Alert archive / South Dakota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 2005, 12:56 AM CDT for Charles Mix County, South Dakota. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 21, 2005, 12:56 AM CDT (05:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2005, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Charles Mix County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:58 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 1:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Wagner, SD | 6 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER WAS REPORTED ON THE STREETS OF WAGNER BY THE LAKES ANDES WARNING POINT. |
| Jun 21, 3:11 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Wagner, SD | HIGHWAY 50 EAST OF LAKE ANDES CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER...UNABLE TO GET TO AREAS AROUND RAVINIA. IN WAGNER...CREEK FLOODED ON SOUTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN WITH UP TO 3 FEET OF WATER IN STREETS. |
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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 1190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KFSD 210559 FFWFSD SDC023-210900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1256 AM CDT TUE JUN 21 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CHARLES MIX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 400 AM CDT * AT 1256 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORM OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF CHARLES MIX COUNTY. THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS AS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WAS ESTIMATED ON RADAR BETWEEN LAKE ANDES AND WAGNER. WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH 230 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY AROUND GEDDES...LAKE ANDES AND WAGNER. 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 4336 9872 4321 9886 4286 9818 4316 9811 $$ SCHUMACHER
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KFSD 210612 FFSFSD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 108 AM CDT TUE JUN 21 2005 SDC023-210900- CHARLES MIX SD- 108 AM CDT TUE JUN 21 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR CHARLES MIX COUNTY... AT 108 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS EASTERN CHARLES MIX COUNTY AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. AT 100 AM CDT...CHARLES MIX COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER MOVING OVER STREETS IN WAGNER. WITH HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 230 AM...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED WHICH WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING AROUND WAGNER...LAKE ANDES AND GEDDES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 4336 9872 4321 9886 4286 9818 4316 9811 $$ SCHUMACHER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Clay, Union | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Union | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 23 min |
| Jun 20, 8:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Brookings | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Union | 61 min |
| Jun 20, 8:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Turner | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Turner | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brookings | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Gregory | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Turner | 37 min |
| Jun 20, 9:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Moody | 2 hr |
| Jun 20, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jerauld, Sanborn | 62 min |
| Jun 20, 10:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Clay | 2 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sanborn | 62 min |
| Jun 20, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Gregory | 60 min |
| Jun 20, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Turner | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | McCook | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Beadle, Jerauld | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Turner | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 10:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Yankton | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 10:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Beadle, Sanborn | 2 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison | 24 min |
| Jun 20, 11:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | McCook, Minnehaha, Turner | 2 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Yankton | 16 min |
| Jun 20, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Turner | 12 min |
| Jun 20, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson | 58 min |
| Jun 20, 11:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson | 2 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme | 25 min |
| Jun 20, 11:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Moody | 113 min |
| Jun 21, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix | 47 min |
| Jun 21, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule | 56 min |
| Jun 21, 1:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Bon Homme | 115 min |
| Jun 21, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Gregory | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Gregory | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 3:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Charles Mix | 3 hr |
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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.