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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

September 14, 2025Brookings County, Moody County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 2025, 1:34 PM CDT for Brookings County, Moody County, South Dakota. It was in force for 41 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 14, 2025, 1:34 PM CDT (18:34 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 2025, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Brookings County, SD, Moody County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2025-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 792 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2025-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
792 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
851 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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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 14, 12:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 12:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 14, 4:35 AM CDT, 8 hours 59 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
435 AM CDT Sun Sep 14 2025

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435 AM CDT Sun Sep 14 2025

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Scattered showers and storms will develop this afternoon, bringing a
risk of isolated strong to severe storms. 60 mph winds and hail up to
the size of quarters are the main threats. Rain and storms continue
into tonight, but the severe weather threat wanes after sunset.

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

Another round of rain and storms is increasingly likely late Tuesday
into Wednesday. A severe storm can't be entirely ruled out, but a lot
of uncertainty remains.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings, Moody36 min
Sep 14, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrookings27 min
Sep 14, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPlymouth, Woodbury36 min
Sep 14, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPlymouth, Woodbury24 min
Sep 14, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDWoodbury29 min
Sep 14, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMurray, Pipestone, Rock27 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.