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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 300, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

October 23, 20224 counties in South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 23, 2022, 6:15 PM CDT for 4 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 23, 2022, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Oct 23, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Beadle County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Miner County, SD, Sanborn County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 2022-10-23Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2022-10-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 23, 3:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 23, 3:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 23, 3:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
357 PM CDT Sun Oct 23 2022

IAZ001-012-NEZ013-SDZ038-050-052>054-057>071-242100-
Lyon-Sioux-Dixon-Beadle-Gregory-Jerauld-Sanborn-Miner-Brule-Aurora-
Davison-Hanson-McCook-Minnehaha-Charles Mix-Douglas-Hutchinson-
Turner-Lincoln-Bon Homme-Yankton-Clay-Union-
357 PM CDT Sun Oct 23 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Iowa, northeast
Nebraska, central South Dakota, east central South Dakota, south
central South Dakota and southeast South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Above normal temperatures, low relative humidity, and windy
conditions will continue this afternoon. This will lead to extreme
fire danger. Because of that, burning should be avoided if possible,
and extra caution should be used if working in agricultural fields.

There is a chance of strong to severe thunderstorms tracking out of
Nebraska, north through the Highway 81 and Interstate 29 corridors,
and into southwest Minnesota this evening. Wind gusts to 70 mph
would be the primary hazard, with isolated hail to the size of
quarters.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is possible between 6 pm and 10 pm CDT.

IAZ013-014-020>022-031-032-NEZ014-242100-
O'Brien-Clay-Plymouth-Cherokee-Buena Vista-Woodbury-Ida-Dakota-
357 PM CDT Sun Oct 23 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Iowa, west central
Iowa and northeast Nebraska.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Above normal temperatures, low relative humidity, and windy
conditions will continue this afternoon. This will lead to extreme
fire danger. Because of that, burning should be avoided if possible,
and extra caution should be used if working in agricultural fields.

Stronger winds are expected to developing this evening into the
overnight hours, with gusts up to 55 mph possible.

There is also a chance of thunderstorms this evening. If storms, or
even showers, there is a potential for wind gusts up to 70 mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

IAZ002-003-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-SDZ039-040-055-056-
242100-
Osceola-Dickinson-Lincoln-Lyon-Murray-Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson-
Pipestone-Rock-Kingsbury-Brookings-Lake-Moody-
357 PM CDT Sun Oct 23 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Iowa, southwest
Minnesota and east central South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Above normal temperatures, low relative humidity, and windy
conditions will continue this afternoon. This will lead to very high
fire danger. Because of that, burning should be avoided if possible,
and extra caution should be used if working in agricultural fields.

There is a chance of strong to severe thunderstorms tracking out of
Nebraska, north through the Highway 81 and Interstate 29 corridors,
and into southwest Minnesota this evening. Wind gusts to 70 mph
would be the primary hazard, with isolated hail to the size of
quarters.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is possible between 7 pm and 11 pm CDT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 23, 3:28 AM CDTWind AdvisoryFSDBrookings, Clay, Lake, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha and 4 more23 hr
Oct 23, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLake, McCook, Minnehaha, Moody38 min
Oct 23, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Union46 min
Oct 23, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings, Kingsbury, Lake, Moody63 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.