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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

April 13, 20184 counties in Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 2018, 8:20 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 40 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
Apr 13, 2018, 8:20 AM CDT (13:20 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 2018, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
40 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, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:22 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 12:00Z on 2018-04-13Temperature 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2018-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -62 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
723 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

399 
WUUS53 KFSD 131320
SVRFSD
MNC033-063-101-105-131400-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0002.180413T1320Z-180413T1400Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
820 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2018

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

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

* Until 900 AM CDT

* At 818 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Lake Shetek State Park to near Fulda to near
  Worthington, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. At 8 AM CDT 70 mph winds were reported 2 
           miles east of Wilmont 

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near, 
  Brewster around 830 AM CDT. 
  Heron Lake around 840 AM CDT. 
  Windom, Lakefield and Bingham Lake around 900 AM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Delft,
Alpha, Kinbrae, Wilder, Dundee, Okabena and Avoca.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This is a DANGEROUS SITUATION. These storms are producing widespread 
wind damage. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy structure and stay 
away from windows! 

&&

LAT...LON 4352 9560 4381 9557 4418 9575 4420 9561
      4419 9511 4411 9510 4411 9486 4360 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 1318Z 259DEG 24KT 4416 9569 4382 9553 4358 9555 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Hanko
1 follow-up statement
090 
WWUS53 KFSD 131331
SVSFSD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
831 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2018

MNC105-131339-
/O.CAN.KFSD.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180413T1400Z/
Nobles MN-
831 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN NOBLES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4358 9542 4387 9543 4419 9566 4420 9561
      4419 9511 4411 9510 4411 9486 4369 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 1329Z 252DEG 43KT 4418 9555 4391 9526 4369 9527 

$$

MNC033-063-101-131400-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180413T1400Z/
Jackson MN-Cottonwood MN-Murray MN-
831 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT
FOR NORTHERN JACKSON...COTTONWOOD AND NORTHEASTERN MURRAY COUNTIES...

At 829 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Walnut Grove to 7 miles west of Windom to near
Lakefield, moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Law enforcement. 

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

These severe storms will be near...
  Windom and Lakefield around 835 AM CDT. 
  Bingham Lake and Kilen Woods State Park around 845 AM CDT. 
  Mountain Lake and Bergen around 850 AM CDT. 
  Comfrey around 855 AM CDT. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This is a DANGEROUS SITUATION. These storms are producing widespread 
wind damage. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy structure and stay 
away from windows.
 
&&

LAT...LON 4358 9542 4387 9543 4419 9566 4420 9561
      4419 9511 4411 9510 4411 9486 4369 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 1329Z 252DEG 43KT 4418 9555 4391 9526 4369 9527 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Hanko

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 12:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Lyon36 min
Apr 13, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDNobles26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2018Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2018

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.