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Special Weather Statement, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 11, 2018Kingsbury County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2018, 8:22 PM CDT for Kingsbury County, South Dakota. It was in force for 23 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 11, 2018, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2018, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD

County Kingsbury County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 351 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 00:00Z on 2018-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 562 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2018-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
562 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-153 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1301 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 11, 6:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 6:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 12:25 PM CDT, 7 hours 57 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
1225 PM CDT Mon Jun 11 2018

IAZ002-003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ090-121730-
Osceola-Dickinson-Sioux-O'Brien-Clay IA-Plymouth-Cherokee-
Buena Vista-Woodbury-Ida-Jackson-
1225 PM CDT Mon Jun 11 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwest Iowa,
west central Iowa, and southwest Minnesota.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

There is a risk of severe thunderstorms along a cold front
passage today. The strongest storms are expected between 4 and 8
pm. The main threats are hail up to the size of golf balls, and
isolated 65 mph wind gusts, although an isolated tornado can not
be ruled out along highway 20. Large hail is the primary severe
weather threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Thunderstorms are possible with an upper air disturbance Wednesday
night. A few storms may be marginally severe.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is possible in the late afternoon and early
evening.

IAZ001-MNZ089-098-NEZ013-014-SDZ062-067-070-071-121730-
Lyon IA-Nobles-Rock-Dixon-Dakota-Minnehaha-Lincoln SD-Clay SD-
Union-
1225 PM CDT Mon Jun 11 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwest Iowa,
southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, and southeast South
Dakota.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Thunderstorms are possible along a cold front mainly in the
afternoon hours. A few storms may be marginally severe with the
main threat dime to quarter size hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Thunderstorms are possible with an upper air disturbance Wednesday
night. A few storms may be marginally severe.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely not be needed today.

MNZ071-072-080-081-097-SDZ038>040-050-052>061-063>066-068-069-
121730-
Lincoln MN-Lyon MN-Murray-Cottonwood-Pipestone-Beadle-Kingsbury-
Brookings-Gregory-Jerauld-Sanborn-Miner-Lake-Moody-Brule-Aurora-
Davison-Hanson-McCook-Charles Mix-Douglas-Hutchinson-Turner-
Bon Homme-Yankton-
1225 PM CDT Mon Jun 11 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest
Minnesota, central South Dakota, east central South Dakota, south
central South Dakota, and southeast South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Thunderstorms are possible along a cold front today. These storms
are expected to remain below severe limits.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Thunderstorms are possible with an upper air disturbance Wednesday
night. A few storms may be marginally severe.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely not be needed today.

In the hours before

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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.