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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

August 5, 2021Lincoln County, Pipestone County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2021, 6:51 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Pipestone County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 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
Aug 5, 2021, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Lincoln County, MN, Pipestone County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 370 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 12:00Z on 2021-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
370 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-249 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1351 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

083 
WUUS53 KFSD 052351
SVRFSD
MNC081-117-060015-
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0067.210805T2351Z-210806T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
651 PM CDT Thu Aug 5 2021

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Lincoln County in southwestern Minnesota...
  Northwestern Pipestone County in southwestern Minnesota...

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 651 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lake Benton,
  or 17 miles north of Pipestone, moving southeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 4423 9645 4427 9637 4422 9611 4404 9633
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 295DEG 21KT 4424 9638 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

SSC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Lyon43 min
Aug 5, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Lyon50 min
Aug 5, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMurray, Pipestone37 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.