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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2022, 2:27 AM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 31 min. 2 reports 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 22, 2022, 2:27 AM CDT (07:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2022, 2:58 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Cherokee County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2:29 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Orange City, IA | REPORT FROM MPING: DIME (0.75 IN.). TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. |
| Jul 22, 2:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Orange City, IA | THE NORTHWESTERN CAMPUS IN ORANGE CITY HAD MULTIPLE TREE BRANCHES DOWN. SOME BRANCHES WERE ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN 4 - 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -338 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2429 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
404 WUUS53 KFSD 220727 SVRFSD IAC035-141-149-167-220815- /O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0252.220722T0727Z-220722T0815Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 227 AM CDT Fri Jul 22 2022 The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Western Cherokee County in northwestern Iowa... Southeastern Sioux County in northwestern Iowa... Northeastern Plymouth County in northwestern Iowa... Southwestern O'Brien County in northwestern Iowa... * Until 315 AM CDT. * At 227 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Sioux Center to near Remsen, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Remsen around 230 AM CDT. Marcus around 240 AM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Alton, Cleghorn, Hospers, Quimby and Granville. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 4309 9587 4257 9547 4257 9588 4309 9629 TIME...MOT...LOC 0727Z 267DEG 23KT 4307 9619 4279 9592 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$ Rogers
2 follow-up statements
267 WWUS53 KFSD 220746 SVSFSD Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 246 AM CDT Fri Jul 22 2022 IAC035-141-149-167-220815- /O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-220722T0815Z/ Cherokee IA-Sioux IA-Plymouth IA-O'Brien IA- 246 AM CDT Fri Jul 22 2022 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR WESTERN CHEROKEE...SOUTHEASTERN SIOUX...NORTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH AND SOUTHWESTERN O'BRIEN COUNTIES... At 246 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Granville to near Quimby, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Quimby, Washta and Cleghorn. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 4257 9547 4257 9573 4304 9607 4304 9583 TIME...MOT...LOC 0746Z 289DEG 36KT 4296 9590 4268 9563 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$ Rogers
650
WWUS53 KFSD 220758
SVSFSD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
258 AM CDT Fri Jul 22 2022
IAC035-141-149-167-220808-
/O.CAN.KFSD.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-220722T0815Z/
Cherokee IA-Sioux IA-Plymouth IA-O'Brien IA-
258 AM CDT Fri Jul 22 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN CHEROKEE...
SOUTHEASTERN SIOUX...NORTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH AND SOUTHWESTERN O'BRIEN
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and have exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.
LAT...LON 4257 9547 4257 9573 4304 9607 4304 9583
TIME...MOT...LOC 0756Z 267DEG 23KT 4296 9581 4268 9554
$$
RogersThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 31 min |
| Jul 22, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 32 min |
| Jul 22, 2:37 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Ida, O'Brien, Plymouth and 2 more | 24 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.