1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 24, 2:35 PM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 335 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003 ...SHORT TERM... OBVIOUSLY THE MAIN CONCERN IS TNGT...MAYBE WED MRNG IN NW IA. STRONG UA DISTURBANCE WL FINALLY WHIP THROUGH THE FSD FA TNGT...ALONG WITH THE SFC CDFNT WHICH IS CRNTLY JUST WEST OF THE FA. GRIDDED ANALYSIS NOW SHOWS THE LOW LVL FRONTOGENESIS MOVG NWD FM NRN NEB AND THE SIOUX CITY AREA...RIGHT ALONG THE SFC WMFNT WHICH IS NOW JUST NORTH OF SIOUX FALLS. DECIDED NOT TO ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NW IA AREA WHICH IS SOUTH OF THE WMFNT...BECAUSE AM WORRIED THAT ANY ACTIVITY THAT GETS GOING AROUND KSUX WL BE SCATTERED WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF A FOCUSING MECHANISM...BOTH AT THE SFC AND ALOFT. ANY SINGLE CELLS WL HAVE HEAVY RAIN WITH THEM...BUT AM NOW GETTING MORE CONCERNED ABOUT EVENING DVLPMENT ALONG THE I 90 CORRIDOR ALONG THE LIFTING WMFNT WHERE HIGHER AMNTS OF WATER CAN BE TAKEN. BOTH CAPES... WIND SHEAR POINT TOWARD SVR WX THRU A GOOD PTN OF THE CWA THIS EVENING...ESP EAST OF THE JAMES. BY MIDNIGHT...STRONG LOW TO MID LVL WINDS WL PROBABLY BEGIN TO CAP OFF NW IA...AS +12C H7 AIR IS PROGGED TO MOVE INTO THIS AREA BY MIDNIGHT AHEAD OF THE CDFNT. SO...IF THE MO VALLEY AND NW IA DO NOT FIRE SOUTH OF THE WMFNT THIS EVENING...IT IS PROBLEMATIC THAT THEY WILL FIRE AT ALL UNTIL THE CDFNT PASSAGE VERY LATE TNGT OR EARLY WED. AS THE OVERNIGHT PROGRESSES...THE STRONG MID LVL COOLING WILL RUSH IN WITH THE SFC CDFNT...SPREADING TS ALONG AND BEHIND THE SFC CDFNT WHERE THE SFC BNDRY WL RMN SHALLOW FOR A LITTLE WHILE. THIS IS WHERE THE DYNAMICS WL ULTIMATELY TAKE OVER FOR THE SECOND HALF OF TNGT AND DREW GRIDS ACCORDINGLY. HEAVY RAINS AND SOME POSSIBLE SVR WL ACCOMPANY THE CDFNT THRU THE WRN HALF OF THE FA...BUT THE MAIN CONCERN FOR MAJOR SVR WX WL BE THIS EVENING WITH ANY SUPERCELL DEVLPMENT AHEAD OF THE CDFNT. TEMPERATURES ON WED MAY NOT MOVE MUCH BEHIND THE CDFNT...BUT STRONG MIXING IS TAKING PLACE SO THEY WILL MOVE SOME DURING THE AFTN HRS. IN ADDN...HIGH LEVEL OF MSTR WL MOVE IN JUST OFF THE SFC WITH CAA... CREATING A SELF DESTRUCTIVE SUNSHINE MECHANISM. MIXED THE FWC AND MET FOR HIGHS...JUST DEPENDING ON LOCATION. JUST A CHC FOR TS ACRS THE FA WITH THE INSTABILITY ALOFT BEHIND THE DEPARING WAVE. MAY HAVE MORE SELF DESTRUCTIVE SUNSHINE THRU THE CWA ON THUR...ESP OVER THE NE QUAD. FOR TEMPS...SOME OF THE GUIDANCE TEMPS ACTUALLY DID NOT LOOK THAT BAD FOR LOWS AND HIGHS ON THURSDAY. ...LONGER TERM... NEXT RIDGE RIDER TO LOOK AT IS MOVG THRU THE FSD FA FRI NIGHT AS PER THE LAST THREE GFS RUNS. WORTH A CHC FOR PCPN...AND LINGERED IT IN THE ERN CWA SAT MRNG. DID NOT WANT TO TAKE IT INTO THE AFTN HRS WITH THE AMNT OF DRY AIR ALOFT MOVG IN. EXTENDED ATTM LOOKS FAIRLY QUIET AFTER THAT...UNTIL ANOTHER POTENT WAVE MOVES INTO THE MIDWEST TOWARD TEH MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. .FSD...NONE. MJF
SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-IAZ001>003- 012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-251200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1104 AM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS... ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO MOVE ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS AND INTERACT WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO FORM ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND BEGIN TO DRIFT UP TO THE NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL POSE A LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND THREAT...WITH THE GREATEST RISK FOR TORNADOES ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST IOWA...WHERE EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE LEFT MANY SURFACE BOUNDARIES. THE THREAT WILL SHIFT TO LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA AS A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA. FLOODING... AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS ARE MOST LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE FARTHER SOUTHEAST...INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST IOWA...WHERE SOILS ARE ALREADY SATURATED FROM RAINFALL LAST NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT OVER THE AREA EARLIER IN THE WEEK...SHOULD PUSH SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LINGER IN AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF I-29 CORRIDOR INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY AFTER 5 PM ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA BORDER ALONG WITH NORTHWEST IOWA...AND MAY BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. JRM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
706 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0625 PM 4 W FORESTBURG SD TORNADO
06/24/03 SANBORN REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER. LARGE TORNADO.
LOTS OF DEBRIS. BY OFF
DUTY NWS MET
0630 PM 2 W WOONSOCKET SD TORNADO
06/24/03 SANBORN REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0648 PM 3 N ELK PT SD TORNADO
06/24/03 UNION REPORTED BY MEDIA.
NEAR I-29.
0649 PM 8 N FORESTBURG SD TORNADO
06/24/03 SANBORN REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0653 PM SIOUX FALLS SD 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/24/03 MINNEHAHA REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER. NORTH OF SIOUX
FALLS...PALISADES PARK.
0700 PM 2 SE HURON SD TORNADO
06/24/03 BEADLE REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE. TWO
TORNADOSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
709 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0645 PM 1 S HUB CITY SD .88 INCH HAIL
06/24/03 CLAY REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
742 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0733 PM BERESFORD SD TORNADO
06/24/03 LINCOLN REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0738 PM 4 NW BERESFORD SD TORNADO
06/24/03 LINCOLN REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
2 WEST...5 NORTH OF
BERESFORD.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
748 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0733 PM 5 N ESMOND SD TORNADO
06/24/03 KINGSBURY REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE. VERY
LARGE SPOTTER FROM
NORMAN OKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
749 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0747 PM BERESFORD SD TORNADO
06/24/03 LINCOLN REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIA
COUNTY . LARGE TORNADO.
BY COUNTY DISPATCHIAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ080-081-089-090-097-098-NEZ013- 014-SDZ050-053>071-240940- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 800 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003 ...ATTENTION FOR MEDIA OUTLETS... THE SIOUX FALLS NOAA WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER IS TEMPORARILY OFF THE AIR. MAINTENANCE IS IN ROUTE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado damaged or destroyed several buildings at an abandoned farm, and also caused tree damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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