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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 16, 2007Union County, South Dakota; Woodbury County, Iowa; Dakota County, Nebraska

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2007, 5:20 PM CDT for Union County, South Dakota; Woodbury County, Iowa; Dakota County, Nebraska. It was in force for 115 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2007, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2007, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

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

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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, 5:25 PM CDTFLASH FLOODNorth Sioux City, SDPUBLIC REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN NORTH SIOUX CITY TO SHERIFF
Jun 16, 5:25 PM CDTFLASH FLOODSioux City, IACONTINUED STREET FLOODING IN DOWNTOWN SIOUX CITY
Jun 16, 5:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOODSouth Sioux City, NESTREETS...PARKING LOT...AND BASEBALL FIELDS FLOODED

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 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2007-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 197 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 2007-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
197 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KFSD 162221
FFWFSD
IAC193-NEC043-SDC127-170015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
520 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING INTENSE RAINFALL RATES OVER THE WARNED     
  AREA. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE SIOUX  
  CITY METRO AREA AND JEFFERSON

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN 
AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE 
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 4241 9653 4264 9670 4266 9669 4268 9673
      4269 9670 4266 9664 4265 9655 4256 9650
      4256 9638 4236 9622

$$

MG
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KFSD 162335
FFSFSD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
634 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007

IAC193-NEC043-SDC127-162344-
WOODBURY IA-DAKOTA NE-UNION SD-
634 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN
UNION...NORTHEASTERN DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WOODBURY COUNTIES...

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAD PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING IN THE SIOUX CITY 
METRO AREA HAVE DISSIPATED OR MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE THE 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4241 9653 4264 9670 4266 9669 4268 9673
      4269 9670 4266 9664 4265 9655 4256 9650
      4256 9638 4236 9622

$$

MG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBeadle19 min
Jun 16, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBeadle26 min
Jun 16, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMoody38 min
Jun 16, 3:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDMinnehaha2 hr
Jun 16, 12:48 PM CDTAir Stagnation AdvisoryFSDBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more18 hr
Jun 16, 5:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDBuena Vista, Cherokee2 hr
Jun 16, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPlymouth, Sioux37 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in South Dakota, 2007Flash Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2007Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007

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.