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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

April 5, 2021Minnehaha County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2021, 8:44 PM CDT for Minnehaha County, South Dakota. It was in force for 31 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
Apr 5, 2021, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2021, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Minnehaha County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2021-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -70 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3053 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

961 
WUUS53 KFSD 060144
SVRFSD
SDC099-060215-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0004.210406T0144Z-210406T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
844 PM CDT Mon Apr 5 2021

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

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

* Until 915 PM CDT.

* At 844 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Sioux Falls,
  moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Rowena around 855 PM CDT.
  Brandon around 900 PM CDT.
  Palisades State Park around 905 PM CDT.
  Garretson and Valley Springs around 910 PM CDT.
  Sherman around 915 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4370 9645 4353 9646 4350 9669 4350 9681
      4362 9688 4379 9647
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 245DEG 30KT 4357 9674 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

SG
2 follow-up statements
591 
WWUS53 KFSD 060148
SVSFSD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
848 PM CDT Mon Apr 5 2021

SDC099-060215-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210406T0215Z/
Minnehaha SD-
848 PM CDT Mon Apr 5 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY...

At 846 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Sioux Falls,
moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. Quarter sized hail was falling at 
         the National Weather Service office, 2 miles north of Sioux 
         Falls.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

This severe storm will be near...
  Rowena around 855 PM CDT.
  Brandon around 900 PM CDT.
  Valley Springs and Palisades State Park around 905 PM CDT.
  Garretson around 910 PM CDT.
  Sherman around 915 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4370 9645 4353 9646 4350 9669 4350 9681
      4362 9688 4379 9647
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 245DEG 30KT 4358 9671 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

SG
969 
WWUS53 KFSD 060155
SVSFSD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
855 PM CDT Mon Apr 5 2021

SDC099-060215-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210406T0215Z/
Minnehaha SD-
855 PM CDT Mon Apr 5 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY...

At 855 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Brandon, or 7
miles northeast of Sioux Falls, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

This severe storm will be near...
  Valley Springs and Palisades State Park around 905 PM CDT.
  Garretson around 910 PM CDT.
  Sherman around 915 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4370 9645 4353 9646 4353 9669 4368 9673
      4379 9647
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 245DEG 30KT 4361 9661 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

SG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMcCook, Minnehaha27 min
Apr 5, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMoody36 min
Apr 5, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDHutchinson, Turner26 min
Apr 5, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Minnehaha, Turner26 min
Apr 5, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Minnehaha33 min
Apr 5, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMinnehaha27 min
Apr 6, 9:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCharles Mix, Gregory10 min

Nearby

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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.