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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

July 9, 2021Sioux County, Iowa; Lincoln County, Union County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2021, 12:46 AM CDT for Sioux County, Iowa; Lincoln County, Union County, South Dakota. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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
Jul 9, 2021, 12:46 AM CDT (05:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2021, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Sioux County, IA, Lincoln County, SD, Union County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:50 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
Jul 9, 1:22 AM CDTHAIL 14 N Hawarden, IAREPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

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
Jul 8, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 209 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.

346 
WUUS53 KFSD 090546
SVRFSD
IAC167-SDC083-127-090630-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0056.210709T0546Z-210709T0630Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
1246 AM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Sioux County in northwestern Iowa...
  Southern Lincoln County in southeastern South Dakota...
  Northeastern Union County in southeastern South Dakota...

* Until 130 AM CDT.

* At 1245 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of
  Davis, or 11 miles north of Beresford, moving southeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Newton Hills State Park around 110 AM CDT.
  Hudson around 120 AM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4319 9693 4323 9693 4330 9687 4314 9620
      4303 9656
TIME...MOT...LOC 0545Z 297DEG 30KT 4324 9685 

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

APT
1 follow-up statement
902 
WWUS53 KFSD 090627
SVSFSD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
127 AM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021

IAC167-SDC083-127-090637-
/O.EXP.KFSD.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210709T0630Z/
Sioux IA-Lincoln SD-Union SD-
127 AM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SIOUX...SOUTHERN
LINCOLN AND NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 130 AM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However small hail
and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for
northwestern Iowa...and southeastern South Dakota.

LAT...LON 4319 9693 4323 9693 4330 9687 4314 9620
      4303 9656
TIME...MOT...LOC 0627Z 297DEG 30KT 4309 9645 

$$

APT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDWoodbury45 min
Jul 8, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPlymouth, Sioux40 min
Jul 9, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCherokee, Plymouth46 min
Jul 9, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPlymouth, Sioux46 min
Jul 9, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPlymouth, Sioux45 min
Jul 8, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Hutchinson, Turner, Yankton52 min
Jul 8, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDYankton19 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, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Lincoln, Turner, Union46 min
Jul 9, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Davison, Jerauld, Sanborn38 min
Jul 9, 2:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDHanson, Lake, McCook, Miner41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2021Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2021Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2021

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.