Hail in Iowa, July 13, 2006

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1105 AM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

.DISCUSSION...
ACCAS SHOWERS HAVE HUNG AROUND LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED WITH LOW
LEVEL JET CONTINUING TO FEED INTO THE AREA. AT 15Z...NELIGH PROFILER
DISPLAYING 20 TO 25 KNOTS IN THE LOWEST GATES. AS THIS FLOW
GRADUALLY WEAKENS THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS...EXPECT SHOWERS TO
MEET THEIR DEMISE AND FALL APART.  WATER VAPOR DISPLAYING SHORTWAVE
MOVING INTO SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.  LAPSE RATES FROM 800 TO 500
MB BECOME QUITE STEEP AHEAD OF THIS WAVE...SUPPORTING THE THREAT FOR
SEVERE STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY AS
LONG AS STORMS ARE ABLE TO OVERCOME THE CAP. WITH INVERTED V TYPE
PROFILE...NEED TO BE CONCERNED WITH WIND THREAT WITH ANY STORMS.
THETA-E DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SURFACE AND 600 MB SUPPORT
THIS...WITH NEARLY 30 DEGREE DIFFERENCE. IN ADDITION...WET BULB ZERO
HEIGHT AROUND 11.5 FT AGL...SUGGESTING THREAT FOR HAIL TO THE SIZE
OF GOLF BALLS IS THERE AS WELL.

HAVE MADE SOME TWEAKS TO THE GRIDS WITH FOG BURNING OFF IN THE EAST
A LITTLE FASTER THAN ANTICIPATED...AND TROUGH TO THE WEST
PROGRESSING EAST A LITTLE FASTER THAN EXPECTED. UPDATED GRIDS
UPLOADED...AND UPDATED ZFP ON THE WAY. BT

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.PREV DISCUSSION...
FIRST ISSUE THIS AM IS THE DEVELPMNT OF STRATUS AND FOG OVR ERN CWA
ERLY THIS AM. CURRENTLY...STRATUS AND FOG NOT AS WIDESPRD AS PREV
MORNS...BUT SAT IS SHOING SOME LOW CLOUDS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVR
NW IA. BOTH WRF AND GFS SHOWS THIS AREA WITH THE HIGHEST BL RH THRU
15Z AND EXPECT CLOUDS AND FOG TO DEVELOP OVR NW IA AND SPILL INTO
ADAJACENT AREAS. LAST FEW DAYS...HIGH TEMPS HAVE NOT REACHED FCST
LEVELS OVR ERN CWA DUE TO MOIST ESELY LOW LEVEL FLOW. FLOW ACRS ERN
CWA WL REMAIN SELY THRU MOST OF THE DAY AND WL BE HARD TO MIX
OUT...SO WL ADJUST A FEW DEG DOWN E OF JAMES RVR VALLEY. FOCUS
SHIFTS TO AFTN ACRS WRN CWA WHERE FAIRLY STG S/W FOR JULY WL MOVE
ACRS THE NRN PLAINS. WRN CWA SHUD HEAT OUT INTO MID TO UPPER 90S AND
WITH MID LEVEL COOLING APPROACHING AT PRIME HTG TIME...WUD EXPECT
SCT TRW TO DEVELOP FAIRLY QUICKLY BY MID AFTN W OF JAMES RVR VALLEY.
SOUNDINGS WUD INDICATE THAT SVR THREAT FAIRLY GOOD WITH ANY STORMS
THAT DO DEVELOP WITH MAIN THREAT BEING STG WNDS AND LARGE HAIL. THIS
ACTVY SHUD SPREAD INTO ERN CWA LATE THIS AFTN OR EVE WITH A WIND
EVENT PSBL AS BOWING LINE DEVELOPS.

AFTER THIS S/W MOVES THRU...SHUD CLEAR OUT...BUT SOME COOLING AT H85
WL OCCUR DURING THE NIGHT...AND WL BE SLOWER TO RECOVER THAN PREV
PROGGED ON FRI. STILL WITH DIER AIR ACRS CWA...SHUD MIX OUT BETTER
THAN TODAY...SO SHUD BE A FEW DEG WARMER ACRS ERN CWA. GUD WARMUP ON
SAT AND SUN AS HEIGHTS BUILD. SHUD SEE HIGH TEMPS AOA 100 DEG W OF
I29 AND IN THE 90S TO THE E. PBLY WL NEED A HEAT ADVY FOR SAT AND
SUN...BUT LATER SHIFTS CAN FINE TUNE THAT.

ANOTHER FNT WIL SAG S ACRS CWA MON AND MON NITE. MID LEVELS QUITE
WARM...SO LIKELY WL GO THRU DRY AS AIRMASS WL BE CAPPED. SHUD BE
COOLER MON...ESPEC NERN CWA. ESELY FLOW DEVELOP MON NOTE INTO TUE
MORN...AND CUD SEE A REPEAT OF STRATUS TUES ACRS ERN CWA AS LLM
INCREASE AGAIN. FOR NOW WL ONLY GO PC...BUT WL GO LOWER THAN MEX
TEMPS ACRS ERN CWA TUES WITH ESELY LOW LEVEL FLOW. PBLY WL BE HOT
AGAIN ON WED WITH 100-105 FOR HIGHS ACRS WRN CWA.

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.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1123 AM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-141200-
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-
1123 AM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR
THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP
ALONG THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN SPREAD EAST
THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE
HAIL AND STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS THE MAIN THREAT.

FIRE DANGER...
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY
NEAR THE MISSOURI RIVER OF SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THIS
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY EXPAND ACROSS THE REGION
THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...WITH THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ON
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
WILL VARY FROM THE 90S EAST OF INTERSTATE 29 TO 100 TO 108
DEGREES WEST OF INTERSTATE 29. THESE HOT TEMPERATURES COMBINED
WITH THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO
110 DEGREES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 3 PM ALONG THE JAMES
RIVER VALLEY AND AFTER 5 PM EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR.

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

BT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
216 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

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

0205 PM     HAIL             5 N SIOUX CITY          42.57N 96.39W
07/13/2006  M0.88 INCH       PLYMOUTH           IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            COOP OBSERVER LOCATED 1NE OF JAMES. HEAVY RAINFALL AND
            NICKLE SIZE HAIL.

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DMORIN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
246 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006

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

0243 PM     HAIL             ANTHON                  42.39N 95.87W
07/13/2006  E0.88 INCH       WOODBURY           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

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