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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 303, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

September 2, 2025Charles Mix County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 2025, 7:04 PM CDT for Charles Mix County, South Dakota. It was in force for 26 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
Sep 2, 2025, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 2025, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Charles Mix County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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 Sep 2, 6:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 6:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMoody36 min
Sep 2, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMinnehaha, Moody36 min
Sep 3, 2:15 PM CDTWind AdvisoryFSDAurora, Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison and 14 more31 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2025Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2025

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.