Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Issued

May 5, 2007, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)

Expired

May 5, 2007, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Area

Whole counties

Counties Beadle County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Sanborn County, SD

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

000 
WGUS53 KFSD 052102
FFWFSD
SDC005-077-111-060300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
400 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BEADLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
  KINGSBURY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
  SANBORN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 357 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER
  OVER THE ROAD OVER WESTERN KINGSBURY COUNTY. ADDITIONAL 
  THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
  HOURS...CREATING A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  ARTESIAN...LAKE PRESTON...HETLAND...DE SMET...FORESTBURG...
  BADGER...WOONSOCKET...IROQUOIS...CAVOUR...YALE...VIRGIL...HURON AND
  WOLSEY

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND 
TONIGHT.

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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.

LAT...LON 4421 9833 4421 9869 4462 9870 4461 9789
      4453 9788 4454 9715 4421 9731 4420 9786
      4386 9786 4385 9832

$$

08

000 
WGUS73 KFSD 052355
FFSFSD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
654 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

SDC005-077-111-060300-
SANBORN SD-BEADLE SD-KINGSBURY SD-
654 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
KINGSBURY...BEADLE AND SANBORN COUNTIES...

BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH
OVER THE AREA THROUGH 10 PM CDT...PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

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.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 4421 9833 4421 9869 4462 9870 4461 9789
      4453 9788 4454 9715 4421 9731 4420 9786
      4386 9786 4385 9832

$$
RSR

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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.