Alert archive / South Dakota / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996

Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Aberdeen, SD

July 21, 1996Dewey County, Stanley County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this flash flood warning at Jul 21, 1996, 3:30 AM MDT for Dewey County, Stanley County, South Dakota. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 21, 1996, 3:30 AM MDT (09:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 1996, 4:00 AM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dewey County, SD, Stanley County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 1996-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 1996-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
344 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Jul 20, 10:21 PM MDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
SDZ033-045-211025-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1120 PM CDT (1020 PM MDT) SAT JUL 20 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT (4 AM MDT)...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR JONES AND STANLEY
COUNTIES OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 5 AM CDT...OR
4 AM MDT. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF MURDO AND FORT PIERRE.

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEV<ERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN AND CLOSE TO THE
WATCH AREA. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE APPROACH OF THREATENING
WEATHER...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS
ISSUED.

MIDDLEBROOKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 6:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Lyman64 min
Jul 20, 6:06 PM MDTTornado WarningABRSully49 min
Jul 20, 7:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRLyman59 min
Jul 20, 11:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSully48 min
Jul 21, 12:00 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBuffalo, Lyman30 min
Jul 21, 1:27 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHyde, Sully43 min
Jul 21, 1:33 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes32 min
Jul 21, 1:42 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRLyman48 min
Jul 21, 2:34 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRPotter31 min
Jul 21, 3:30 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Stanley30 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.