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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 12, 2017Nobles County, Rock County, Minnesota; Lyon County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2017, 10:28 AM CDT for Nobles County, Rock County, Minnesota; Lyon County, Iowa. It was in force for 47 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
Jun 12, 2017, 10:28 AM CDT (15:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2017, 11:15 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

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

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 239 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 2017-06-12Temperature 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2017-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2987 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

738 
WUUS53 KFSD 121528
SVRFSD
IAC119-MNC105-133-121615-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0041.170612T1528Z-170612T1615Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
1028 AM CDT MON JUN 12 2017

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Lyon County in northwestern Iowa...
  Eastern Rock County in southwestern Minnesota...
  Western Nobles County in southwestern Minnesota...

* Until 1115 AM CDT

* At 1028 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ellsworth,
  or 7 miles north of Rock Rapids, moving northeast at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Half dollar size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

* This severe thunderstorm will be near, 
  Adrian around 1100 AM CDT. 
  Lismore around 1115 AM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Magnolia
and Kenneth.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4342 9603 4350 9626 4384 9610 4373 9576
TIME...MOT...LOC 1528Z 205DEG 17KT 4353 9611 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

BT
1 follow-up statement
122 
WWUS53 KFSD 121610
SVSFSD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
1110 AM CDT MON JUN 12 2017

IAC119-MNC105-133-121620-
/O.EXP.KFSD.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-170612T1615Z/
Lyon IA-Rock MN-Nobles MN-
1110 AM CDT MON JUN 12 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LYON...EASTERN
ROCK AND WESTERN NOBLES COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1115 AM CDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  However small hail
and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4342 9603 4350 9626 4384 9610 4373 9576
TIME...MOT...LOC 1610Z 205DEG 17KT 4371 9600 

$$

Schumacher

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 10:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPipestone, Rock37 min
Jun 12, 11:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDRock36 min
Jun 12, 12:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDSioux38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2017Severe 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.