1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Aug 1, 2:30 PM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
330 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2006
.DISCUSSION...
ATTM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING APPROXIMATELY ALONG THE
850 MB BOUNDARY STRETCHING FM NEAR MML TO 20 S OF 9V9. SHOULD
CONTINUE TO SEE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ALONG THIS BOUNDARY THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS AS IS BEGINS TO MOVE SE. WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR
SURFACE BASED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ALONG SURFACE WARM FRONT
STRETCHING FROM JUST N OF SUX TO MWM. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL
FOR SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND SOME DAMAGING WIND
NEAR THE FRONT. SUR TEMPERATURES OF 90 DEG AND DEW POINTS IN THE LOW
TO MID 70S SHOULD PRODUCE MIXED LAYER CAPES TO 3000 J KG. STRONGLY
SHEARED LAYER TO 600 MB WILL PROMOTE ROTATING STORMS AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF A FEW TORNADOES EARLY THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY WITH
LCL AROUND 2000 FT AGL NEAR THE SFC FRONT. OTHER THREAT WILL BE THE
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
VICINITY AND PROGGED SOUNDINGS INDICATE A VERY MOIST TROPICAL LIKE
AIRMASS...NEARLY SATURATED SOUNDINGS NORTH OF THE SURFACE FRONT WITH
PW VALUES AS HIGH AS 2.5 INCHES INTO NW IA. WILL CONTINUE WITH FLOOD
WATCH TONIGHT.
SYSTEM PULLS OUT PRETTY FAST TO SE OF AREA WED MRNG WITH LINGERING
CHC SHWRS/ISOLD TSTMS SERN THIRD OF CWA. OTRW AIR MASS TRIES TO DRY
OUT FM NORTH...BUT WITH COOL MID LVLS AND SOME SELF DESTRUCTIVE
SUN...EXPCT LOTS OF SC CLDS MAINLY S AND E IN CWA WHERE GOOD RAINS
HAVE OCCURRED. THEN SFC RDG MOVES SEWD OVR CWA WED NGT AND WITH
RADIATIONAL COOLING EXPCT AREAS OF FOG TO DVLP S AND E IN CWA AFT
MIDN. ANOTHER NICE DAY THU WITH RETURN SLY FLOW OF GRADUALLY WARMER
AND MORE MOIST AIR EXPCD TO SPRD EWD OVR CWA LATE THU THRU SAT.
LOOKS CAPPED OFF WITH NO BOUNDARIES UNTIL MAYBE SAT NGT WHEN WILL
KEEP FIRST OF MAINLY NOCTURNAL RIDGE RIDERS. GULF MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY WILL BE MORE PREVALENT WITH THIS PATTERN...SO DECENT
TSTMS QUITE PSBL AT SOME POINT. IT WILL GET WARM AND HUMID...BUT
OUTRAGEOUS HEAT NOT EXPCD.
&&
.AVIATION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE NEAR THE FSD AND
SUX TAF SITES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...IN ASSOCIATION OF THE
SURFACE FRONT. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NW IA AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH
THUNDERSTORMS ENDING IN THE FSD AREA...CONTINUING NEAR SUX THROUGH
THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. THERE MAY BE SOME LIGHT FOG/MIST MAINLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT...HOWEVER VISIBILITIES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE 3 SM.
&&
.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TNGT FOR ALL OF NWRN IA ZONES
IAZ001>003-IAZ012>014-IAZ020>022-IAZ031-IAZ032.
MN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TNGT FOR ZONES MNZ081-089-090.
NE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TNGT FOR ZONES NEZ013-NEZ014.
SD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TNGT FOR ZONE SDZ071.
&&
LIEBL/RYRHOLMHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1111 AM CDT TUE AUG 01 2006 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-021200- 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- 1111 AM CDT TUE AUG 01 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS... THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN AREAS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE RUNNING ROUGHLY FROM SIOUX CITY IOWA TO WORTHINGTON MINNESOTA. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WINDS TO 60 MPH. FLOODING... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN SOUTHEAST OF A LINE RUNNING ROUGHLY FROM TRACY MINNESOTA TO ROCK RAPIDS IOWA TO VERMILLION SOUTH DAKOTA. GENERAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 4 PM. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. LIEBL
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
540 PM CDT TUE AUG 01 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 PM HAIL 5 SW ROCK RAPIDS 43.37N 96.24W
08/01/2006 E1.00 INCH LYON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ACCOMPANYING HAIL.
&&
JLAFLINPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
549 PM CDT TUE AUG 01 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0547 PM HAIL 2 W ROCK RAPIDS 43.43N 96.21W
08/01/2006 E0.75 INCH LYON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JLAFLINPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
602 PM CDT TUE AUG 01 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 PM HAIL 2 W ROCK RAPIDS 43.43N 96.21W
08/01/2006 E0.88 INCH LYON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JLAFLINPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
631 PM CDT TUE AUG 01 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM HAIL 8 E ELLSWORTH 43.52N 95.86W
08/01/2006 E0.75 INCH NOBLES MN PUBLIC
&&
JLAFLINThe Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:51 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
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