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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

July 30, 20244 counties in South Dakota; Lyon County, Iowa; Rock County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2024, 4:36 AM CDT for 4 counties in South Dakota; Lyon County, Iowa; Rock County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 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
Jul 30, 2024, 4:36 AM CDT (09:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2024, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lyon County, IA, Rock County, MN, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Turner County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 30, 4:10 AM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 4:10 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 30, 12:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 30, 12:44 AM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 30, 12:46 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 30, 1:21 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 30, 2:12 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 30, 3:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatFSDGregory46 min
Jul 29, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas38 min
Jul 29, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas, Hutchinson50 min
Jul 29, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFSDBon Homme, Charles Mix, Davison, Hanson, Hutchinson, Yankton44 min
Jul 29, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Charles Mix, Gregory41 min
Jul 29, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Hutchinson, Turner, Yankton44 min
Jul 29, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Yankton52 min
Jul 29, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Union46 min
Jul 29, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Union42 min
Jul 29, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDUnion32 min
Jul 30, 3:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDHanson, Lake, McCook, Miner, Minnehaha40 min
Jul 30, 5:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Lincoln, Turner, Union51 min
Jul 30, 6:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrule45 min
Jul 30, 6:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Brule, Jerauld42 min
Jul 30, 7:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Davison, Sanborn46 min
Jul 30, 7:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDavison, Hanson, McCook34 min
Jul 30, 8:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Union28 min
Jul 29, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCherokee, Ida, Plymouth, Woodbury41 min
Jul 30, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFSDBuena Vista, Cherokee, Ida, Woodbury55 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2024Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2024Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2024Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2024

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.