Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2021, 5:29 PM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota; Lyon County, Osceola County, Iowa. It was in force for 31 min. 6 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, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Lyon County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 5:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Iona, MN | TREES SNAPPED BY WINDS. |
| Aug 28, 5:36 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Avoca, MN | MACHINE SHED DAMAGED. |
| Aug 28, 5:44 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 W Slayton, MN | |
| Aug 28, 5:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Avoca, MN | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OF HEAVY TREE DAMAGE IN AVOCA. |
| Aug 28, 5:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | Worthington, MN | WALL CLOUD PUSHED ACROSS TOWN, SWITCHING WINDS FROM NEARLY CALM TO GUSTY AT 44 TO 55 MPH. |
| Aug 28, 5:58 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Slayton, MN | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OF TREE DAMAGE EAST OF SLAYTON. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 1550 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS53 KFSD 282229
SVRFSD
IAC119-143-MNC033-063-101-105-117-133-282300-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0124.210828T2229Z-210828T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
529 PM CDT Sat Aug 28 2021
The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Lyon County in northwestern Iowa...
Northern Osceola County in northwestern Iowa...
Eastern Rock County in southwestern Minnesota...
Southwestern Jackson County in southwestern Minnesota...
Nobles County in southwestern Minnesota...
Southern Murray County in southwestern Minnesota...
Southwestern Cottonwood County in southwestern Minnesota...
Southeastern Pipestone County in southwestern Minnesota...
* Until 600 PM CDT.
* At 528 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Chandler to Wilmont to near Little Rock, moving
east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...At 5:15 pm, a weather instrument measured a wind gust of
61 miles per hour 2 miles southwest of Luvurne.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Slayton around 535 PM CDT.
Worthington and Fulda around 545 PM CDT.
Brewster and Round Lake around 550 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Kenneth, Avoca, Hadley, Kinbrae, Dundee, Iona, Magnolia and Bigelow.
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 4404 9545 4344 9545 4342 9622 4375 9615
4400 9615
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 264DEG 47KT 4396 9590 4375 9586 4353 9588
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
APT1 follow-up statement
541
WWUS53 KFSD 282248
SVSFSD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
548 PM CDT Sat Aug 28 2021
IAC119-143-MNC117-133-282258-
/O.CAN.KFSD.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-210828T2300Z/
Lyon IA-Osceola IA-Rock MN-Pipestone MN-
548 PM CDT Sat Aug 28 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LYON...NORTHERN
OSCEOLA...EASTERN ROCK AND SOUTHEASTERN PIPESTONE COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for southwestern
Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4404 9545 4351 9545 4353 9593 4374 9602
4401 9601
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 264DEG 47KT 4398 9557 4377 9553 4355 9555
$$
MNC033-063-101-105-282300-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-210828T2300Z/
Jackson MN-Nobles MN-Murray MN-Cottonwood MN-
548 PM CDT Sat Aug 28 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL JACKSON...NOBLES...SOUTHERN MURRAY AND SOUTHWESTERN
COTTONWOOD COUNTIES...
At 548 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Dovray to 6 miles northwest of Brewster to near
Round Lake, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
west central Jackson, Nobles, southern Murray and southwestern
Cottonwood Counties, including the following locations... Kinbrae,
Dundee, Avoca, Iona and Hadley.
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 4404 9545 4351 9545 4353 9593 4374 9602
4401 9601
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 264DEG 47KT 4398 9557 4377 9553 4355 9555
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
APTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Rock | 30 min |
| Aug 28, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 41 min |
| Aug 28, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 24 min |
| Aug 28, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Nobles | 36 min |
| Aug 28, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Murray | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 17 min |
| Aug 28, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Murray | 32 min |
| Aug 28, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles | 26 min |
| Aug 28, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 30 min |
| Aug 28, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone, Rock | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 52 min |
| Aug 28, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 37 min |
| Aug 28, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon | 36 min |
| Aug 28, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 46 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.