Alert archive / South Dakota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2005, 7:05 PM CDT for Hand County, Hyde County, South Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 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
- Aug 3, 2005, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2005, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hand County, SD, Hyde County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 8:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 E Highmore, SD | TOWNSHIP ROADS UNDER WATER. |
| Aug 3, 8:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 W Ree Heights, SD | TOWNSHIP ROADS UNDER WATER. TRAIN TRACKS WASHED OUT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this flash flood warning; the first came 55 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 1422 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 358 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KABR 040007 FFWABR SDC059-069-040600- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 705 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... HAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. HYDE COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. * UNTIL 100 AM CDT. * AT 610 PM CDT(510 PM MDT)...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS WESTERN HAND AND EASTERN HYDE COUNTIES. * SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...HIGHMORE...MILLER DALE COLONY AND REE HEIGHTS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4469 9905 4431 9906 4431 9959 4469 9959 $$ ALBRECHT
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.
NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 3, 2:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 2:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 2 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 .SHORT TERM...TONITE THROUGH SATURDAY NITE MAIN CONCERNS IN THE SHORT RANGE CENTER AROUND THIS EVENING. PER LAPS DATA SURFACE FRONT HAS PUSHED ENTIRELY THROUGH CWA. HOWEVER POST FRONTAL MOISTURE AND DIABATIC HEATING ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERATE TO EXTREMELY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS OVER THE LOWER MO AND JAMES VALLEY. MEANWHILE DRY AIR IS PUSHING INTO THE NORTHWEST CWA AND THIS SHOULD LIMIT PCPN OVER THIS AREA. BOTH NAM/GFS POINT TOWARD SOUTHEAST/SC SOUTH DAKOTA AS THE HOT SPOTS THIS EVENING...AND THAT SEEMS ABOUT RIGHT BASED ON LAPS DATA. ALSO LOOKS LIKE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF 3H JET WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING HELPING TO ENHANCE ACTIVITY. MOST OF THE PCPN SHOULD BE OUT OF THE ABR CWA BY MIDNIGHT AS DRIER AIR ADVECTS INTO THE REGION. REALLY NOT TOO MANY ISSUES FOR THE REST OF THE SHORT RANGE. ANOTHER WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY DROPS INTO THE NORTHERN CWA ON SATURDAY...BUT FOR NOW WILL KEEP GRIDS DRY SINCE MID LEVEL THERMAL RIDGE BEGINS REASSERTING ITSELF AND PROBABLY WILL CAP OFF MOST ACTIVITY. AS FOR TEMPS...LOOKS PLEASANT FOR NEXT COUPLE DAYS AS AIR OF CANADIAN ORIGIN MAKES ITS WAY INTO THE FORECAST AREA. .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EXTENDED TERM LOOKING SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST FOR THE MOST PART...WITH THE PERIOD BEGINNING WITH AN UPPER RIDGE IN CONTROL OF THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL US. THIS ALLOWS FOR HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE STATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. LOOKS AS IF UPPER RIDGE FLATTENS OUT AS A WEAK WAVE TRAVELS THROUGH SOUTHERN CANADA. THIS WILL SWING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE CWA TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. LATEST GFS AND ECMWF IN SOMEWHAT AGREEMENT. SOME DISCONTINUITY FROM RUN TO RUN IN THE GFS...WITH THE COLD FRONT PREVIOUSLY PROGGED TO COME THROUGH MONDAY. OPTED TO REMOVE POPS FOR MONDAY WITH THE SOLUTION LOOKING SLOWER...BUT WAS HESITANT TO PUT IN MENTION FOR TUESDAY WITH THE NEW POSITION OF THE FRONT. WITH THE AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY...DECIDED TO JUST LEAVE THE FORECAST DRY FOR NOW. OTHERWISE LATEST GFS SOLUTION SHOWING WARMER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE EXTENDED...SO UPPED TEMPS SUNDAY AND MONDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA. H85 TEMPS RANGING IN THE MID 20S TO AROUND 30C THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. IF THIS PANS OUT THE CURRENT FORECAST OF UPPER 80S TO MID 90S MAY BE STILL BE TOO COOL. && .ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. MN...NONE. && TDK/ALBRECHT
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 5:41 AM CDT, 13 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 541 AM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 SDZ003>005-009-015-041039- CAMPBELL-CORSON-DEWEY-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH- 541 AM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BY MID MORNING ACROSS THIS AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-010-011-016>023-033>037-045-048-051-041039- BIG STONE-BROWN-BUFFALO-CLARK-CODINGTON-DAY-DEUEL-EDMUNDS-FAULK- GRANT-HAMLIN-HAND-HUGHES-HYDE-JONES-LYMAN-MARSHALL-POTTER-ROBERTS- SPINK-STANLEY-SULLY-TRAVERSE- 541 AM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...AS WELL AS BIG STONE AND TRAVERSE COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THIS AREA FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WHEATON MINNESOTA TO ABERDEEN SOUTH DAKOTA TO PIERRE SOUTH DAKOTA. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS ARE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED BY 3 PM CDT. DORN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 3, 1:58 PM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
158 PM CDT WED AUG 03 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1210 AM HAIL 5 NE LEOLA 45.77N 98.86W
08/03/2005 1.00 INCH MCPHERSON SD PUBLIC
0200 AM HAIL 5 E BRISTOL 45.35N 97.65W
08/03/2005 0.75 INCH DAY SD PUBLIC
0226 AM TSTM WND GST LANGFORD 45.60N 97.83W
08/03/2005 60 MPH MARSHALL SD LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES - POWER OUT
0304 AM TSTM WND GST BROWNS VALLEY 45.59N 96.83W
08/03/2005 60 MPH TRAVERSE MN PUBLIC
TREES DOWN ON HWY 27
&&
GMSpecial weather statement, Aug 3, 3:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 320 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 SDZ006>008-010-011-016>023-033>037-045-048-051-040130- BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-EDMUNDS-DAY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES- LYMAN-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...BRITTON...SISSETON... IPSWICH...WEBSTER...GETTYSBURG...FAULKTON...REDFIELD...CLARK... WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE...FORT PIERRE... ONIDA...PIERRE...HIGHMORE...MILLER...MURDO...PRESHO... FORT THOMPSON 320 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 /220 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2005/ ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 699 IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 PM CDT... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 699. STANLEY...JONES...BUFFALO...LYMAN...HUGHES...SULLY...HYDE...HAND...POTTER... FAULK...EDMUNDS...BROWN...SPINK...MARSHALL...CLARK...CODINGTON...DAY ...DEUEL...HAMLIN...GRANT AND ROBERTS. SEVERE HAIL AND SEVERE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE COUNTIES THROUGH 10 PM CDT. TDK
Local storm report, Aug 3, 4:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
413 PM CDT WED AUG 03 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0405 PM HAIL 10 N DRAPER 44.07N 100.54W
08/03/2005 1.00 INCH JONES SD PUBLIC
&&
GMLocal storm report, Aug 3, 4:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
455 PM CDT WED AUG 03 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0435 PM TSTM WND GST 24 SSW MILLER 44.20N 99.17W
08/03/2005 70 MPH HAND SD PUBLIC
8 INCH BRANCHES BROKEN OUT OF TREE
&&
GMLocal storm report, Aug 3, 5:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
519 PM CDT WED AUG 03 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0426 PM HAIL 15 NW GANN VALLEY 44.19N 99.20W
08/03/2005 0.88 INCH BUFFALO SD PUBLIC
&&
GMSpecial weather statement, Aug 3, 6:50 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 650 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 SDZ006-010-016-017-033>036-045-048-040046- BROWN-EDMUNDS-FAULK-HUGHES-HYDE-JONES-LYMAN-POTTER-STANLEY-SULLY- 650 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 699 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BROWN...EDMUNDS...FAULK...HYDE...SULLY...HUGHES...STANLEY...JONES AND LYMAN COUNTIES IN SOUTH DAKOTA. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS THESE AREAS AND THUS THE WATCH WILL BE CANCELLED FOR THESE COUNTIES. ALBRECHT
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.