Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2020, 1:45 AM CDT for 5 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 45 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
- Jul 7, 2020, 1:45 AM CDT (06:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2020, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Bon Homme County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 297 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 450 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
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 Jul 6, 11:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 11:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 1133 PM CDT Mon Jul 6 2020 .UPDATE... Issued at 1130 PM CDT Mon Jul 6 2020 Areas west and south of Mitchell SD have seen an increase in strong thunderstorms over the past couple hours. Thunderstorms in this region will become more widespread as a LLJ continues to feed warm moist air into updrafts. PWs are in excess of 1.75 inches, and cells repeatedly forming along slow-moving boundary will bring the threat of localized flash flooding. The strongest storms should transition from being a hail threat to becoming a wind threat as a shortwave ushers the linear MCS currently over central SD eastward. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch covers these threats through the early morning hours. && .SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Tuesday) Issued at 231 PM CDT Mon Jul 6 2020 An axis of instability is in place over eastern SD into southwest MN and will likely spark scattered thunderstorms into early evening. The environment is not great in this area, but CAPE values around 2000 J/kg and deeper shear values about 20 knots do support some short lived strong updrafts. Shear values will increase into the evening as a wave and associated jet max approach from the west. This could help provide a little extra shear late afternoon and early evening for some of these updrafts to become a little stronger. The main concerns will be hail to golf ball size and wind gusts to 60 mph. DCAPE only running about 900 to 1000 J/kg so not a great wind environment. A potentially better threat for severe weather is more likely after about 3z as the wave from far western ND/SD moves into the area and brings a stronger increase in shear. Model soundings and a few CAM runs do indicate the potential for a linear system and with close to 45 knots of deep shear and about 30 knots of sfc to 3 km shear strong winds will be a threat. Any part of the line that races east will need to be watched for meso vortex couplets which could produce some enhanced winds. Showers and thunderstorms will remain possible into Tuesday morning but the threat for severe is quite a bit lower, especially if a more organized line develops overnight. Shortwave ridging is also expected to develop which will aid in suppressing thunderstorm potential. Otherwise it should be warm and humid with highs in the 80s and a few 90s south of I-90. .LONG TERM...(Tuesday Night through Monday) Issued at 231 PM CDT Mon Jul 6 2020 Tuesday night into Wednesday morning deepening low pressure over southern Canada will swing a trough northeastward across the Western High Plains. This should keep most of the activity to the northwest of the area. Warm southerly flow will see humid and very warm conditions with overnight lows only falling into the mid 70s in many locations. By Wednesday afternoon and evening what appears to be strong heating as well as an incoming boundary and fairly nice shortwave to the north should allow our next round of severe and heavy rain potential. Highs Wednesday about 85 to 95. The pattern turns to northwest flow as this wave passes on Wednesday night but right now it still looks to remain somewhat active. Chance for widespread severe weather likely a little lower but definitely not looking at any extended periods of dry weather. The good news is most locations will see highs in the 80s to lower 90s and seasonally humid. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Tuesday night) Issued at 1130 PM CDT Mon Jul 6 2020 Thunderstorms are likely overnight for all TAF sites. Timing will vary based on longitude, with the line of thunderstorms moving eastward throughout the night. Abundant lightning is expected with all storms, and strong surface gusts in excess of 50 kt are possible as the line moves through. Additionally, heavy rain could briefly reduce visibility. && .FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. NE...NONE. && UPDATE...VandenBoogart SHORT TERM...08 LONG TERM...08 AVIATION...VandenBoogart
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 5:24 AM CDT, 20 hours 21 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 524 AM CDT Mon Jul 6 2020 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-071030- 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- 524 AM CDT Mon Jul 6 2020 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. Thunderstorms are possible this morning. A few of the stronger storms may produce gusty winds to 50 mph. Additional thunderstorms are expected after 2 PM this afternoon. Some of these storms may produce hail to the size of half dollars, and wind gusts to 65 mph. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Heat index values are expected to climb into the 90s each afternoon this week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed after 2 pm today.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 6, 10:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1051 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1023 PM HAIL 1 N CORSICA 43.44N 98.41W
07/06/2020 M1.25 INCH DOUGLAS SD LAW ENFORCEMENT
RECEIVED REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, TIME
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
&&
ATLocal storm report, Jul 6, 10:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1055 PM CDT MON JUL 6 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1045 PM HAIL 4 ENE KIMBALL 43.76N 98.88W
07/06/2020 M0.70 INCH BRULE SD TRAINED SPOTTER
&&Local storm report, Jul 7, 1:10 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 6, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Douglas | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Douglas | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Douglas | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 11:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Aurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas | 5 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule, Charles Mix, Gregory | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 1:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Hutchinson | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas, Gregory | 39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.