Alert archive / South Dakota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2004, 4:50 AM CDT for Minnehaha County, South Dakota. It was in force for 55 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2004, 4:50 AM CDT (09:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2004, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Minnehaha County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 5:20 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Sioux Falls, SD | WATER IN BASEMENTS AND STREET FLOODING. |
| Jun 16, 5:20 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Sioux Falls, SD | WATER IN BASEMENTS AND STREET FLOODING. |
| Jun 16, 5:40 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Sioux Falls, SD | 6.20 INCHES OF RAIN AND BASEMENT FLOODING. |
| Jun 16, 5:40 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Sioux Falls, SD | 6.20 INCHES OF RAIN AND BASEMENT FLOODING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KFSD 160952 CCA FFWFSD SDC099-161045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 450 AM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 545 AM CDT * AT 448 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER SIOUX FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE OCCURED IN SIOUX FALLS BETWEEN 4 AM AND 445 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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. LAT...LON 4363 9683 4353 9682 4352 9649 4364 9649 $$ CJ
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KFSD 161007 CCA FFSFSD SDC099-161045- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 503 AM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR... ...SOUTHERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... AT 5 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY. 2.05 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN AT THE SIOUX FALLS AIRPORT BETWEEN 4 AND 5 AM. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE SIOUX FALLS AREA THROUGH 545 AM CDT. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4368 9647 4350 9648 4350 9693 4367 9693 $$ CJ
000 WGUS73 KFSD 161031 FFSFSD SDC099-161045- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 528 AM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR... ...SOUTHERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... AT 528 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SIOUX FALLS AREA. 2.83 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN AT THE SIOUX FALLS AIRPORT SINCE 4 AM CDT. 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. LAT...LON 4368 9648 4352 9647 4352 9699 4369 9696 $$ CPJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings, Kingsbury | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Brookings | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 5:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 6:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 10:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Union | 113 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in South Dakota, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.