Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

000 
WGUS73 KFSD 150830
FFSFSD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
324 AM CDT THU JUN 15 2006

IAC035-151115-
CHEROKEE IA-
324 AM CDT THU JUN 15 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR
CHEROKEE COUNTY...

AT 320 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA 
OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. RADAR RAINFALL 
ESTIMATES...UP TO AROUND 4 INCHES...HAS FALLEN IN THE MERIDEN AREA 
OF CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY SINCE MIDNIGHT. THE AUTOMATED WEATHER 
SYSTEM AT CHEROKEE HAS MEASURED 1.84 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 3 AM.  
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF CHEROKEE...WHERE 
AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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 4257 9570 4257 9541 4290 9541 4289 9572

$$
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000 
WGUS73 KFSD 151015
FFSFSD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
515 AM CDT THU JUN 15 2006

IAC035-151021-
CHEROKEE IA-
515 AM CDT THU JUN 15 2006

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STRONG 
THUNDERSTORMS OVER CHEROKEE COUNTY HAVE WEAKEND AND MOVED OUT       
OF THE COUNTY...ENDING THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING.  

RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE MERIDEN AREA OF 
CENTRAL CHEROKEE COUNTY SINCE MIDNIGHT. THE AUTOMATED WEATHER 
STATION AT CHEROKEE HAS MEASURED 2.69 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 5 AM 
THIS MORNING.  



LAT...LON 4257 9570 4257 9541 4290 9541 4289 9572

$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
855 PM CDT WED JUN 14 2006

.DISCUSSION...
LOTS TO TALK ABOUT THIS EVENING WITH SEVERAL DISTURBANCES IMPINGING
ON CWA. FIRST...CONVECTION OVER EASTERN PORTION OF CWA IS SLIDING
OUT OF THE AREA PRODUCING SOME WELL NEEDED PRECIPITATION EAST OF
I-29. FURTHER WEST...STRONGER WINDS FROM ALOFT MIXED DOWN TO THE
SURFACE CREATING BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. EXPECT
THESE WINDS TO MARGINALLY DECREASE AS THE ATMOSPHERE STRATIFIES
SOME...BUT EXPECT WINDS TO REMAIN AT 10 TO 25 MUCH OF THE NIGHT.
WITH THE WINDS REMAINING IN THE BREEZY CATEGORY ACROSS THE
AREA...TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN RELATIVELY MILD AND HAVE RAISED
LOWS A FEW DEGREES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

SHORTWAVE VISIBLE ON WATER VAPOR IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA KICKING OFF A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH AND WEST OF FORECAST AREA. EXPECT THESE
THUNDERSTORMS TO WEAKEN AS THEY APPROACH THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CWA
THIS EVENING... BUT REGENERATE AS THEY CROSS MIDLEVEL BOUNDARY
CURRENTLY BISECTING CWA. BAND OF ALTO CUMULUS DENOTING
BOUNDARY...WHICH IS CURRENTLY EXTENDING FROM KHON TO KSLB. BOUNDARY
MAY SLIDE SLIGHTLY NORTH OF ITS CURRENT POSITION BEFORE INTERACTING
WITH SHORTWAVE...BUT STILL EXPECTING BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN LATE
TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. MOST UNSTABLE CAPE VALUES ARE
BETWEEN 1000 AND 1500 J/KG IN THAT NECK OF THE WOODS...BUT WITH
FAIRLY HIGH WET BULB ZERO AND FREEZING LEVEL...MAY BE TOUGH TO GET
AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL DOWN TO THE SURFACE. MODELS
UNDERFORECASTING LOW LEVEL JET SOME...WITH 50 KNOTS SHOWING UP ON
VAD AT 2000 TO 3000 FT AGL...BUT WITH LIMITED AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE
UPSTREAM...WILL BE STUCK DEALING WITH WHAT IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE
AREA.

DEPENDING ON HOW LONG RAIN LINGERS AROUND I-29 CORRIDOR
TOMORROW...HIGH TEMPERATURES MAY NEED TO BE TRENDED DOWN IN SIOUX
FALLS. DO NOT EXPECT RAIN TO LINGER AS LONG AS TODAY HOWEVER...SO
HAVE LEFT CURRENT FORECAST HIGH ALONE FOR NOW. UPDATED GRIDS...PFM
AND ZFP POSTED.

&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...
TRW CONT TO FIRE UP ALONG AND E OF BDNRY LOCATED FM HON TO SLB. AS
H85 WNDS BECOME MORE SELY LATE THIS AFTN IN RESPONSE TO NEXT S/W
MOVG OUT OF ROCKIES...AND THIS SHUD KILL PRECIP CURRENTLY GOING ON
ATTM AS CONVERGENCE WL WEAKEN. S/W COMING OUT OF ROCKIES WL AFFECT
ERN CWA LATER TONIGHT AND THU MORN...SIMILAR TO THIS AM AS LOW LEVEL
BNDRY WL REMAIN IN PLACE...AND LLJ WL INCREASE AFT 06Z. SO WL GO
WITH HIGHEST POPS FRI MORN ALONG AND E OF I29. PRECIP SHUD NOT LAST
AS LONG AS TODAY AS STG MID LEVEL WARMING WL SPREAD INTO ERN CWA BY
18Z THUS CAPPING ENVIROMENT. SO TEMPS ACRS ERN CWA WL NOT BE AS COOL
AS TODAY...BUT WL STILL GO LOWER THAN GUID E OF I29 DUE TO EXPECTED
RAIN COOLED AIR. SHUD BE HOT AGAIN ACRS SWRN CWA ON THU.

SFC CDFNT WL PUSH INTO ERN CWA THU NIGHT WHILE ANOTHER S/W EJECTS
NEWD OUT OF CNTRL ROCKIES. BEST CHC FOR ANY TRW WL BE AFT O6Z WHEN
MID LEVEL COOLING TAKES PLACE AND LOOKS LIKE SERN HALF OF CWA WL SEE
BEST CHC FOR TRW. WL LINGER THIS PRECIP INTO FRI MORN ERN CWA. SHUD
BE COOLER ON FRI BEHIND S/W WITH EXPECTED RAIN COOLED AIR AND CLOUDS.

ANOTHER S/W WILL BEING ANOTHER CHC OF TRW FRI NITE INTO SAT
MORN...AGAIN WITH BEST CHC ACRS SERN HALF OF CWA.

MODELS NOW STRONGER ON UPPER LOW LIFTING NEWD OUT OF WRN US AN ALONG
CANADIAN BORDER...WITH ETA APPEARING A LTL TOO STRONG. STILL SHUD BE
COOLER THIS WEEKND THAN PREV FCST AS FLOW ALOFT WL BE MORE WNWLY. WL
LEAVE SAT AND SUN DRY FOR NOW.

RIDGE WL BUILD BACKUP ON MON AND TUES WITH RETURN TO HEAT AND
HUMIDITY. CDFNT WL STALL ACRS CNTRL SD MON NITE AND CUD PRODUCE A
FEW TRW FAR W LATE. BETTER CHC OF TRW TUE NITE AS FNT MOVES
THRU...BUT DYNAMICS ARE WEAK AND RIDGE REMAINS IN PLACE.

&&

.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.

&&

BT/

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
949 PM CDT WED JUN 14 2006

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-151200-
AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA-
CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE-
DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-
IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN-
LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN-
SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON-
949 PM CDT WED JUN 14 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
BY MIDNIGHT...AND THEN OVER THE JAMES VALLEY AFTER MIDNIGHT. A
FEW STORMS COULD CONTAIN NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NORTH AND EAST OF
A LINE FROM HURON SOUTH DAKOTA TO STORM LAKE IOWA LATER TONIGHT.
AT THE PRESENT TIME...THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
SEVERE...BUT HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
AND NORTHWEST IOWA INTO THURSDAY MORNING. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA THURSDAY
EVENING...THEN SPREADING INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND FAR
NORTHWEST IOWA LATER THURSDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS
PRODUCING PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS
TIME.

ANY THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD WANE DURING THE MORNING FRIDAY...WITH
REDEVELOPMENT AGAIN POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE AREA BY FRIDAY
EVENING. A WEAKENING MID LEVEL CAP...ALONG WITH BETTER RETURN OF
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...COULD LEAD TO DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE STORMS
FRIDAY EVENING. AT THIS TIME...THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY
REGARDING WHERE THE GREATER CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL
BE...HOWEVER IT APPEARS THE MOST LIKELY THREAT WILL BE LARGE
HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 11 PM CDT IN SOUTH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

RSR

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
125 AM CDT THU JUN 15 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0122 AM     HAIL             3 S MERIDEN             42.75N 95.63W
06/15/2006  E0.88 INCH       CHEROKEE           IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LOTS OF NICKEL SIZED HAIL. VERY HEAVY RAIN ACCOMPANIED
            THE HAIL CAUSING PONDING ON HIGHWAYS.

&&

GHARMON