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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

May 28, 2017Lyon County, Osceola County, Iowa; Nobles County, Rock County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2017, 7:33 PM CDT for Lyon County, Osceola County, Iowa; Nobles County, Rock County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 min. 2 reports 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
May 28, 2017, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2017, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lyon County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Nobles County, MN, Rock County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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
May 28, 7:44 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 604 E Ellsworth, MN
May 28, 7:53 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGLittle Rock, IA4 INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES DOWN.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 231 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2017-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2017-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1998 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

148 
WUUS53 KFSD 290033
SVRFSD
IAC119-143-MNC105-133-290100-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0021.170529T0033Z-170529T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
733 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Lyon County in northwestern Iowa...
  Northwestern Osceola County in northwestern Iowa...
  Southeastern Rock County in southwestern Minnesota...
  Southwestern Nobles County in southwestern Minnesota...

* Until 800 PM CDT

* At 733 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 miles east of Blue Mounds State Park to 6 miles
  southeast of Luverne, moving southeast at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Severe thunderstorms will be near, 
  Adrian and Ellsworth around 740 PM CDT. 
  Little Rock and Rushmore around 750 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Magnolia.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4358 9564 4336 9584 4357 9620 4372 9605
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 300DEG 44KT 4367 9606 4358 9614 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JM
2 follow-up statements
172 
WWUS53 KFSD 290043
SVSFSD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
743 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

IAC119-143-MNC105-133-290100-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-170529T0100Z/
Lyon IA-Osceola IA-Rock MN-Nobles MN-
743 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN LYON...NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA...SOUTHEASTERN ROCK AND
SOUTHWESTERN NOBLES COUNTIES...

At 743 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Adrian to Ellsworth, moving southeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

These severe storms will be near...
  Rushmore around 750 PM CDT. 
  Little Rock around 755 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4358 9564 4336 9584 4352 9611 4369 9595
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 299DEG 39KT 4361 9592 4352 9600 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JM
950 
WWUS53 KFSD 290058
SVSFSD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
758 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

IAC119-143-MNC105-133-290107-
/O.EXP.KFSD.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-170529T0100Z/
Lyon IA-Osceola IA-Rock MN-Nobles MN-
758 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LYON...
NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA...SOUTHEASTERN ROCK AND SOUTHWESTERN NOBLES
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4358 9564 4336 9584 4352 9611 4369 9595
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 300DEG 44KT 4352 9572 4343 9580 

$$

JM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2017Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 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.