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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 16, 2006Dakota County, Nebraska; Woodbury County, Iowa; Union County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2006, 7:37 PM CDT for Dakota County, Nebraska; Woodbury County, Iowa; Union County, South Dakota. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report 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, 2006, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2006, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Woodbury County, IA, Dakota County, NE, Union County, SD

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 7:55 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.65Sioux City, IA3.65 INCHES OF RAINFALL SO FAR AT THE NORTH END OF SIOUX CITY. LOTS OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND STANDING WATER IN THE DITCHES. ALL THE CREEKS, INCLUDING PERRY CREEK, ARE RUNNING HIGH AND FAST.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2006-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 371 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2006-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
371 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2359 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KFSD 170038
FFWFSD
IAC193-NEC043-SDC127-170415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
737 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
  WESTERN WOODBURY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
  SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 730 PM CDT...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA
  WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH TOWARD THE SIOUX CITY METRO
  AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE
  POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. POOR DRAINAGE URBAN AREAS WILL
  AGAIN LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING.

LAT...LON 4229 9654 4227 9628 4256 9619 4255 9646
      4259 9662

$$

CHAPMAN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KFSD 170312
FFSFSD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1011 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006

IAC193-NEC043-SDC127-170321-
WOODBURY IA-DAKOTA NE-UNION SD-
1011 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN UNION...EASTERN DAKOTA AND 
WESTERN WOODBURY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE THREAT FOR RAINFALL HAS TAPERED OFF IN AND AROUND THE SIOUX CITY 
METRO AREA LATE EVENING. HOWEVER...MORE RAINFALL WILL SPREAD BACK IN
FROM THE SOUTH AND WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE 
HEAVY AT TIMES.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM 
CDT.


LAT...LON 4229 9654 4227 9628 4256 9619 4255 9646
      4259 9662

$$

CHAPMAN

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2006Flash Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2006Flash Flood Warnings in South Dakota, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006

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.