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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

May 16, 2017Murray County, Nobles County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2017, 1:59 AM CDT for Murray County, Nobles County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 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: May 16, 2017, 1:59 AM CDT (06:59 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2017, 2:26 AM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:00 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
May 15, 11:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 205 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1282 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

218 
WUUS53 KFSD 160659
SVRFSD
MNC101-105-160745-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0013.170516T0659Z-170516T0745Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
159 AM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Nobles County in southwestern Minnesota...
  Southeastern Murray County in southwestern Minnesota...

* Until 245 AM CDT

* At 159 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Adrian, or 14
  miles west of Worthington, moving northeast at 35 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 be near, 
  Wilmont around 210 AM CDT. 
  Fulda around 230 AM CDT. 
  Slayton around 235 AM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Dundee,
Avoca, Iona and Kinbrae.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4362 9580 4365 9596 4404 9577 4399 9546
      4384 9546
TIME...MOT...LOC 0659Z 215DEG 33KT 4368 9588 

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

Weisser

1 follow-up statement

264 
WWUS53 KFSD 160726
SVSFSD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
226 AM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017

MNC101-105-160735-
/O.CAN.KFSD.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170516T0745Z/
Nobles MN-Murray MN-
226 AM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN NOBLES AND
SOUTHEASTERN MURRAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.  However small hail is
still possible with this thunderstorm.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for
southwestern Minnesota.

LAT...LON 4362 9580 4365 9596 4404 9577 4399 9546
      4384 9546
TIME...MOT...LOC 0723Z 215DEG 33KT 4388 9568 

$$

Weisser

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Lyon	33 min
May 16, 4:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Jackson, Nobles	31 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.