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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2026, 12:23 AM CDT for Charles Mix County, Gregory County, South Dakota. It was in force for 67 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
- Jun 28, 2026, 12:23 AM CDT (05:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2026, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Charles Mix County, SD, Gregory County, SD
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 270 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
- 3991 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1368 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 19.0
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 Jun 27, 10:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 10:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 5:09 AM CDT, 19 hours 14 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 509 AM CDT Sat Jun 27 2026 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-281015- Lyon-Osceola-Dickinson-Sioux-O'Brien-Clay-Plymouth-Cherokee- Buena Vista-Woodbury-Ida-Lincoln-Murray-Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson- Pipestone-Rock-Dixon-Dakota-Beadle-Kingsbury-Brookings-Gregory- Jerauld-Sanborn-Miner-Lake-Moody-Brule-Aurora-Davison-Hanson-McCook- Minnehaha-Charles Mix-Douglas-Hutchinson-Turner-Bon Homme-Yankton- Union- 509 AM CDT Sat Jun 27 2026 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 storms are possible after midnight tonight into early Sunday, mainly through portions of southeast South Dakota into southwest Minnesota. A few storms may become strong to severe, with large hail up to 1.5 inch diameter and isolated wind gusts to 65 mph. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Temperatures climb into the 90s Sunday through much of next week, with increasing humidity. Heat index values will climb into the lower 100s at times. Plan ahead now to limit risk of heat illness if spending time outdoors. If storms are able to develop along a cold front late Monday into Monday evening, some strong to severe storms are possible. Details on exact storm location, timing and coverage are still uncertain. .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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 1:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory | 81 min |
| Jun 28, 2:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Bon Homme, Davison, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson | 65 min |
| Jun 28, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Davison, Hanson, Hutchinson, McCook, Turner and 1 more | 54 min |
| Jun 28, 3:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Turner, Yankton | 46 min |
| Jun 28, 4:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Minnehaha, Turner | 66 min |
| Jun 28, 4:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Lincoln, Union | 53 min |
| Jun 28, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 60 min |
| Jun 28, 5:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 62 min |
| Jun 28, 6:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 7:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Clay | 17 min |
| Jun 28, 5:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 39 min |
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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.