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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

July 5, 2016Lincoln County, Lyon County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Lyon County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 5, 2:06 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 308 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 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
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.

928 
WUUS53 KFSD 052230
SVRFSD
MNC081-083-052300-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0092.160705T2230Z-160705T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN LYON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 530 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CANBY...OR
  18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLEAR LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TAUNTON AROUND 550 PM CDT. 
  MINNEOTA AROUND 555 PM CDT. 

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 SOUTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4450 9589 4455 9645 4463 9644 4463 9588
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 268DEG 43KT 4463 9635 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

CHAPMAN
1 follow-up statement
534 
WWUS53 KFSD 052248
SVSFSD

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

MNC081-083-052300-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160705T2300Z/
LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-
548 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN LINCOLN AND NORTHWESTERN LYON COUNTIES...

AT 548 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TAUNTON...OR
16 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARSHALL...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE 
         HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GHENT AROUND 555 PM CDT. 

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 SOUTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4450 9589 4455 9645 4463 9644 4463 9588
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 270DEG 49KT 4458 9607 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

CHAPMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Lyon36 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.