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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

August 28, 2021Lincoln County, Minnehaha County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2021, 4:33 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. It was in force for 42 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 2021, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2021, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lincoln County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 28, 4:35 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 553 Nnw Sioux Falls, SDDELAYED REPORT. ASOS STATION KFSD SIOUX FALLS AIRPORT.
Aug 28, 4:38 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sse Sioux Falls, SDDELAYED REPORT FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. LARGE TREE KNOCKED OVER AND ONTO THE FENCE AT SPENCER DOG PARK.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 28, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 2021-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2021-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-334 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
558 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

569 
WUUS53 KFSD 282133
SVRFSD
SDC083-099-282215-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0120.210828T2133Z-210828T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
433 PM CDT Sat Aug 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Minnehaha County in southeastern South Dakota...
  Northwestern Lincoln County in southeastern South Dakota...

* Until 515 PM CDT.

* At 432 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Crooks to near Tea, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Palisades State Park, Garretson, Brandon, Sherman, Rowena and 
  Valley Springs.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for southwestern
Minnesota.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for southwestern
Minnesota.

&&

LAT...LON 4350 9645 4350 9660 4348 9659 4346 9691
      4369 9684 4380 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 252DEG 24KT 4366 9674 4351 9684 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

APT
1 follow-up statement
374 
WWUS53 KFSD 282203
SVSFSD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
503 PM CDT Sat Aug 28 2021

SDC083-282213-
/O.CAN.KFSD.SV.W.0120.000000T0000Z-210828T2215Z/
Lincoln SD-
503 PM CDT Sat Aug 28 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for southwestern
Minnesota.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
northwestern Iowa...and southeastern South Dakota.

LAT...LON 4350 9645 4350 9663 4355 9663 4364 9666
      4373 9667 4380 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 268DEG 21KT 4372 9648 4357 9658 

$$

SDC099-282215-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0120.000000T0000Z-210828T2215Z/
Minnehaha SD-
503 PM CDT Sat Aug 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY...

At 503 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Garretson to Brandon, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
  Valley Springs.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for southwestern
Minnesota.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4350 9645 4350 9663 4355 9663 4364 9666
      4373 9667 4380 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 268DEG 21KT 4372 9648 4357 9658 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

APT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLake, McCook, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody24 min
Aug 28, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Turner, Yankton49 min
Aug 28, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFSDLincoln, Turner37 min
Aug 28, 4:23 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLincoln, Turner37 min
Aug 28, 4:39 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFSDLincoln36 min
Aug 28, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLincoln, Minnehaha30 min
Aug 28, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFSDLincoln, Minnehaha45 min
Aug 28, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDHanson, Lake, McCook31 min
Aug 28, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMinnehaha, Moody45 min
Aug 28, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDHutchinson, McCook, Turner43 min
Aug 28, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDavison, Hanson, Lake, McCook, Miner, Sanborn46 min
Aug 28, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Minnehaha46 min
Aug 28, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDHanson, Lake, McCook, Minnehaha42 min
Aug 28, 6:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Minnehaha52 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.