Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Issued

Jun 24, 2003, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)

Expired

Jun 25, 2003, 12:30 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Charles Mix County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD

000 
WGUS53 KFSD 250130
FFWFSD
SDC023-043-053-250530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
828 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GREGORY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
  CHARLES MIX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
  DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 828 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL UP TO 5 TO 6 INCHES OVER PARTS OF 
THIS AREA...WITH ONE HOUR RAINFALL RATES APPROACHING 3 INCHES. RADAR 
ALSO INDICATES A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH OF THE 
AREA IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...MOVE NORTH TO NORTHEAST INTO THE WARNED 
AREA. THEREFORE THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE PERIODICALLY 
THROUGH THE ENTIRE EVENING HOURS.

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 4348 9813 4300 9814 4301 9948 4347 9948

$$

MJF

000 
WGUS73 KFSD 250328
FFSFSD
SDC023-043-053-250400-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1028 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CANCELLED FOR...

...GREGORY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
...CHARLES MIX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
...DOUGLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...

THE MAIN LINE OF HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA AS A COLD 
FRONT IS MOVES THROUGH. BE AWARE OF ANY RESIDUAL WATER PROBLEMS IN 
LOW LYING AREAS.

$$

Flash Flood Warnings in South Dakota, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.