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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

July 5, 2016Beadle County, Jerauld County, Sanborn County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2016, 4:35 PM CDT for Beadle County, Jerauld County, Sanborn County, South Dakota. It was in force for 40 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: Jul 5, 2016, 4:35 PM CDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Beadle County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Sanborn County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 5, 4:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	10 Sse Huron, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 5, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 91 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: 308 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -449 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

518 
WUUS53 KFSD 052135
SVRFSD
SDC005-073-111-052215-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0090.160705T2135Z-160705T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
435 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SANBORN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN BEADLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN JERAULD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 435 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ALPENA...OR
  13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HURON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FORESTBURG AROUND 500 PM CDT. 
  ARTESIAN AROUND 515 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4428 9785 4385 9785 4385 9787 4417 9846
      4431 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 298DEG 33KT 4419 9835 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

CHAPMAN

3 follow-up statements

915 
WWUS53 KFSD 052150
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
450 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

SDC073-052159-
/O.CAN.KFSD.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-160705T2215Z/
JERAULD SD-
450 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JERAULD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA.

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

LAT...LON 4428 9785 4385 9785 4385 9787 4417 9831
      4430 9824
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 301DEG 26KT 4423 9816 

$$

SDC005-111-052215-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-160705T2215Z/
SANBORN SD-BEADLE SD-
450 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN SANBORN AND SOUTHEASTERN BEADLE COUNTIES...

AT 449 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF
HURON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO 
         MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN SANBORN AND SOUTHEASTERN BEADLE COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4428 9785 4385 9785 4385 9787 4417 9831
      4430 9824
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 301DEG 26KT 4423 9816 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

CHAPMAN

588 
WWUS53 KFSD 052206
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
506 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

SDC005-111-052215-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-160705T2215Z/
SANBORN SD-BEADLE SD-
506 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN SANBORN AND SOUTHEASTERN BEADLE COUNTIES...

AT 506 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF
CARTHAGE...OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HURON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR 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
NORTHEASTERN SANBORN AND SOUTHEASTERN BEADLE COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4428 9785 4406 9785 4407 9798 4419 9808
      4429 9804
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 286DEG 46KT 4419 9790 

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

CHAPMAN

836 
WWUS53 KFSD 052215
SVSFSD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
515 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

SDC005-111-052224-
/O.EXP.KFSD.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-160705T2215Z/
SANBORN SD-BEADLE SD-
515 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SANBORN AND
SOUTHEASTERN BEADLE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND
MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

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

LAT...LON 4428 9785 4406 9785 4407 9798 4419 9808
      4429 9804
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 298DEG 33KT 4419 9790 

$$

CHAPMAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Beadle	42 min
Jul 5, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Brookings, Kingsbury	58 min
Jul 5, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Brookings	25 min
Jul 5, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Brookings, Kingsbury	29 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.