Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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
$$
CHAPMAN1 follow-up statement
534
WWUS53 KFSD 052248
SVSFSD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
548 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
MNC081-083-052300-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160705T2300Z/
LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-
548 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN LINCOLN AND NORTHWESTERN LYON COUNTIES...
AT 548 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TAUNTON...OR
16 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARSHALL...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
GHENT AROUND 555 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4450 9589 4455 9645 4463 9644 4463 9588
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 270DEG 49KT 4458 9607
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
CHAPMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.