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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 23, 2003Dixon County, Nebraska

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flash flood warning at Jun 23, 2003, 11:13 PM CDT for Dixon County, Nebraska. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 2003, 11:13 PM CDT (04:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2003, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dixon County, NE

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 298 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2003-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1534 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2003-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1534 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
996 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
407 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KFSD 240417
FFWFSD
NEC051-240615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1113 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DIXON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1113 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR 
  INDICATES THAT BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE 
  NORTHERN PART OF DIXON COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT ADDITIONAL 
  THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS DIXON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 2
  HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE 
  115 AM. 

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 WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 4229 9700 4230 9675 4265 9675 4271 9699

$$

BOUSTEAD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KFSD 240706
FFSFSD
NEC051-240715-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
205 AM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED FOR...

...DIXON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...

THE HEAVY RAIN THAT THREATENED THE AREA EARLIER HAS SHIFTED NORTH 
AND EAST...AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT.

$$

08

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 10:04 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDDixon56 min
Jun 23, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDakota58 min
Jun 23, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDixon30 min
Jun 23, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDakota28 min
Jun 24, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDixon30 min
Jun 24, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDixon49 min
Jun 24, 5:52 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDDixon38 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.