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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 13, 2017Cottonwood County, Jackson County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2017, 10:33 PM CDT for Cottonwood County, Jackson County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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
Jun 13, 2017, 10:33 PM CDT (03:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2017, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:32 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
Jun 13, 10:55 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 624 Ene Jeffers, MNMEASURED VIA MNDOT RWIS.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2017-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2418 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 2017-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 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
2418 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1530 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
373 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

557 
WUUS53 KFSD 140333
SVRFSD
MNC033-063-140415-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0082.170614T0333Z-170614T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
1033 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Jackson County in southwestern Minnesota...
  Cottonwood County in southwestern Minnesota...

* Until 1115 PM CDT

* At 1033 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Walnut Grove to Round Lake, moving east at 50
  mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. 

* Severe thunderstorms will be near, 
  Lakefield around 1055 PM CDT. 
  Kilen Woods State Park around 1100 PM CDT. 
  Jackson In Jackson County around 1105 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Alpha,
Wilder, Delft, Okabena and Sanborn.

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 200 AM CDT for northwestern
Iowa...and southwestern Minnesota.

LAT...LON 4350 9545 4419 9546 4420 9510 4411 9510
      4411 9486 4350 9485
TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 249DEG 43KT 4418 9545 4352 9546 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Weisser
2 follow-up statements
761 
WWUS53 KFSD 140353
SVSFSD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
1053 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

MNC033-063-140415-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-170614T0415Z/
Jackson MN-Cottonwood MN-
1053 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR JACKSON AND COTTONWOOD COUNTIES...

At 1053 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles southwest of Springfield to Windom to 7 miles
northwest of Orleans, moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings. 

These severe storms will be near...
  Bergen around 1100 PM CDT. 
  Mountain Lake and Comfrey around 1105 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Alpha,
Wilder, Delft, Okabena and Sanborn.

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 200 AM CDT for northwestern
Iowa...and southwestern Minnesota.

LAT...LON 4350 9545 4419 9546 4420 9510 4411 9510
      4411 9486 4350 9485
TIME...MOT...LOC 0353Z 266DEG 41KT 4415 9509 4386 9512 4352 9520 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Weisser
468 
WWUS53 KFSD 140411
SVSFSD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
1111 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

MNC033-063-140421-
/O.EXP.KFSD.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-170614T0415Z/
Jackson MN-Cottonwood MN-
1111 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JACKSON AND COTTONWOOD
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1115 PM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty winds
are still possible with these thunderstorms.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for northwestern
Iowa...and southwestern Minnesota.

LAT...LON 4350 9545 4419 9546 4420 9510 4411 9510
      4411 9486 4350 9485
TIME...MOT...LOC 0411Z 249DEG 43KT 4422 9482 4394 9485 4360 9493 

$$

Weisser

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDRock34 min
Jun 13, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDNobles, Rock47 min
Jun 13, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone, Rock42 min
Jun 13, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.