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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

July 8, 2021Yankton County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2021, 10:56 PM CDT for Yankton County, South Dakota. It was in force for 19 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
Jul 8, 2021, 10:56 PM CDT (03:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2021, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:59 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
Jul 8, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2021-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 155 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2021-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 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
155 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-474 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1131 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
406 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

140 
WUUS53 KFSD 090356
SVRFSD
SDC135-090415-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0048.210709T0356Z-210709T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
1056 PM CDT Thu Jul 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Yankton County in southeastern South Dakota...

* Until 1115 PM CDT.

* At 1056 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Utica, or
  near Lewis And Clark State Recreation Area, moving southeast 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Yankton around 1105 PM CDT.
  Mission Hill around 1115 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include St.
Helena Boat Dock and Gayville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4285 9723 4285 9729 4287 9731 4285 9736
      4287 9741 4285 9744 4286 9752 4291 9759
      4303 9749 4288 9716 4287 9716 4281 9721
TIME...MOT...LOC 0356Z 300DEG 26KT 4294 9749 

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

APT
1 follow-up statement
868 
WWUS53 KFSD 090406
SVSFSD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
1106 PM CDT Thu Jul 8 2021

SDC135-090415-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-210709T0415Z/
Yankton SD-
1106 PM CDT Thu Jul 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN YANKTON COUNTY...

At 1105 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Yankton,
moving southeast 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.

This severe storm will be near...
  Mission Hill around 1115 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include St.
Helena Boat Dock and Gayville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4285 9723 4285 9729 4287 9731 4285 9736
      4287 9741 4285 9744 4286 9752 4288 9755
      4300 9743 4288 9716 4287 9716 4281 9721
TIME...MOT...LOC 0405Z 298DEG 27KT 4291 9740 

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

APT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Hutchinson, Turner, Yankton52 min
Jul 8, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Yankton34 min
Jul 8, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Hutchinson, Lincoln, Turner, Yankton39 min
Jul 8, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Union40 min
Jul 8, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Lincoln, Turner, Union46 min
Jul 9, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Union46 min
Jul 9, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Union44 min
Jul 9, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Davison, Jerauld, Sanborn38 min
Jul 9, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Union45 min
Jul 9, 2:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDHanson, Lake, McCook, Miner41 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.