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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 11, 2021Beadle County, Jerauld County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2021, 3:26 AM CDT for Beadle County, Jerauld County, South Dakota. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2021, 3:26 AM CDT (08:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2021, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Beadle County, SD, Jerauld County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1337 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2021-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1337 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

As transmitted.

788 
WUUS53 KFSD 110826
SVRFSD
SDC005-073-110930-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0014.210611T0826Z-210611T0930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
326 AM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Beadle County in east central South Dakota...
  Jerauld County in central South Dakota...

* Until 430 AM CDT.

* At 326 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 8 miles southwest of Polo to near Miller Dale Colony
  to Shelby, moving east at 30 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.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Wessington around 400 AM CDT.
  Wolsey and Virgil around 425 AM CDT.
  Hitchcock around 430 AM CDT.

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Broadland.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4463 9834 4394 9833 4394 9892 4420 9893
      4420 9870 4463 9871
TIME...MOT...LOC 0826Z 270DEG 28KT 4467 9917 4437 9908 4394 9916 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Schumacher
2 follow-up statements
857 
WWUS53 KFSD 110858
SVSFSD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
358 AM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

SDC005-073-110930-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210611T0930Z/
Beadle SD-Jerauld SD-
358 AM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CDT
FOR WESTERN BEADLE AND JERAULD COUNTIES...

At 358 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles west of Spottswood to near Virgil to 11 miles
south of Wessington Springs, moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

These severe storms will be near...
  Alpena and Virgil around 405 AM CDT.
  Hitchcock around 415 AM CDT.

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Broadland.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4463 9834 4394 9833 4394 9892 4408 9881
      4420 9870 4463 9871
TIME...MOT...LOC 0858Z 265DEG 42KT 4465 9866 4428 9850 4393 9865 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Schumacher
841 
WWUS53 KFSD 110921
SVSFSD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
421 AM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

SDC005-073-110931-
/O.EXP.KFSD.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210611T0930Z/
Beadle SD-Jerauld SD-
421 AM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN BEADLE AND JERAULD
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 430 AM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and have exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT for
central and east central South Dakota.

LAT...LON 4463 9834 4394 9833 4394 9892 4408 9881
      4420 9870 4463 9871
TIME...MOT...LOC 0921Z 270DEG 28KT 4465 9843 4428 9827 4393 9843 

$$

Schumacher

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 3:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrule, Charles Mix, Gregory47 min
Jun 11, 3:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory51 min
Jun 11, 4:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Charles Mix46 min
Jun 11, 5:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings, Kingsbury, Lake, Miner41 min
Jun 11, 5:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDYankton34 min
Jun 11, 5:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Union49 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.