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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 7, 2005Campbell County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2005, 8:56 PM CDT for Campbell County, South Dakota. It was in force for 6 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 7, 2005, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2005, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Campbell County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 123 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2005-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1199 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2005-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
1199 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KABR 080157
FFWABR
SDC021-080800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
856 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CAMPBELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT(200 AM MDT).

* AT 854 PM CDT(754 PM MDT)...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 1 HOUR 
IN POLLOCK.

* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE
  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING
  INCLUDE...ARTAS...HERREID AND MOUND CITY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AS MORE 
STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE COUNTY.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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 4590 9975 4562 9980 4562 10029 4590 10029

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KABR 080602
FFSABR

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
101 AM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

SDC021-080800-
CAMPBELL SD-
101 AM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CAMPBELL COUNTY UNTIL 300 AM
CDT(200 AM MDT)...

HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE COUNTY...HOWEVER RUNOFF WILL 
CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER COUPLE HOURS.  COUNTY ROADS AND LOW AREAS COULD 
BE UNDER WATER.  

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.

LAT...LON 4590 9975 4562 9980 4562 10029 4590 10029

$$
TDK
000 
WGUS73 KABR 080738
FFSABR

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
238 AM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

SDC021-080748-
CAMPBELL SD-
238 AM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CAMPBELL COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 4590 9975 4562 9980 4562 10029 4590 10029

$$
TDK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson44 min
Jun 7, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson60 min
Jun 7, 8:03 PM CDTTornado WarningABRJones57 min
Jun 7, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell63 min
Jun 7, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson21 min
Jun 7, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Hughes, Potter, Stanley, Sully58 min
Jun 7, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRJones, Lyman66 min
Jun 7, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, McPherson61 min
Jun 7, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHughes, Hyde, Potter, Sully42 min
Jun 7, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk, Hand60 min
Jun 7, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Edmunds62 min
Jun 7, 10:31 PM CDTTornado WarningABRMcPherson14 min
Jun 7, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSpink43 min
Jun 7, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRMcPherson44 min
Jun 7, 10:48 PM CDTTornado WarningABRBrown42 min
Jun 7, 10:50 PM CDTTornado WarningABREdmunds, McPherson40 min
Jun 7, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk, Hand42 min
Jun 7, 11:06 PM CDTTornado WarningABRDay, Spink24 min
Jun 7, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Codington, Hamlin64 min
Jun 7, 11:25 PM CDTTornado WarningABRMarshall50 min
Jun 7, 11:33 PM CDTTornado WarningABRBrown27 min
Jun 7, 11:35 PM CDTTornado WarningABRDay25 min
Jun 7, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds, McPherson31 min
Jun 7, 11:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRWalworth6 hr
Jun 7, 11:56 PM CDTTornado WarningABRRoberts49 min
Jun 7, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant31 min
Jun 8, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDeuel42 min
Jun 8, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington, Hamlin45 min
Jun 8, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant31 min
Jun 8, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDeuel31 min
Jun 8, 1:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRRoberts3 hr
Jun 8, 3:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRBrown12 hr

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.