Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 27 to 28, 2008

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
315 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2008

.DISCUSSION...

NOT MUCH GOING ON AS OF 19Z WITH FNT STALLED ACRS SE SD AND SW MN.
CAPPING STILL IN PLACE WITH SOME WAA AT H85. CLOUD COVER ALSO
PREVENTING GOOD MIXING NEAR FNT. SO WL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THIS EVE
WHEN S/W GETS CLOSER TO CWA. THIS SHUD START TO PRODUCE SOME SCT
ELEVATED STORMS NEAR THE FNT ACRS SW MN AND THEN BUILD SWWD ALONG
THE FNT INTO SE SD AND NW IA. LLM IS ALSO INCREASING AND AS STORMS
BEGIN TO DEVELOP...SHUD BE ABLE TO TAP INTO SOME OF THE LLM AS
COOLER AIR ALOFT WITH S/W BREAKS CAP. NOT TOO SURE THAT WE WILL SEE
A LOT OF SVR WX...BUT CUD SEE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AS STORM MOTION WL
BE FM W TO E ALONG STALLED BNDRY. WL GO WITH HIGHEST POPS FM LATE
EVENING THRU ABOUT 06Z OR 07Z AND THEN CUT BACK POPS AGAIN AS S/W
PULLS AWAY. GFS HAS PRECIP HANGING BACK ACRS SRN CWA THRU 12Z
THU...SO WL NEED TO WATCH FOR THAT ESPEC FOR HEAVY RAINS. FURTHER
W...PBLY WL NOT SEE ANY PRECIP AS DRIER AIR IN PLACE...BUT CANNOT
RULE OUT A STRAY STORM THIS EVE AS FAR W AS THE JAMES VALLEY.

BY THURSDAY MORNING...BOUNDARY WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS OUR
NORTHWESTERN IOWA ZONES...AND COULD SEE A CONTINUATION OF CONVECTION
OVER THIS AREA THROUGH 15Z WITH LINGERING THETA E
ADVECTION/INSTABILITY INTERACTING WITH LAST IMPULSE ROUNDING THE
MAIN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. PRECIPITATION SHOULD WIND DOWN PRETTY
QUICKLY BY LATE MORNING AS THE MAIN ENERGY FINALLY SWINGS THROUGH TO
OUR NORTH...PULLING DYNAMICS TO THE EAST AS DRIER AIR WORKS INTO THE
REGION. WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY BREEZY BEHIND THE SYSTEM WITH
ENSUING LOWER/MIDLEVEL CAA AND SURFACE PRESSURE RISES ALLOWING
HIGHER WINDS FROM ALOFT TO MIX DOWN. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE CLOSE TO
NORMAL...IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. THURSDAY LOOKS LIKE A COOLER
NIGHT WITH DYING WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES.

ON FRIDAY...SOUTHERLY FLOW BEGINS TO RETURN TO THE REGION AS SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE AXIS SHIFTS TO OUR SOUTHEAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN
WARMER TEMPERATURES IN THE AFTERNOON...WITH A FEW MID CLOUDS OVER
OUR FAR NORTH WITH LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ZONE/WEAK SHORTWAVE
RESIDING FROM NORTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA.

MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE PATTERN FOR THE WEEKEND...AS UPPER
LEVEL RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE REGION. UNDER A STRONG SOUTHERLY
FLOW...TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TO 4 TO 8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR
THIS TIME OF YEAR...AS 850 MB READINGS GET INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO
LOWER 20S C. SUNDAY WILL BE THE WARMER DAY...IN THE UPPER 80S TO
LOWER 90S ACROSS THE CWA. DID STAY BELOW WARMEST GUIDANCE HOWEVER
WITH SURFACE WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST. WILL BE PRETTY BREEZY BOTH
DAYS...ESPECIALLY IN OUR WESTERN AREAS...AS A TIGHT PRESSURE
GRADIENT SETS UP ACROSS THE REGION IN RESPONSE TO A DEVELOPING
SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES/WESTERN HIGH PLAINS.

MODELS THEN BEGIN TO DIVERGE SOMEWHAT BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK
WITH RESPECT TO THE PROGRESSION OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SWINGING
THROUGH THE WESTERN U.S. LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. EVEN SO...ALL
POINT TOWARD THE UPPER SYSTEM AND SURFACE REFLECTION GETTING INTO
OUR AREA IN THE TUESDAY TO EARLY WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME. WITH THAT IN
MIND...DID KEEP SMALL POPS IN THE FORECAST TOWARD THE END OF THE
EXTENDED PERIOD. WHILE TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO COOL DOWN FOR THE
BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK...SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO ONSET OF
COOLING IN CONSIDERATION OF ABOVE MENTIONED MODEL DISCREPANCIES.

&&

.AVIATION...

GENLY VFR...BUT CUD SEE MVFR CIGS AND VSBY IS SCT TRW 00Z-10Z MAINLY
ALONG AND E OF I29. POTENTIAL FOR LOCAL IFR CIGS AND VSBYS 10Z-14Z
ACRS NW IA.

&&

.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.

&&

JM

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
950 AM CDT WED AUG 27 2008

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-281200-
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-
950 AM CDT WED AUG 27 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REDEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR
EARLY EVENING MAINLY EAST OF A BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA TO TYNDALL
SOUTH DAKOTA LINE.

 SOME STORMS DURING THIS PERIOD COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH HAIL
TO THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH THE PRIMARY
THREATS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTINUE FROM EXTREME
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO NORTHWEST IOWA OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER THE
SEVERE THREAT IS EXPECTED TO WANE AFTER 10 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING INTO EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA. THESE STORMS
WILL NOT BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 5 PM EAST OF A LINE
FROM BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA TO TYNDALL SOUTH DAKOTA.

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

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
431 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2008

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

0410 PM     HAIL             1 E WORTHING            43.33N 96.75W
08/27/2008  E0.88 INCH       LINCOLN            SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

0420 PM     HAIL             2 E WORTHING            43.33N 96.73W
08/27/2008  E1.00 INCH       LINCOLN            SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

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MG