Hail in Iowa, June 8, 2004

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
329 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 2004

CORRECTION

.DISCUSSION...
SHORT TERM CONCERNS ARE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FROM LATE AFTERNOON ALL
THE WAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

19Z SURFACE ANALYSIS ALONG WITH FSD 88D INDICATE WEAK COLD FRONT
SLIDING SOUTH...LOCATED FROM VERMILLION TO SPENCER. A FEW
SHOWERS/TSRA TRYING TO GO UP JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN NORTHWEST
IOWA.

MODELS DONT EVEN HAVE MUCH AGREEMENT THROUGH 12 HOURS TONIGHT WITH
PLACEMENT OF THE BOUNDARY. GFS IS FARTHER SOUTH WITH H850 BOUNDARY
AS THE ETA BLASTS THIS BOUNDARY NORTH TONIGHT...BUT LEAVES A 925 MB
BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL CWA. WITH BOUNDARY IN PLACE AND CONVERGENCE
ALONG IT INCREASING TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY TO DEVELOP ALONG IT
AS IT DRIFTS BACK TO THE NORTH MAY BE A FEW SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ALONG THE FRONT BUT
DONT THINK COVERAGE WILL BE ENOUGH TO WARRANT A MENTION IN ZONES.
STORM MOTIONS ARE FORECAST TO BE SLOW...WITH 1.5+ INCHES OF PRECIPITABLE
H20 AVAILABLE SO HEAVY RAIN WILL BE A THREAT WITH ANY OF THESE
OVERNIGHT STORMS. BIG CHANGE IN THE MODELS OCCURS ON WEDNESDAY AS
BOTH ETA AND GFS REALLY SHOVE THIS BOUNDARY WELL TO A NORTH ACROSS
NORTHERN NEBRASKA. TAKING MODELS AS IS WOULD DOUBT TO SEE ANY
ACTIVITY AFTER MORNING ACTIVITY FADES AWAY...BUT  WITH THIS PATTERN
AND ALL THE CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK PROBLEMS IN THE MODELS AM HESITANT
TO PULL ALL MENTIONS OF POPS ATTM. NEXT BIG WEATHER MAKER LOOKS TO
BE ON THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS FIRST BIG PIECE OF ENERGY EJECTS
OUT OF THE TROUGH. THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN LOOK LIKELY AHEAD OF
THIS FEATURE OVERNIGHT AND WITH STEEP LAPSE RATES SOME SEVERE STORMS
DEFINATLY POSSIBLE. FRIDAY AFTERNOON LOOKS EVEN MORE INTERESTING IF
ANY STORM CAN DEVELOP IN THE EASTERN CWA AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AS
SOUNDINGS INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SIGNIFICANT STORMS. BUT
MODELS REALLY DIVERGE WITH THE FRONT WITH THE GFS MUCH FASTER...ALSO
DRY SLOT MAY BE TO MUCH TO OVERCOME IN THE AFTERNOON AS WELL.

IN THE EXTENDED...GFS/CANADIAN/ECMWF ARE ALL RATHER SIMILAR WITH
EVOLUTION OF THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN THROUGH TUESDAY...ALTHOUGH
DIFFERENCES EXIST ON EXACT PLACEMENT OF BOUNDARIES AND TIMING ISSUES
STILL CONTINUE. OVERALL PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT FROM A WARMER
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW TYPE REGIME TO A MORE ZONAL/NORTHWESTERLY FLOW BY
MID WEEK. DIDNT HAVE TO MAKE A LOT OF CHANGES TO GOING PRECIP
CHANCES THROUGH THE EXTENDED. BEST CHANCE DEFINITELY LOOKS TO BE ON
SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING WITH COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE AND ONLY CHANGE WAS
TO END POPS QUICKER IN THE WESTERN CWA AS ALL MODELS/ENSEMBLES AGREE
THAT FRONT SHOULD BE WELL EAST OF THE AREA. LOOKS LIKE WE MAY GET A
FEW DAYS BREAK OF PRECIP CHANCES THROUGH THE START OF THE WEEK AS
COOL HIGH PRESSURE IS GOING TO BE FIRMLY IN PLACE. GFS 850 TEMPS
SUGGEST HIGHS ONLY REACHING THE MID AND UPPER 60S ON MONDAY...BUT
WITH STRONG JUNE SUN WILL GO A BIT WARMER THAN THAT BUT COOLER THAN
GOING FORECAST. NEXT GOOD CHANCE FOR PRECIP LOOKS TO BE LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT/WEDNESDAY MORNING AS LLJ GETS GOING AHEAD OF APPROACHING WAVE.
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.FSD...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.

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JRM

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1029 AM CDT TUE JUN 08 2004

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-091200-
AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA-
CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE-
DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-
IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN-
LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN-
SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON-
1029 AM CDT TUE JUN 08 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON
TO EARLY EVENING NEAR AND NORTH OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS
NORTHWEST IOWA. LARGE HAIL...DIME TO QUARTER SIZE...WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS...GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE
FROM TYNDALL SOUTH DAKOTA TO SLAYTON MINNESOTA. IN ADDITION TO
THE HAIL...STORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA...COULD PRODUCE SOME DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
BEING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER
THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WOULD BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS
AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY...AND SOME OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE. HOWEVER
TIMING...LOCATION...AND THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS FROM
THESE STORMS ARE STILL UNCERTAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 500 PM CDT...SOUTHEAST
OF A LINE FROM
TYNDALL SOUTH DAKOTA TO SLAYTON MINNESOTA.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
450 PM CDT TUE JUN 08 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0423 PM     HAIL             SIOUX CITY              42.50N 96.39W
06/08/2004  1.00 INCH        WOODBURY           IA   EMERGENCY MNGR

0426 PM     HAIL             SIOUX CITY              42.50N 96.39W
06/08/2004  0.75 INCH        WOODBURY           IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0442 PM     HAIL             SIOUX CITY              42.50N 96.39W
06/08/2004  1.00 INCH        WOODBURY           IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
523 PM CDT TUE JUN 08 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0521 PM     HAIL             8 SSE LE MARS           42.68N 96.11W
06/08/2004  0.88 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   PUBLIC

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