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Excessive Heat Warning 1, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 29, 201921 counties in South Dakota; 7 counties in Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this excessive heat warning at Jun 29, 2019, 11:59 AM CDT for 21 counties in South Dakota; 7 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jun 29, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 2019, 11:59 AM CDT (16:59 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 29, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 29, 2019, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
All 28 counties

Cherokee County, IA, Ida County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:01 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 2019-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2861 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2019-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2861 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
963 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this excessive heat warning 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 excessive heat warning went out at Jun 29, 6:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 6:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 4:28 AM CDT, 7 hours 31 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
428 AM CDT Sat Jun 29 2019

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ065>071-300930-
Lyon-Osceola-Dickinson-Sioux-O'Brien-Clay-Plymouth-Cherokee-
Buena Vista-Woodbury-Ida-Dixon-Dakota-Hutchinson-Turner-Lincoln-
Bon Homme-Yankton-Union-
428 AM CDT Sat Jun 29 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Iowa, west central
Iowa, northeast Nebraska and southeast South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Hot temperatures and high dew points will result in afternoon and
early evening heat indices of 100 to 105 degrees across the area.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Hot and muggy conditions will continue on Sunday, with afternoon and
early evening heat indices again ranging from 100 to 105 degrees.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ038>040-050-052>064-300930-
Lincoln-Lyon-Murray-Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson-Pipestone-Rock-Beadle-
Kingsbury-Brookings-Gregory-Jerauld-Sanborn-Miner-Lake-Moody-Brule-
Aurora-Davison-Hanson-McCook-Minnehaha-Charles Mix-Douglas-
428 AM CDT Sat Jun 29 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Hot temperatures and high dew points will result in afternoon and
early evening heat indices of 100 to 105 degrees across the area.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Warm and muggy conditions will continue on Sunday, with afternoon
and early evening heat indices ranging from 95 to 100 degrees.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 8:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDUnion18 hr
Jun 29, 3:18 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryFSDBon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Douglas, Gregory, Hanson and 8 more30 hr

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in South Dakota, 2019Excessive Heat Warnings in Iowa, 2019Every excessive heat warning in 2019

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.