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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

August 22, 20074 states

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flash flood watch at Aug 22, 2007, 3:56 AM CDT for 4 states. It took effect at Aug 22, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 22, 2007, 3:56 AM CDT (08:56 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 22, 2007, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 23, 2007, 2:37 PM CDT
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Flood severity
None

Counties Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Ida 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, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Bon Homme County, SD, Clay County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 00:00Z on 2007-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2524 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2007-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2524 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS63 KFSD 220856
FFAFSD

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
356 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2007

.A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM NORTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO NORTH
CENTRAL IOWA WILL COMBINE WITH MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR TO PRODUCE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. THE GROUND
OVER THE WATCH AREA IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINFALL...AND
ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING.

SDZ068-069-221700-
/O.NEW.KFSD.FF.A.0008.070822T1800Z-070823T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...
AVON...TABOR...YANKTON
356 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BON HOMME AND YANKTON.

* FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE
  INCHES...WHICH COMBINED WITH SATURATED GROUNDS COULD PRODUCE
  FLASH FLOODING.


A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

$$

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WOODBURY-IDA-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...
SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...
SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...SLAYTON...
FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
356 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST 
  MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST IOWA...BUENA 
  VISTA...CHEROKEE...CLAY...DICKINSON...IDA...OBRIEN...OSCEOLA...
  PLYMOUTH...SIOUX AND WOODBURY. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...
  COTTONWOOD...JACKSON...MURRAY AND NOBLES. IN NORTHEAST 
  NEBRASKA...DAKOTA AND DIXON. IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...CLAY 
  AND UNION.

* FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE
  INCHES...WHICH COMBINED WITH SATURATED GROUNDS COULD PRODUCE
  FLASH FLOODING.


A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

$$
BT
6 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS63 KFSD 221658
FFAFSD

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1158 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2007

.A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM NORTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO NORTH
CENTRAL IOWA WILL COMBINE WITH MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR TO PRODUCE
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. THE GROUND
OVER THE WATCH AREA IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINFALL...
AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CAUSE
FLASH FLOODING.

SDZ068-069-230100-
/O.CON.KFSD.FF.A.0008.070822T1800Z-070823T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...
AVON...TABOR...YANKTON
1158 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...BON HOMME AND YANKTON.

* THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE PERIODICALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
  TONIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES IN A SHORT AMOUNT
  OF TIME...WHICH COMBINED WITH SATURATED GROUNDS COULD PRODUCE
  FLASH FLOODING. SMALL STREAMS HAVE BEEN RISING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
  MORNING.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

$$

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SDZ070-071-230100-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-
WOODBURY-IDA-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...
SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...
SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...SLAYTON...
FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
1158 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST 
  NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN NORTHWEST IOWA...BUENA VISTA...CHEROKEE...CLAY...
  DICKINSON...IDA...OBRIEN...OSCEOLA...PLYMOUTH...SIOUX AND 
  WOODBURY. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...COTTONWOOD...JACKSON...
  MURRAY AND NOBLES. IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...DAKOTA AND DIXON. 
  IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...CLAY AND UNION.

* FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE PERIODICALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
  TONIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES IN A SHORT AMOUNT
  OF TIME...WHICH COMBINED WITH SATURATED GROUNDS COULD PRODUCE
  FLASH FLOODING. SMALL STREAMS HAVE BEEN RISING WEDNESDAY
  MORNING AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST
  NEBRASKA TO AROUND THE STORM LAKE AREA.

* BE ALERT FOR WASHED OUT ROADS IN LOW LYING AREAS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

$$
000 
WGUS63 KFSD 221946
FFAFSD

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
246 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007

.RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
INTO NORTHWEST IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING AS
THUNDERSTORMS BECOME MORE ORGANIZED NEAR INTERSTATE 80. THIS WILL
CREATE A LOT OF BLOWOFF PRECIPITATION...WHICH COULD LEAD TO AN
ADDITIONAL HALF AN INCH TO INCH OF RAINFALL. LATER
TONIGHT...ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER
THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS...THEN TRANSITION EAST THROUGH THE NIGHT.
THIS COULD BRING AN ADDITIONAL INCH TO INCH AND A HALF OF RAINFALL
TO MANY LOCATIONS.

SDZ068-069-230400-
/O.EXT.KFSD.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-070823T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BON HOMME-YANKTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...
AVON...TABOR...YANKTON
246 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...BON HOMME AND YANKTON.

* THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE PERIODICALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
  AND TONIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT AMOUNT
  OF TIME...WHICH COMBINED WITH SATURATED GROUNDS COULD PRODUCE
  FLASH FLOODING. SMALL STREAMS HAVE BEEN RISING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
  MORNING.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

$$

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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-
WOODBURY-IDA-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-DIXON-DAKOTA-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...
SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...
SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...SLAYTON...
FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
246 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST 
  NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN NORTHWEST IOWA...BUENA VISTA...CHEROKEE...CLAY...
  DICKINSON...IDA...OBRIEN...OSCEOLA...PLYMOUTH...SIOUX AND 
  WOODBURY. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...COTTONWOOD...JACKSON...
  MURRAY AND NOBLES. IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...DAKOTA AND DIXON. 
  IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...CLAY AND UNION.

* THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE PERIODICALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
  AND TONIGHT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES IN A SHORT AMOUNT
  OF TIME...WHICH COMBINED WITH SATURATED GROUNDS COULD PRODUCE
  FLASH FLOODING. SMALL STREAMS HAVE BEEN RISING WEDNESDAY MORNING
  AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST
  NEBRASKA TO AROUND THE STORM LAKE AREA.

* BE ALERT FOR WASHED OUT ROADS IN LOW LYING AREAS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

$$

08
000 
WGUS63 KFSD 230251
FFAFSD

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
951 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007

.RAINFALL HAS ENDED OVER MOST OF THE AREA FOR THIS EVENING. HOWEVER 
LATER TONIGHT...ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WHICH HAS DEVELOPED OVER
THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS...IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION EAST THROUGH THE
NIGHT. THIS COULD BRING AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO LOCATIONS WHICH
HAVE BEEN INUNDATED WITHIN THE PAST WEEK.

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WOODBURY-IDA-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-DIXON-DAKOTA-
BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...
SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...
SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...SLAYTON...
FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...
VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
951 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST 
  NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN NORTHWEST IOWA...BUENA VISTA...CHEROKEE...CLAY...
  DICKINSON...IDA...OBRIEN...OSCEOLA...PLYMOUTH...SIOUX AND 
  WOODBURY. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...COTTONWOOD...JACKSON...
  MURRAY AND NOBLES. IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...DAKOTA AND DIXON. 
  IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...BON HOMME...CLAY...UNION AND 
  YANKTON.

* THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST
  LATER TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THESE STORMS
  WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO
  INCHES IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME...WHICH COMBINED WITH SATURATED
  GROUND COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. SMALL STREAMS HAVE BEEN RISING
  THROUGH THE DAY FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...TO AROUND THE
  STORM LAKE IOWA AREA...AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL SINCE
  TUESDAY EVENING.

* BE ALERT FOR WASHED OUT ROADS IN LOW LYING AREAS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

$$
 JH
000 
WGUS63 KFSD 230903
FFAFSD

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
403 AM CDT THU AUG 23 2007

.A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY PRODUCING UP TO AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL. THE GROUND
OVER THE WATCH AREA IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS... AND
ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS COULD CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING.


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SDZ068>071-231715-
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OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-
WOODBURY-IDA-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-DIXON-DAKOTA-
BON HOMME-YANKTON-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...
SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...
SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...SLAYTON...
FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...
VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
403 AM CDT THU AUG 23 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST 
  NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING 
  AREAS...IN NORTHWEST IOWA...BUENA VISTA...CHEROKEE...CLAY...
  DICKINSON...IDA...OBRIEN...OSCEOLA...PLYMOUTH...SIOUX AND 
  WOODBURY. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...COTTONWOOD...JACKSON...
  MURRAY AND NOBLES. IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...DAKOTA AND DIXON. 
  IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...BON HOMME...CLAY...UNION AND 
  YANKTON.

* THROUGH THIS EVENING

* THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY.
  THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
  OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME...WHICH COMBINED
  WITH SATURATED GROUND COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. SMALL
  STREAMS HAVE BEEN RISING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND
  PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA NEAR STORM LAKE FROM THE RECENT HEAVY
  RAINS. 

* BE ALERT FOR WASHED OUT ROADS IN LOW LYING AREAS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

$$
BT
000 
WGUS63 KFSD 231642
FFAFSD

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1142 AM CDT THU AUG 23 2007

.A COOL FRONT WILL BE MOVING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH FOR THE REST OF
THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIER RAIN FOCUS WILL BE MOVING AWAY FROM THIS
FORECAST AREA...WITH THE LAST AREA OF CONCERN LATE THIS AFTERNOON
ONLY AROUND THE STORM LAKE AREA WHO IS CLOSEST TO THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY.

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OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-WOODBURY-
MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-DIXON-DAKOTA-BON HOMME-YANKTON-
UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...
SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...SIOUX CITY...SLAYTON...
FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...
LAKEFIELD...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...
TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...
VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...
ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
1142 AM CDT THU AUG 23 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
MAY REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER OVERALL...LIGHT AMOUNTS OF RAIN ARE
ANTICIPATED.

$$

IAZ022-032-240000-
/O.CON.KFSD.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-070824T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BUENA VISTA-IDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...
BATTLE CREEK
1142 AM CDT THU AUG 23 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF NORTHWEST IOWA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
  BUENA VISTA AND IDA.

* UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING

* SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP AROUND THE
  STORM LAKE IOWA VICINITY DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON
  HOURS. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD QUICKLY MOVE OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST
  TOWARD EVENING LIMITING HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. HOWEVER WITH THE
  GROUND ALREADY SATURATED...IT IS WORTH KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR
  ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING.

* BE ALERT FOR WASHED OUT ROADS IN LOW LYING AREAS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

$$

 MJF
000 
WGUS63 KFSD 231937
FFAFSD

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
237 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007

.IT APPEARS MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL NOT OCCUR OVER THE
STORM LAKE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE THE REMAINDER OF
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

IAZ022-032-232045-
/O.CAN.KFSD.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-070824T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BUENA VISTA-IDA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...
BATTLE CREEK
237 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTHWEST IOWA HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. 

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Aug 22, 3:30 AM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 3:30 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
330 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2007

.DISCUSSION...
LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER ROUND OF TSTMS WILL GET GOING THIS MRNG...SLWLY
AT FIRST BUT MORE STGLY BY THIS AFTN. WDSPRD ACTVTY SE TO SCT NW
LOOKS GOOD FOR TNGT. WHILE MODELS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO BE TOO FAR N AT
TIMES IN RAINFALL POTENTL...AND CERTAINLY SOME OF THE SMALL SCALE
MAX CAN BE SUSPECT...THINK HERE THAT THEY ARE GNLY ON THE RIGH
TRACK. APPCHG SHRTWV SHUD GIVE A DECENT PUSH NWD TO LIFT BY LATE TDA
AND TNGT. COMBINE THAT WITH OBVIOUSLY HI MOISTURE CONTENT AND
STEADILY INCREASING INSTBLTY PUSHING NWD AHD OF SHRTWV...THE DOSWELL
STYLE INGREDIENTS FOR HVY RAIN SEEM THERE FOR SERN PART OF FCST
AREA. THINK QPF GUIDNCE MAY BE A LTL TO OFAR S THO WILL CONCEDE THAT
FCST AND POTENTIAL ARE A LTL BIT DIFFRNT ANIMALS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH
AREA WILL COVER MAINLY SOAKED AREAS WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS
EXPECTED. THAT IS MOST OF NWRN IA INTO SERN PART OF SWRN MN...WWD
ALG MO RVR TO BON HOMME CO WHICH WAS HIT YSTDY BE HVY RAIN. FSD AREA
CUD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED BUT WILL HOLD OFF FOR NOW AS WE HAVE BEEN
MISSING OUT ON THE WORST.

TIMING OF ACTVTY IN A LTL QSTN. CURRENTLY THINKING STORMS WILL
INCREASE STEADILY ALONG AND N OF MO RVR DURG TDA AND PUSH SLWLY
N/NE. ACTVTY SHUD BCM WDSPRD SERN PART OF FCST AREA THIS EVE AND
CONT THRU TNGT. GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR THE WORST SOAKED ERN ZNS FROM
MWM SWD TO AND S OF SPW SHUD BE MAINLY LATE TNGT...ESPLY NRN PART OF
THIS AREA. IF THE DECENT HVY RAIN DVLPS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A
LOT MORE THAN A LTL BIT OF WATER OVER ROADS.

WIL LKEEP THE SLOW TAILING OFF OF ACTVTY THU FOR NOW...THO IF SHRTWV
STRENGTHENS ENUF THERE CUD BE A QUICKER DCRS. ANOTHER SHOT PSDBLY
LATE THU NGT AND FRI. WHILE OUR CURRENT FCST MAY BE UNDERDOING THIS
A LTL...AGAIN FCST AND POTENTIAL ARE NOT THE SAME SO WILL KEEP
CURRENT FCST FOR NOW...GOING WITH MENTN JUST IN THE SRN FCST AREA
AND KEEPING MENTION TO CHC AT MOST. PASSAGE OF THIS SYS SHUD LEAD TO
A DRY WEEKEND AS WE HAVE IN FCST FOR NOW SO WILL NOT CHANGE. NO
CHANGE ALSO IN WARMUP SUN AND MON WITH CHC TSTMS TUE, GFS SUGGESTS
THINGS CUD MOVE A LTL FASTER WITH A BETETR COOLDOWN BY END OF
PD...BUT MODELS SOLNS THAT FAR AHD ARE LIKELY TO BE CHANGING BACK
AND FORTH A FEW TIMES.

ON TEMPS...ABV MENTION WARMUP IS IN REFERENCE/COMPARISON TO TEMPS
ESPLY HIGHS GOING FAIRLY COOL FOR A FEW DAYS...FIRST DUE TO CLDS AND
PCN THREAT THEN TO ACTUAL COOLER AIR MOBING IN LATER THIS WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...
VISIBILITIES ARE HAMPERED SOME THIS MORNING WITH LIGHT SURFACE FLOW
AND LINGERING MOISTURE NEAR THE SURFACE.  EXPECT MUCH OF THE FOG TO
BE CONFINED TO AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY.
WIDESPREAD MVFR VISIBILITIES WITH LOCALIZED IFR CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO IMPROVE AFTER 13Z THIS MORNING. A STATIONARY BOUNDARY
EXTENDING FROM NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA INTO NORTH CENTRAL IOWA WILL
BECOME THE FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING

&&

.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
     MORNING FOR IAZ002-003-012>014-020>022-031-032.

MN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
     THURSDAY MORNING FOR MNZ080-081-089-090.

NE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
     MORNING FOR NEZ013-014.

SD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
     MORNING FOR SDZ068-069.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
   MORNING FOR SDZ070-071.

&&

WILLIAMS/BT
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 10:36 AM CDT, 17 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1036 AM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-221200-
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-
1036 AM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
SEVERE WEATHER WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST IOWA AND
NEARBY LOCATIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH MORE
GENERAL NON-SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THE
MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF HALF
DOLLARS AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH.

FLOODING...
THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER
HOUR...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXPECTED SOUTH OF A JACKSON TO
VERMILLION LINE. BECAUSE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED...
ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY INTENSE
RAINFALL. MINOR FLOODING IS ALSO EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS WEEK
ALONG THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER FROM NORTH OF SPENCER DOWNSTREAM TO
AROUND LINN GROVE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL WILL OCCUR FROM LATE
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT ALONG
AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THERE WILL ALSO BE AN OUTSIDE THREAT
FOR SEVERE HAIL OR WIND...MAINLY SOUTH OF A VERMILLION TO SPENCER
LINE.

THE CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
INTO EARLY FRIDAY...MAINLY FROM FAR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...THROUGH NORTHWEST IOWA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 600 PM CDT.

&&

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, Aug 21, 10:14 PM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1014 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007

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

0510 PM     HAIL             1 S LAKE ANDES          43.14N 98.54W
08/21/2007  E0.88 INCH       CHARLES MIX        SD   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HAIL REPORT WAS 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE ANDES

0535 PM     HAIL             6 S ARMOUR              43.23N 98.34W
08/21/2007  E0.88 INCH       CHARLES MIX        SD   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0540 PM     HAIL             WAGNER                  43.08N 98.30W
08/21/2007  E1.00 INCH       CHARLES MIX        SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

0542 PM     HAIL             1 W WAGNER              43.08N 98.32W
08/21/2007  E1.75 INCH       CHARLES MIX        SD   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0546 PM     HAIL             WAGNER                  43.08N 98.30W
08/21/2007  E2.50 INCH       CHARLES MIX        SD   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0555 PM     HAIL             DANTE                   43.04N 98.19W
08/21/2007  E2.75 INCH       CHARLES MIX        SD   PUBLIC

0559 PM     HAIL             AVON                    43.01N 98.06W
08/21/2007  E1.75 INCH       BON HOMME          SD   PUBLIC

0600 PM     HAIL             1 S DANTE               43.03N 98.19W
08/21/2007  E4.25 INCH       CHARLES MIX        SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

            BROKEN WINDOWS IN SPOTTERS CAR.

0603 PM     HAIL             4 NW DELMONT            43.31N 98.22W
08/21/2007  E1.00 INCH       DOUGLAS            SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

0610 PM     HAIL             DANTE                   43.04N 98.19W
08/21/2007  E4.25 INCH       CHARLES MIX        SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FEW HAILSTONES LARGER THAN SOFTBALLS BUT EXACT SIZE
            UNKNOWN.

0613 PM     HAIL             9 NE ARMOUR             43.41N 98.22W
08/21/2007  E1.75 INCH       DOUGLAS            SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

0622 PM     HAIL             16 W TYNDALL            42.99N 98.18W
08/21/2007  E1.00 INCH       CHARLES MIX        SD   PUBLIC

            WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ACCOMPANIED THE HAIL.

0640 PM     HAIL             5 E MARTY               42.99N 98.33W
08/21/2007  E0.88 INCH       CHARLES MIX        SD   PUBLIC

0729 PM     HAIL             8 W YANKTON             42.89N 97.55W
08/21/2007  E1.75 INCH       YANKTON            SD   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0731 PM     HAIL             YANKTON                 42.89N 97.39W
08/21/2007  E0.88 INCH       YANKTON            SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

0740 PM     HAIL             YANKTON                 42.89N 97.39W
08/21/2007  E0.25 INCH       YANKTON            SD   AMATEUR RADIO

            PEA SIZE HAIL IN YANTON FOR 10 MINUTES.

0749 PM     HAIL             1 W GAYVILLE            42.89N 97.19W
08/21/2007  E1.00 INCH       YANKTON            SD   EMERGENCY MNGR

0805 PM     HAIL             1 E SIOUX CITY          42.50N 96.37W
08/21/2007  E0.75 INCH       WOODBURY           IA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SOFT HAIL.

0815 PM     HAIL             3 S VERMILLION          42.74N 96.93W
08/21/2007  E1.00 INCH       CLAY               SD   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0830 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MERIDEN                 42.79N 95.63W
08/21/2007                   CHEROKEE           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            4.5 INCHES OF RAIN IS SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME...DITCHES FULL
            AROUND MERIDEN. ALSO STEET FLOODING AND SEWERS BACKING UP
            IN CHEROKEE.

&&

GH
Local storm report, Aug 21, 10:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1022 PM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007

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

1005 PM     HAIL             WASHTA                  42.58N 95.72W
08/21/2007  E0.88 INCH       CHEROKEE           IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

PS
Local storm report, Aug 22, 1:28 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
128 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2007

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

1250 AM     HAIL             WEBB                    42.95N 95.01W
08/22/2007  E1.00 INCH       CLAY               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDWoodbury55 min
Aug 21, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCherokee, Ida27 min
Aug 21, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBuena Vista30 min
Aug 22, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay37 min
Aug 22, 8:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDWoodbury44 min
Aug 22, 9:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDIda, Woodbury48 min
Aug 21, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDYankton65 min
Aug 21, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay43 min
Aug 21, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDUnion24 min

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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.