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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 10, 2007Lyon County, Sioux County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2007, 5:27 PM CDT for Lyon County, Sioux County, Iowa. It was in force for 93 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2007, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lyon County, IA, Sioux County, IA

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 12:00Z on 2007-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 896 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2007-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
896 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KFSD 102228
FFWFSD
IAC119-167-110000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
527 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL LYON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
  NORTH CENTRAL SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 525 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR DOON...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
  SOUTH OF ROCK RAPIDS...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL  REMAIN OVER   MAINLY 
  RURAL AREAS OF BETWEEN DOON AND HULL.

UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR THE SIOUX AND LYON COUNTY 
LINE WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH EXPECTED.  RUNOFF 
FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WATER OVER ROADS AND 
RAPID RISES IN SMALL CREEKS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

LAT...LON 4321 9633 4319 9615 4331 9609 4333 9628

$$

SCHUMACHER
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KFSD 102312
FFSFSD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
609 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

IAC119-167-110000-
LYON IA-SIOUX IA-
609 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL SIOUX AND SOUTH CENTRAL LYON COUNTIES...

AT 609 PM CDT...THE STORM WHICH HAD PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAD 
DISSIPATED. HOWEVER...RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
FALLEN IN THE VICINITY OF ROCK VALLEY AND DOON. THEREFORE... 
CONTINUED WATER RUNOFF CONTINUES TO PRODUCE THE THREAT OF WATER OVER 
THE RURAL ROADWAYS. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF 
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST IOWA.

LAT...LON 4321 9633 4319 9615 4331 9609 4333 9628

$$

SCHUMACHER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDO'Brien36 min
Jun 10, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon, Sioux47 min
Jun 10, 4:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDLyon, Sioux58 min
Jun 10, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon, Sioux48 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.