53 KFSD 230153
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
853 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

SDC023-053-230215-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160523T0215Z/
GREGORY SD-CHARLES MIX SD-
853 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN GREGORY AND NORTHWESTERN CHARLES MIX COUNTIES...

AT 852 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DALLAS...OR 19
MILES EAST OF WINNER...MOVING NORTHEAST 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 REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WESTERN GREGORY AND NORTHWESTERN CHARLES MIX COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: DIXON IN GREGORY COUNTY.

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 4350 9953 4350 9930 4342 9919 4315 9909
      4300 9951 4300 9953
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 231DEG 36KT 4330 9948 

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

DUX

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrule, Charles Mix, Gregory47 min
May 22, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Brule, Charles Mix, Douglas39 min
May 22, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDGregory39 min
May 22, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Brule, Davison, Douglas, Jerauld, Sanborn52 min
May 22, 10:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDAurora, Brule, Charles Mix, Gregory6 hr
May 23, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDUnion23 min
May 23, 5:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDUnion4 hr

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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.