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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

August 15, 2019Beadle County, Kingsbury County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2019, 5:52 PM CDT for Beadle County, Kingsbury County, South Dakota. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 15, 2019, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2019, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Beadle County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 15, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 15, 3:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 3:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 9:49 AM CDT, 8 hours 3 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
949 AM CDT Thu Aug 15 2019

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-161500-
Lyon-Osceola-Dickinson-Sioux-O'Brien-Clay-Plymouth-Cherokee-
Buena Vista-Woodbury-Ida-Lincoln-Murray-Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson-
Pipestone-Rock-Dixon-Dakota-Beadle-Kingsbury-Brookings-Gregory-
Jerauld-Sanborn-Miner-Lake-Moody-Brule-Aurora-Davison-Hanson-McCook-
Minnehaha-Charles Mix-Douglas-Hutchinson-Turner-Bon Homme-Yankton-
Union-
949 AM CDT Thu Aug 15 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible late this
afternoon and evening, with large hail to the size of half dollars
and damaging wind gusts to 70 mph. Tornadoes do not look likely at
this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

A cold front Saturday night may bring thunderstorms with gusty winds
and abundant lightning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed between 4 pm and 10 pm, mainly along
and west of Interstate 29.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 15, 5:34 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
534 PM CDT THU AUG 15 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0520 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 N HURON               44.39N 98.22W
08/15/2019  M52 MPH          BEADLE             SD   ASOS

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 15, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Beadle, Kingsbury, Miner, Sanborn	47 min
Aug 15, 5:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FSD	Beadle, Kingsbury, Miner, Sanborn	33 min
Aug 15, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Brookings, Kingsbury, Lake, Miner, Moody	49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2019 Every severe thunderstorm 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.