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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 16, 1990Murray County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 1990, 10:04 PM CDT for Murray County, Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 1990, 10:04 PM CDT (03:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 1990, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area: Whole counties

County Murray County, MN

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KFSD 170308
FFWFSD
MNC033-063-081-083-101-105-170600-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1004 PM CDT  JUN 16 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
          ...COTTONWOOD...JACKSON...LINCOLN...LYON...MURRAY...NOBLES
 
WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES HAD FALLEN AND WAS
CONTINUING TO FALL OVER THE AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE REPORTED TO
BE FLOODING AS WELL AS MAJOR STREET AND URBAN FLOODING. RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO FALL FOR ANOTHER 1 TO 2 HOURS.
 
THE VIADUCT ON HIGHWAY 60 UNDER INTERSTATE 90 WAS COMPLETELY FLOODED.
MANY CARS WERE REPORTED TO BE UNDER WATER.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURING OR IS
IMMINENT. ACT QUICKLY TO SAVE YOURSELF. GET OUT OF LOWLAND AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING. AVOID ALREADY FLOODED AREAS. CAMPERS ALONG
STREAMS AND SMALL RIVERS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERo SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

SDZ010-161930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
750 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 1990

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 11 PM CDT.

AT 730 PM CDT...A ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WAS
LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROOKINGS NEAR ELKTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

ALSO...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AN NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
OVER EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THE AREA WAS FROM NORTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA TO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND EAST OF A LINE FROM SISSETON
TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PIERRE TO SOUTH OF LAKE ANDES NEAR THE
MISSOURI RIVER. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMSz WERE 30 MILES EAST OF
YANKTON AND 20 MILES NORTH OF SIOUX FALLS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 50
MILES AN HOUR.
MOHR

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 8:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

SDZ012-170130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY..CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
750 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 1990

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL 11 PM CDT.

AT 730 PM CDT...A ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WAS
LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BROOKINGS NEAR ELKTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

ALSO...A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AN NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
OVER EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THE AREA WAS FROM NORTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA TO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND EAST OF A LINE FROM SISSETON
TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PIERRE TO SOUTH OF LAKE ANDES NEAR THE
MISSOURI RIVER. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 30 MILES EAST OF
YANKTON AND 20 MILES NORTH OF SIOUX FALLS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 50
MILES AN HOUR.
MOHR

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 8:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

SDZ015-016-017-018-019-020-MNZ017-IAZ004-170200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
819 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 11PM CDT...

AT 8PM CDT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 2 TO 5 INCHES OF
RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLOODING.

DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUED ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA
THIS EVENING SO KEEP ABREAST TO LOCAL T.V. AND RADIO FOR THE LASTEST
WEATHER UPDATES.

MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

Local storm report, Jun 16, 9:07 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HURON SD
905 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 1990

STORM DATA FOR SAT JUN 16 1990...INCOMPLETE

TIME            COUNTY...LOCATION          CHARACTER OF STORM...DAMAGE

155 PM CDT      JONES CO...7 WSW MUDO      1/4 TO 1/2 INCH HAIL AND
                                           HEAVY RAIN...SPOTTER

200 PM CDT      LYMAN CO...DRAPER          1 INCH HAIL AND APPROX. 2
                                           INCHES OF RAIN/STREET
                                           FLOODING...STATE RADIO

210 PM CDT      LYMAN CO...PRESHO          3/4 INCH HAIL...STATE RADIO

215 PM CDT      LYMAN CO...1 W VIVIAN      3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL CAR
                                           HEADLIGHTS BROKEN...SPOTTER

215 PM CDT      LYMAN CO...PRESHO          1 3/4 INCH HAIL AND HEAVY
                                           RAIN...SPOTTER

215 PM CDT      LYMAN CO...PRESHO          1/2 INCH HAIL...HEAVY RAIN
                                           AND 20 TO 30 MPH WIND

220 PM CDT      LYMAN CO...4 NE VIVIAN     1/2 TO 1 3/4 INCH HAIL...
                                           SPOTTER

325 PM CDT      BUFFALO CO...              1/4 INCH HAIL AND HEAVY
                FORT THOMPSON              RAIN...GAME WARDON

335 PM CDT      BUFFALO CO...10 SE         1/4 INCH HAIL AND HEAVY
                      STEPHAN              RAIN...SPOTTER

430 PM CDT      BEADLE CO...7 W VIRGIL     1/2 INCH HAIL...HEAVY RAIN
                                           AND 40 TO 55 MPH WIND...
                                           SPOTTER

435 PM CDT      JERAULD CO...18 SW HURON   1 INCH HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN...
                                           GENERAL PUBLIC
615 PM CDT      MINER CO...ROSWELL         1 3/4 INCH HAIL...GENERAL
                                           PUBLIC

615 PM CDT      MINER CO...3 S FEDORA      TORNADO...GENERAL PUBLIC

HUTCHEON

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 9:15 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

SDZ-017-018-019-020-MNZ017-IAZ004-170315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
915 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 11PM CDT...

AT 9PM CDT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA.
MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING EAST OF A LINE
FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA TO 30 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY NEAR VERMILLION SOUTH DAKOTA. STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA.

ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCA*TED 35 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BROOKINGS NEAR ARMOUR SOUTH DAKOTA.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF VERY HEAVY RAINS AND WERE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 9:18 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

SDZ-017-018-019-020-MNZ017-IAZ004-170315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT     ...CORRECTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
915 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA UNTIL 11PM CDT...

AT 9PM CDT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA.
MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING EAST OF A LINE
FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA TO 30 MILES
NORTHWEST OF SIOUX CITY NEAR VERMILLION SOUTH DAKOTA. STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA.

ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH VER/Y HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 35 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MITCHELL NEAR ARMOUR SOUTH DAKOTA.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF VERY HEAVY RAINS AND WERE
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Pipestone	36 min
Jun 16, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Nobles	26 min
Jun 16, 10:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Lyon	3 hr
Jun 16, 10:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles	3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 1990 Every flash flood warning in 1990

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.