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Flood Watch 5, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 16, 20064 counties in South Dakota; 11 counties in Iowa; 6 counties in Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flood watch at Jun 16, 2006, 5:51 PM CDT for 4 counties in South Dakota; 11 counties in Iowa; 6 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2006, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2006, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Flood severity
None
All 21 counties

Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Ida County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Clay County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Union County, SD

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Jun 16, 3:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 3:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 11:01 AM CDT, 6 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1101 AM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-171200-
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-
1101 AM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN NEBRASKA...THEN TRY TO START DEVELOPING EASTWARD ACROSS
SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA INTO NORTHWEST IOWA BY THIS EVENING. AN
ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WHEN DAYTIME HEATING WILL PROVIDE THE
GREATEST INSTABILITY. DURING INITIAL STORM DEVELOPMENT...THERE WILL
BE A LAYER OF RELATIVELY DRY AIR ALOFT...CREATING THE POSSIBILITY OF
SEVERE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. WITH A DEEP WARM LAYER OF AIR
OVER THE AREA...ONLY MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL IS EXPECTED.

FLOODING...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM THE
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. THE GREATEST CHANCE OF HEAVY
RAIN WILL BE SOUTHEAST OF A TYNDALL TO JACKSON MINNESOTA
LINE...WITH THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN AROUND CHEROKEE COUNTY WHERE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN FELL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY ACROSS PARTS OF
NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 3 PM AND 8 PM
SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM VERMILLION SOUTH DAKOTA TO WINDOM
MINNESOTA.

&&

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

08

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 4:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
412 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006

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

0409 PM     HAIL             HURLEY                  43.28N 97.09W
06/16/2006  E1.75 INCH       TURNER             SD   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            NICKEL TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. VERY WINDY.

&&

BRUBY
Local storm report, Jun 16, 4:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 16, 4:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
423 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006

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

0326 PM     HAIL             TABOR                   42.95N 97.66W
06/16/2006  E1.00 INCH       BON HOMME          SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SOME SMALL BRANCHES DOWN AS WELL

&&

JLAFLIN
Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:22 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
522 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006

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

0519 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SIOUX CITY              42.50N 96.39W
06/16/2006                   WOODBURY           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ON AND EXIT RAMPS ALONG I-29 ARE UNDER WATER.

&&

JLAFLIN
Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:51 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
551 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006

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

0400 PM     HAIL             8 W SIOUX CENTER        43.08N 96.33W
06/16/2006  M0.75 INCH       SIOUX              IA   PUBLIC

0400 PM     TSTM WND GST     8 W SIOUX CENTER        43.08N 96.33W
06/16/2006  E70.00 MPH       SIOUX              IA   PUBLIC

            WIND TORE DOOR OFF MACHINE SHED AND FRACTURED INTO THREE
            PIECES.

&&

JLAFLIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Charles Mix66 min
Jun 16, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDYankton60 min
Jun 16, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Turner63 min
Jun 16, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln57 min
Jun 16, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMinnehaha28 min
Jun 16, 5:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDUnion3 hr
Jun 16, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDSioux46 min
Jun 16, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon44 min
Jun 16, 5:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDPlymouth, Sioux3 hr
Jun 16, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDO'Brien18 min

Nearby

Flood Watches in Iowa, 2006Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2006Flood Watches in South Dakota, 2006Every flood watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.