Hail in South Dakota, August 19, 2009

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
425 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009

.DISCUSSION...

PRESENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER
NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH TRAILING COLD FRONT SOUTHWARD
THROUGH THE EASTERN JAMES RIVER VALLEY. ELEVATED CONVECTION HAS BEEN
FORMING LATE THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND THE FRONT...THROUGH WESTERN AND
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE...AND EXPECT THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO PUSH INTO OUR WESTERN AREAS BY LATER THIS AFTN...
THEN TRACK TO THE EAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS. HAVE HAD SOME
CLEARING AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AND COULD POP A FEW SEVERE STORMS IF
WE CAN CONTINUE TO GET SOME HEATING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH CAPE
VALUES IN EXCESS OF 1000 J/KG AND SOME DECENT SPEED/DIRECTIONAL
SHEAR. BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH LOWERING FREEZING HEIGHTS AND STEEP
LAPSE RATES...COULD ALSO SEE SOME STORMS WITH SMALL HAIL. LATER IN
THE NIGHT...WITH ABUNDANT SHORTWAVE ENERGY CROSSING THE AREA WILL
SEE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS...WITH HIGHEST
CHANCES IN OUR NORTHEAST CLOSEST TO THE UPPER LEVEL LOW. WITH CAA...
WILL SEE SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID AND UPPER 50S.

CLASSIC WRAPAROUND FOR THU WITH STG NWLY FLOW OF COOL MOIST AIR AND
SCT -SHRA ESP FOR THE NERN HLF OF THE CWA THRU THE AFTN. SO UPPED
POPS FM PREV FCST. ALSO LWRD HIGHS A COUPLE DEG AND UPPD WINDS A LIT
MORE. WRAPAROUND LIFTS NE OF AREA THU NGT WITH GRADUAL DCRS OF WINDS
AND CLOUDS. NWLY FLOW CONTINUES THRU FRI AND SHOULD MIX OUT FAIRLY
BREEZY MOST AREAS ALONG WITH A MODERATION OF AIR MASS. STILL WENT A
LIT COOLER THAN PREV FCST FOR FRI THRU SAT NGT AS COOLER AND DRIER
AIR LINGERS. RETURN TO SUMMER WX EXPCD FOR SUN THRU WED AS SLY FLOW
BRINGS BACK WARMER AND MORE HUMID AIR. NEXT CHC TSTMS WILL BE FROM
RIDGE RIDERS AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGGING SOUTH INTO THE AREA FROM
LATER MON NGT THRU WED. APPEARS BEST DYNAMICS HOLD OFF TIL TUE NGT
AND WED BASED ON COMPOSITE OF LONG RANGE MODELS.

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.AVIATION...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND WHILE VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL
THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT...THERE COULD BE A LOCAL LOWERING OF
CONDITIONS UNDER HEAVIER STORMS. TOWARD 12Z...MAY HAVE LOWERING OF
CEILINGS INTO THE MVFR RANGE AT THE KFSD AND KHON TAF SITES.

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.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

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

JM/RSR

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1122 AM CDT WED AUG 19 2009

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-201200-
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-
1122 AM CDT WED AUG 19 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD OVER THE AREA FROM THE
NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THIS EVENING. ISOLATED
STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO
60 MPH IN AREAS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM BROOKINGS TO
YANKTON. FURTHER NORTH AND WEST...AFTERNOON STORMS MAY PRODUCE
SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 4 PM IN AREAS GENERALLY
EAST OF A LINE FROM BROOKINGS TO YANKTON.

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