Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2001, 9:55 PM CDT for Lyon County, Iowa; Jackson County, Nobles County, Rock County, Minnesota; Lincoln County, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2001, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2001, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lyon County, IA, Jackson County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Rock County, MN, Lincoln County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 233 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1925 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KFSD 130257 FFWFSD IAC119-MNC063-105-133-SDC083-099-130600- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 955 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA LYON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING * AT 950 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...ALONG WITH THE RAIN THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY ...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT TRY AND DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADWAYS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 11 min |
| Jun 12, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien, Osceola | 43 min |
| Jun 12, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | O'Brien, Osceola | 37 min |
| Jun 12, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 23 min |
| Jun 12, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Osceola | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Osceola | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon, Osceola | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 9:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Osceola | 95 min |
| Jun 12, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Osceola | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 23 min |
| Jun 12, 10:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Osceola | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 50 min |
| Jun 12, 10:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 28 min |
| Jun 13, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 24 min |
| Jun 13, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 30 min |
| Jun 13, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray, Rock | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Rock | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Rock | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Nobles | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Rock | 16 min |
| Jun 12, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 24 min |
| Jun 12, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson, Nobles | 43 min |
| Jun 12, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 12:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 7:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 8:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon | 14 min |
| Jun 13, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Kingsbury | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle | 23 min |
| Jun 12, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 16 min |
| Jun 12, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson, Hutchinson | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sanborn | 24 min |
| Jun 12, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Beadle, Sanborn | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 8:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 92 min |
| Jun 12, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Hanson, Hutchinson, McCook | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Kingsbury, Miner | 50 min |
| Jun 12, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Kingsbury, Miner | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | McCook | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | McCook | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings | 43 min |
| Jun 12, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Kingsbury | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Kingsbury | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 10:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Miner | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 10:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 24 min |
| Jun 12, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Kingsbury | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Miner | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 10:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Miner | 16 min |
| Jun 12, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake, Moody | 28 min |
| Jun 13, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule | 32 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2001Flash Flood Warnings in South Dakota, 2001Flash Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001
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.