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Flood Watch 5, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
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
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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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</html>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.
&&
BRUBYLocal storm report, Jun 16, 4:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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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
&&
JLAFLINLocal 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.
&&
JLAFLINLocal storm report, Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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</html>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.
&&
JLAFLINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Yankton | 60 min |
| Jun 16, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Turner | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 5:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Union | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 5:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Sioux | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien | 18 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.