Alert archive / South Dakota / Flood Watches in 2007
Flood Watch 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flood watch at Mar 29, 2007, 4:04 AM CDT for 4 states. It took effect at Mar 29, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2007, 4:04 AM CDT (09:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2007, 4:23 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Flood severity
- None
All 45 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, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:07 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
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS63 KFSD 290904 FFAFSD URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 404 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2007 .A SLOW MOVING SPRING STORM WILL FOCUS AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AGAIN TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY AS IT PUSHES SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION. RAINFALL FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY MIDDAY FRIDAY...HEAVIEST ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 29. WITH THE GROUND REMAINING FAIRLY SATURATED FROM RECENT SNOWMELT AND AREAS OF PRIOR RAINFALL...THERE WILL BE THE THREAT FOR SOME SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY...WITH POTENTIAL FOR SOME MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING HEADING TOWARD THE WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK. IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-291715- /O.NEW.KFSD.FA.A.0002.070330T0000Z-070330T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY- JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME- YANKTON-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...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...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY... BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD... MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER... PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT... PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR... YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 404 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST IOWA...BUENA VISTA... CHEROKEE...CLAY...DICKINSON...IDA...LYON...OBRIEN...OSCEOLA... PLYMOUTH...SIOUX AND WOODBURY. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... COTTONWOOD...JACKSON...LINCOLN...LYON...MURRAY...NOBLES... PIPESTONE AND ROCK. IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...DAKOTA AND DIXON. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...AURORA...BEADLE...BON HOMME...BROOKINGS... BRULE...CHARLES MIX...CLAY...DAVISON...DOUGLAS...GREGORY... HANSON...HUTCHINSON...JERAULD...KINGSBURY...LAKE...LINCOLN... MCCOOK...MINER...MINNEHAHA...MOODY...SANBORN...TURNER...UNION AND YANKTON. * FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON * HEAVY RAINFALL FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED TO THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. * FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...AND POOR DRAINAGE URBAN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING MAY FOLLOW TOWARD THE WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK...PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE JAMES...BIG SIOUX...AND LITTLE SIOUX RIVER BASINS. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ JC
4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS63 KFSD 291752 FFAFSD FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1252 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2007 .A SLOW MOVING SPRING STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OVER THE AREA TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...BRINGING HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE COMMON BY MIDDAY FRIDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 29. WITH THE GROUND REMAINING FAIRLY SATURATED FROM RECENT SNOWMELT AND AREAS OF PRIOR RAINFALL...THERE WILL BE THE THREAT FOR SOME SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY...WITH POTENTIAL FOR SOME MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING HEADING TOWARD THE WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK. IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-300200- /O.CON.KFSD.FA.A.0002.070330T0000Z-070330T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY- JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME- YANKTON-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...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...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...SOUTH SIOUX CITY...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...GREGORY... BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD... MADISON...FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON... WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM... CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER... PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT... PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE... MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR... YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1252 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST IOWA...BUENA VISTA...CHEROKEE...CLAY...DICKINSON... IDA...LYON...OBRIEN...OSCEOLA...PLYMOUTH...SIOUX AND WOODBURY. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...COTTONWOOD...JACKSON...LINCOLN... LYON...MURRAY...NOBLES...PIPESTONE AND ROCK. IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...DAKOTA AND DIXON. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...AURORA... BEADLE...BON HOMME...BROOKINGS...BRULE...CHARLES MIX...CLAY... DAVISON...DOUGLAS...GREGORY...HANSON...HUTCHINSON...JERAULD... KINGSBURY...LAKE...LINCOLN...MCCOOK...MINER...MINNEHAHA... MOODY...SANBORN...TURNER...UNION AND YANKTON. * FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON * HEAVY RAINFALL FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. * FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...AND POOR DRAINAGE URBAN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING MAY FOLLOW TOWARD THE WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK...PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE JAMES... BIG SIOUX...AND LITTLE SIOUX RIVER BASINS. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ RSR
000 WGUS63 KFSD 292045 FFAFSD URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 345 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2007 .A SLOW MOVING SPRING STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OVER THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...BRINGING HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE COMMON TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. A SECOND PART OF THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...PRODUCING ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FROM INTERSTATE 29 EASTWARD. WITH THE GROUND REMAINING FAIRLY SATURATED FROM RECENT SNOWMELT AND AREAS OF PRIOR RAINFALL...THERE WILL BE THE THREAT FOR FLOODING AND PONDING IN FIELDS AND DITCHES...ALONG WITH SOME SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING HEADING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-300445- /O.CAN.KFSD.FA.A.0002.070330T0000Z-070330T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFSD.FA.A.0003.070331T1200Z-070401T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LYON- MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...MARSHALL... SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 345 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST IOWA...BUENA VISTA...CHEROKEE...CLAY...DICKINSON...IDA... OBRIEN AND OSCEOLA. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...COTTONWOOD... JACKSON...LYON...MURRAY AND NOBLES. * FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * LIGHT RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT...WITH HEAVIER RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. * FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...AND POOR DRAINAGE URBAN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE...AS WELL AS PONDING AND FLOODING OF FIELDS AND DITCHES. MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING MAY FOLLOW TOWARD EARLY NEXT WEEK...PARTICULARLY ON THE DES MOINES AND LITTLE SIOUX RIVER BASINS. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELED. THIS WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. LESS THAN THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY...AND FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. $$ IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ071-097-098-NEZ014-SDZ040-056-062-067-071- 300445- /O.NEW.KFSD.FA.A.0003.070331T1200Z-070401T0600Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.FA.A.0002.070330T0000Z-070330T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LINCOLN-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DAKOTA- BROOKINGS-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY... TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 345 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST IOWA...LYON...PLYMOUTH...SIOUX AND WOODBURY. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...LINCOLN...PIPESTONE AND ROCK. IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...DAKOTA. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...BROOKINGS... LINCOLN...MINNEHAHA...MOODY AND UNION. * FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON * HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. * FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...AND POOR DRAINAGE URBAN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE....AS WELL AS PONDING OR FLOODING OF FIELDS AND DITCHES. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST IOWA...LYON...PLYMOUTH... SIOUX AND WOODBURY. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...LINCOLN... PIPESTONE AND ROCK. IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...DAKOTA. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...BROOKINGS...LINCOLN...MINNEHAHA...MOODY AND UNION. * FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...AND POOR DRAINAGE URBAN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE....AS WELL AS PONDING OR FLOODING OF FIELDS AND DITCHES. MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING MAY FOLLOW THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...PARTICULARLY ON THE BIG SIOUX AND ROCK RIVER BASINS. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ NEZ013-SDZ038-039-050-052>055-057>061-063>066-068>070-300445- /O.CON.KFSD.FA.A.0002.070330T0000Z-070330T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DIXON-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-BRULE- AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE... WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION 345 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...DIXON. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...AURORA...BEADLE...BON HOMME...BRULE...CHARLES MIX... CLAY...DAVISON...DOUGLAS...GREGORY...HANSON...HUTCHINSON... JERAULD...KINGSBURY...LAKE...MCCOOK...MINER...SANBORN...TURNER AND YANKTON. * FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON * HEAVY RAINFALL FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. * FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...AND POOR DRAINAGE URBAN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ALSO...PONDING OR FLOODING OF FIELDS AND DITCHES IS POSSIBLE. MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING MAY FOLLOW EARLY NEXT WEEK... PARTICULARLY ON THE JAMES AND VERMILLION RIVER BASINS. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ MG
000 WGUS63 KFSD 300155 FFAFSD FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 855 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2007 .A SLOW MOVING SPRING STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OVER THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...BRINGING HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF THREE QUARTERS TO ONE INCH COMMON MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. A SECOND PART OF THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...PRODUCING ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN FROM INTERSTATE 29 EASTWARD. WITH THE GROUND REMAINING FAIRLY SATURATED FROM RECENT SNOW MELT AND AREAS OF PRIOR RAINFALL...THERE WILL BE THE THREAT FOR FLOODING AND PONDING IN FIELDS AND DITCHES...ALONG WITH SOME SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME MAIN STEM RIVER FLOODING HEADING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ071-097-098-NEZ014-SDZ040-056-062-067-071- 301000- /O.CON.KFSD.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-070330T1800Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.FA.A.0003.070331T1200Z-070401T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LINCOLN-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DAKOTA- BROOKINGS-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY... TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 855 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST IOWA...LYON...PLYMOUTH...SIOUX AND WOODBURY. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...LINCOLN...PIPESTONE AND ROCK. IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...DAKOTA. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...BROOKINGS... LINCOLN...MINNEHAHA...MOODY AND UNION. * THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON * ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF THREE QUARTERS TO 1 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. * FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...AND POOR DRAINAGE URBAN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE....AS WELL AS PONDING OR FLOODING OF FIELDS AND DITCHES. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST IOWA...LYON...PLYMOUTH...SIOUX AND WOODBURY. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...LINCOLN...PIPESTONE AND ROCK. IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...DAKOTA. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...BROOKINGS... LINCOLN...MINNEHAHA...MOODY AND UNION. * FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...AND POOR DRAINAGE URBAN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE....AS WELL AS PONDING OR FLOODING OF FIELDS AND DITCHES. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ NEZ013-SDZ038-039-050-052>055-057>061-063>066-068>070-301000- /O.CON.KFSD.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-070330T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DIXON-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-BRULE- AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE... WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON... CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY... MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR... CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER... CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL... SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION 855 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...DIXON. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...AURORA...BEADLE...BON HOMME...BRULE...CHARLES MIX... CLAY...DAVISON...DOUGLAS...GREGORY...HANSON...HUTCHINSON... JERAULD...KINGSBURY...LAKE...MCCOOK...MINER...SANBORN...TURNER AND YANKTON. * THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON * ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AROUND 1 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...AND POOR DRAINAGE URBAN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ALSO...PONDING OR FLOODING OF FIELDS AND DITCHES IS POSSIBLE. MAIN STEM RIVER FLOODING MAY FOLLOW EARLY NEXT WEEK... PARTICULARLY ON THE JAMES AND VERMILLION RIVER BASINS. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-301000- /O.CON.KFSD.FA.A.0003.070331T1200Z-070401T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LYON- MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...MARSHALL... SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 855 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST IOWA...BUENA VISTA... CHEROKEE...CLAY...DICKINSON...IDA...OBRIEN AND OSCEOLA. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...COTTONWOOD...JACKSON...LYON...MURRAY AND NOBLES. * FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT...WITH HEAVIER RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. * FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...AND POOR DRAINAGE URBAN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE...AS WELL AS PONDING AND FLOODING OF FIELDS AND DITCHES. MAIN STEM RIVER FLOODING MAY FOLLOW TOWARD EARLY NEXT WEEK...PARTICULARLY ON THE DES MOINES AND LITTLE SIOUX RIVER BASINS. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELED. THIS WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. LESS THAN THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY...AND FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. $$
000 WGUS63 KFSD 300923 FFAFSD URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 423 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 .A BAND OF RAINFALL WILL SPIRAL NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...GENERALLY A QUARTER TO TWO THIRDS OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED...WHICH SHOULD NOT PRESENT A GREAT SHORT TERM FLOODING THREAT. HOWEVER...A SECOND PART OF THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...PRODUCING ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN AREAS MAINLY EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER. WITH THE GROUND REMAINING FAIRLY SATURATED FROM PRIOR SNOW MELT AND RECENT AREAS OF RAINFALL...THERE WILL BE THE THREAT FOR FLOODING AND PONDING IN FIELDS AND DITCHES... ALONG WITH SOME SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING HEADING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. IAZ001-012-020-031-MNZ071-097-098-NEZ014-SDZ040-056-062-067-071- 301730- /O.CAN.KFSD.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-070330T1800Z/ /O.CON.KFSD.FA.A.0003.070331T1200Z-070401T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LYON-SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-WOODBURY-LINCOLN-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DAKOTA- BROOKINGS-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...LE MARS...SIOUX CITY... TYLER...HENDRICKS...LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE... SOUTH SIOUX CITY...BROOKINGS...FLANDREAU...SIOUX FALLS...CANTON... LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD... ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 423 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THIS MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST IOWA...LYON...PLYMOUTH...SIOUX AND WOODBURY. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...LINCOLN...PIPESTONE AND ROCK. IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...DAKOTA. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...BROOKINGS... LINCOLN...MINNEHAHA...MOODY AND UNION. * FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * AFTER RAINFALL THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON TODAY AROUND A HALF INCH...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. * FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...AND POOR DRAINAGE URBAN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE....AS WELL AS PONDING OR FLOODING OF FIELDS AND DITCHES. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THIS MORNING. $$ NEZ013-SDZ039-054-055-060-061-065-066-068>070-301730- /O.CAN.KFSD.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-070330T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KFSD.FA.A.0003.070331T1200Z-070401T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DIXON-KINGSBURY-MINER-LAKE-HANSON-MCCOOK-HUTCHINSON-TURNER- BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...DE SMET... ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...HOWARD...MADISON...ALEXANDRIA... EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION... VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON...VERMILLION 423 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS EXPANDED THE * FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...DIXON. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...BON HOMME...CLAY... HANSON...HUTCHINSON...KINGSBURY...LAKE...MCCOOK...MINER... TURNER AND YANKTON. * FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * AFTER RAINFALL THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY OF A QUARTER TO HALF INCH... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. * FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...AND POOR DRAINAGE URBAN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE....AS WELL AS PONDING OR FLOODING OF FIELDS AND DITCHES. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THIS MORNING. $$ SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064-301030- /O.CAN.KFSD.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-070330T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BEADLE-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-CHARLES MIX- DOUGLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...GREGORY...BURKE... WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN... KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL... WAGNER...PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT 423 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAINFALL OF A QUARTER TO HALF INCH THIS MORNING IS NOT EXPECTED TO CREATE ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOOD THREAT. $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032-MNZ072-080-081-089-090-301730- /O.CON.KFSD.FA.A.0003.070331T1200Z-070401T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-IDA-LYON- MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...CHEROKEE... STORM LAKE...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...BATTLE CREEK...MARSHALL... SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON... JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 423 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST IOWA...BUENA VISTA... CHEROKEE...CLAY...DICKINSON...IDA...OBRIEN AND OSCEOLA. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...COTTONWOOD...JACKSON...LYON...MURRAY AND NOBLES. * FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE HALF TO TWO THIRDS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH HEAVIER RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. * FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...AND POOR DRAINAGE URBAN AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE...AS WELL AS PONDING AND FLOODING OF FIELDS AND DITCHES. MAINSTEM RIVER FLOODING MAY FOLLOW TOWARD EARLY NEXT WEEK...PARTICULARLY ON THE DES MOINES AND LITTLE SIOUX RIVER BASINS. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$ JC
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 Mar 29, 3:30 AM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 3:30 AM CDT, 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 330 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2007 .DISCUSSION... NOTE TO EARLY MORNING MEDIA...WL BE ISSUING A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE FSD FA TONIGHT THRU FRI MORNING. DISCUSSION DETAILS TO FOLLOW AFTER 4 AM AFTER GRIDS AND ZFP ISSUANCE. && .FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. NE...NONE. && MJF
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 9:42 PM CDT, 6 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 942 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-291200- 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- 942 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO AREAS WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER AFTER MIDNIGHT. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS OVER THE AREA THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS A RISK OF A FEW SEVERE STORMS BUT THE RISK IS LOW AT THIS TIME. HEAVY RAIN IS A GREATER THREAT. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE TWO DAY SPAN. FLASH FLOODING IS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME...BUT THE WIDESPREAD NATURE OF THE EXPECTED RAIN COULD CAUSE SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS TO APPROACH FLOOD STAGE BY THIS COMING WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 3:45 PM CDT | Flood Watch | FSD | Bon Homme, Brookings, Clay, Hanson, Hutchinson, Kingsbury and 9 more | 59 hr |
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.