Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

March 23, 2017Plymouth County, Sioux County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2017, 10:44 AM CDT for Plymouth County, Sioux County, Iowa. It was in force for 16 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
Mar 23, 2017, 10:44 AM CDT (15:44 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2017, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:45 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
Mar 23, 10:50 AM CDTHAIL 1.254 Nw Oyens, IA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2017-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2017-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 338 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1012 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
338 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
389 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

045 
WUUS53 KFSD 231544
SVRFSD
IAC149-167-231600-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0002.170323T1544Z-170323T1600Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
1044 AM CDT THU MAR 23 2017

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Sioux County in northwestern Iowa...
  Northeastern Plymouth County in northwestern Iowa...

* Until 1100 AM CDT

* At 1044 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Le Mars,
  moving northeast at 60 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

* This severe thunderstorm will be near, 
  Orange City and Alton around 1100 AM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Brunsville and Oyens.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4275 9624 4286 9632 4304 9593 4289 9587
TIME...MOT...LOC 1544Z 238DEG 51KT 4283 9622 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

MJF
1 follow-up statement
566 
WWUS53 KFSD 231601
SVSFSD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
1101 AM CDT THU MAR 23 2017

IAC149-167-231610-
/O.EXP.KFSD.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170323T1600Z/
Sioux IA-Plymouth IA-
1101 AM CDT THU MAR 23 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SIOUX AND
NORTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4275 9624 4286 9632 4304 9593 4289 9587
TIME...MOT...LOC 1600Z 238DEG 51KT 4295 9596 

$$

MJF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 11:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCherokee, Clay, O'Brien, Plymouth, Sioux26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2017Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2017

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.