Alert archive / South Dakota / Flood Watches in 2007
Flood Watch 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flood watch at Mar 29, 2007, 3:45 PM CDT for 4 states. It took effect at Mar 30, 2007, 4:23 AM CDT. It was in force for 47 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2007, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2007, 4:23 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2007, 2:57 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Flood severity
- None
All 36 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, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Clay County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -92 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 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
9 follow-up statements
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
000 WGUS63 KFSD 301610 FFAFSD FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1110 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 .A BAND OF RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS...THOUGH WILL DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING RAINFALL EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. 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 MAINSTREAM RIVER FLOODING HEADING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-054>056-060>062-065>071-310015- /O.CON.KFSD.FA.A.0003.070331T1200Z-070401T0600Z/ /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-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY- HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-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... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD... MADISON...FLANDREAU...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...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 1110 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...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...BON HOMME... BROOKINGS...CLAY...HANSON...HUTCHINSON...KINGSBURY...LAKE... LINCOLN...MCCOOK...MINER...MINNEHAHA...MOODY...TURNER...UNION AND YANKTON. * 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. $$
000 WGUS63 KFSD 302043 FFAFSD FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 343 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA EARLY TONIGHT...WILL MOVE NORTHWARD OVER WESTERN IOWA LATE SATURDAY...AND THEN OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL TAP INTO ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY. GENERALLY ONE TO TWO INCHES RAINFALL IS FORECAST FOR MOST AREAS...MAINLY EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER. WITH THE GROUND 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 SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING FROM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME MAINSTREAM RIVER FLOODING HEADING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-054>056-060>062-065>071-310445- /O.CON.KFSD.FA.A.0003.070331T1200Z-070401T0600Z/ /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-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY- HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-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... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD... MADISON...FLANDREAU...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...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 343 PM 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...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...BON HOMME... BROOKINGS...CLAY...HANSON...HUTCHINSON...KINGSBURY...LAKE... LINCOLN...MCCOOK...MINER...MINNEHAHA...MOODY...TURNER...UNION AND YANKTON. * FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * GENERAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * 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. $$ RSR
000 WGUS63 KFSD 310238 FFAFSD FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 938 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHWARD INTO WESTERN IOWA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND THEN INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SATURDAY NIGHT. ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY. GENERALLY ONE TO TWO INCHES RAINFALL IS FORECAST FOR MOST AREAS...WITH THE HEAVIEST LIKELY BETWEEN INTERSTATE 29 AND THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. WITH THE GROUND 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 SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING FROM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME MAINSTREAM RIVER FLOODING HEADING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-054>056-060>062-065>071-311045- /O.CON.KFSD.FA.A.0003.070331T1200Z-070401T0600Z/ /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-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY- HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-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... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD... MADISON...FLANDREAU...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...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 938 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT SATURDAY 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...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...BON HOMME... BROOKINGS...CLAY...HANSON...HUTCHINSON...KINGSBURY...LAKE... LINCOLN...MCCOOK...MINER...MINNEHAHA...MOODY...TURNER...UNION AND YANKTON. * FROM 7 AM CDT SATURDAY THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * GENERAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * 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. $$
000 WGUS63 KFSD 310900 FFAFSD FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 400 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND INTO NORTHWEST IOWA BY THIS EVENING...AND INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN BY SUNDAY EVENING. WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...IS EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE QUARTERS TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS BETWEEN INTERSTATE 29 AND THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. WITH THE GROUND 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 SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME MAINSTREAM RIVER FLOODING HEADING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-054>056-060>062-065>071-311700- /O.CON.KFSD.FA.A.0003.070331T1200Z-070401T0600Z/ /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-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY- HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-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... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD... MADISON...FLANDREAU...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...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 400 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... 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...BON HOMME... BROOKINGS...CLAY...HANSON...HUTCHINSON...KINGSBURY...LAKE... LINCOLN...MCCOOK...MINER...MINNEHAHA...MOODY...TURNER...UNION AND YANKTON. * FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF THREE QUARTERS TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. * 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. $$
000 WGUS63 KFSD 311911 FFAFSD FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 211 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER NORTHWEST IOWA THIS EVENING...AND OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...IS EXPECTED AT TIMES LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH... WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES CAN STILL BE EXPECTED EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER EASTWARD INTO MOST OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA INTO TONIGHT. WITH THE GROUND 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 SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME MAINSTREAM RIVER FLOODING HEADING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-054>056-060>062-065>071-010315- /O.CON.KFSD.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-070401T0600Z/ /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-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY- HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-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... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD... MADISON...FLANDREAU...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...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 211 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY... 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...BON HOMME... BROOKINGS...CLAY...HANSON...HUTCHINSON...KINGSBURY...LAKE... LINCOLN...MCCOOK...MINER...MINNEHAHA...MOODY...TURNER...UNION AND YANKTON. * UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY * ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. * 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. $$ RSR
000 WGUS63 KFSD 312139 FFAFSD URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 439 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 .STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER NORTHWEST IOWA THIS EVENING... AND ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING. LOW PRESSURE WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM PRIOR SNOW MELT AND RECENT RAINFALL...THERE WILL FLOODING AND PONDING IN MANY FIELDS AND DITCHES...AND SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS. THERE IS THE LIKELIHOOD FOR MAINSTREAM RIVER FLOODING INTO NEXT WEEK. IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-054>056-060>062-065>071-010545- /O.EXT.KFSD.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-070401T1200Z/ /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-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY- HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-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... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD... MADISON...FLANDREAU...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...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 439 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT 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...BON HOMME... BROOKINGS...CLAY...HANSON...HUTCHINSON...KINGSBURY...LAKE... LINCOLN...MCCOOK...MINER...MINNEHAHA...MOODY...TURNER...UNION AND YANKTON. * UNTIL 7AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING * ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. * 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. $$ LIEBL
000 WGUS63 KFSD 010757 FFAFSD FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 257 AM CDT SUN APR 1 2007 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ039-040-054>056-060>062-065>071-010900- /O.CAN.KFSD.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-070401T1200Z/ /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-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY- HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-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... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD... MADISON...FLANDREAU...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...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 257 AM CDT SUN APR 1 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HEAVY RAIN IS NO LONGER EXPECTED THE REST OF THE NIGHT...WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING. THIS WILL NOT CREATE ANY ADDITIONAL URBAN FLOODING. FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE RIVER WARNINGS AND FORECASTS FOR INFORMATION ON THE LOCAL RIVERS AND STREAMS. $$
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, 10:45 AM CDT, 5 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 10:45 AM CDT, 5 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1045 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2007 .DISCUSSION... BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH FORMED OVER NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA EARLY IN THE MORNING...DROPPING SOME SMALL HAIL...HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY AS IT PUSHED INTO A MORE STABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER OUR AREA. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE STILL STAGNANT OVER THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE CWA THIS MORNING...WITH CURRENT VISIBILITIES STILL BELOW 1 MILE...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF INTERSTATE 29. ANALYSIS OF INSTABILITY PARAMETERS INDICATE SMALL POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER...AS LEADING SHORTWAVE AHEAD OF UPPER WAVE OVER CENTRAL ROCKIES BEGINS TO APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST...THOUGH ANYTHING WE GET LOOKS TO BE VERY MARGINAL WITH HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT. CURRENT FORECAST COVERS ALL OF THE ABOVE PRETTY WELL...SO ONLY MADE MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO COVER IMMEDIATE SHORT TERM TRENDS. /JM && .PREV DISCUSSION... FOCUS THIS FCST PKG THRU THE WEEKEND IS TWO DISTINCT SEPARATE MAJOR SYSTEMS. IN THE NEAR TERM...BAND OF RAINFALL ELONGATED N TO S WITH THE UPPER WAVE. ECHOES ARE STARTING TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY. HOWEVER ONE THING OF NOTE...IS THAT THE BAND OF RAINFALL HAS MOVED MUCH FURTHER EWD THEN WHAT THE NAM AND GFS HAS DEPICTED. WHAT IS HAPPENING IS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES JETISON EWD AWAY FROM THE MAIN PCPN SHIELD ALLOWING NEW RAINFALL TO FORM ON THE OUTFLOW...SINCE MSTR AND LIFT IS SO ABUNDANT. THAT BEING SAID...SOONER OR LATER THE ENERGY MOVG EWD WL RUN OUT OF STEAM AS IT APPROACHES I 29...AWAY FROM THE UPPER WAVE AND SFC INVERTED TROF. IN ADDN...THE WAVE CAUSING ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY IS ALSO MOVG RAPIDLY NWD THIS MORNING. IN OUR E... WIDESPREAD FOG WITH PATCHY DENSE FOG AND DZ IN NO SHORT SUPPLY. WITH DRIER AIR ALOFT IN OUR E THRU THE MORNING HRS...JUST DECIDED TO INCLUDE ALL OF THIS IN THE FCST. TEMPS TODAY WL LIKELY NOT MOVE MUCH IN THE RAIN COOLED AIR ACROSS OUR WRN FA FM WHERE THEY ARE NOW... AND IN FACT MAY START TO EDGE DOWN SOME THIS AFTN AS THE WINDS BECOME MORE NELY LATE AND 925MB TEMPS START TO DECREASE. BUT THERE WL LIKELY BE A REBOUND IN OUR ERN TWO THIRDS...USING 925MB TEMPS AS A GUIDE. DUE TO EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER THOUGH...DOUBT THAT OUR SRN AREAS LIKE AROUND KSUX AND KYKN WL SEE HIGHS LIKE THEY DID YESTERDAY. FOR TONIGHT...BOTH NAM AND GFS ARE PRETTY CLOSE IN THE PROGRESSION OF THE SFC INVERTED TROF...AND KEEP THE JET STREAM ENERGY WELL BEHIND IT. UPPER WAVE REMAINS IN THE RCKYS BUT A VIGOROUS S/W ROTATES UP NWD IN ADVANCE OF IT...SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WRN PLAINS LAST EVENING...BUT WITH MUCH LESS INSTABILITY IN THIS AREA. BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF INSTABILITY...SVR TS NOT REALLY THREAT IN THIS FA...BUT AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL COULD BE. THEREFORE LOOKING AT THE FFG VALUES...AND NOTING THAT MANY OF OUR MAINSTEM RIVERS JUST FELL BLO FLOOD STAGE IN THE PAST 5 TO 10 DAYS...DECIDED TO ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH. OF COURSE IT WL TAKE THE MAINSTEM RIVERS A LITTLE WHILE TO COME UP...BUT SMALLER STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY RISE RATHER QUICKLY AS WELL AS LOW URBAN AREAS. LIFT IS STRONG TONIGHT...BOTH ISENTROPIC AND OMEGA. THEN ON FRIDAY...THE SFC TROF BEGINS TO PINWHEEL IN A NW TO SE DIRECTION...WITH THE S/W LIFTING RAPIDLY NWD FRIDAY MORNING. THIS SHOULD ABRUPTLY END THE RAIN THREAT FIRST IN OUR SW CWA...THEN WORK ITS WAY E AND NEWD FAIRLY RAPIDLY. THEREFORE CHOSE TO END THE FLOOD WATCH AT 18Z FRIDAY...BUT AGAIN IF ANY MAINSTEM RIVERS DO BEGIN TO FLOOD AGAIN...IT WL TAKE A WHILE FOR THEM TO GO DOWN. MIXED HIGH TEMPS FOR FRIDAY DOWN FM ABOUT 925MB-900MB THRU THE FSD FA AS SUGGESTED BY THE MODEL SNDGS. THEN FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY INTERESTING. THE ECMWF...NAM AND GFS ARE ALL VERY CLOSE IN HOW THEY HANDLE THE SRN PTN OF THE LARGE UPPER WAVE KICKING OUT OF THE SRN RKCYS AND ENTERING THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS THING HAS A NEG TILT WITH TREMENDOUS LIFT AND A HUGE TROP FOLD. IN ADDN...THE JET STREAM BEGINS TO CURL BACK TOWARD NW IA IN A CYCLONIC FASHION...ELONGATED S TO N FM THE SRN PLAINS. THIS PUTS THE ERN TWO THIRDS OF THE FSD SQUARELY IN A STRONG LEFT EXIT RGN OF THE JET. FCST LI VALUES ARE UNSTABLE ENOUGH TO JUST WARRANT PLAIN TS CHCS IN NW IA...WITH RAPIDLY STABLE AIR MOVG N AND NW FM THERE. AT ANY RATE...THIS STRONG SECOND WAVE SHOULD GIVE PARTS OF NW IA LIKELY CHCS FOR RAIN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AS IT BEGINS TO LIFT NEWD...AND THEN I RAISED POPS TO LIKELY OVR OUR ERN HALF ON SATURDAY IN THE LEFT EXIT RGN AND STRONG LIFT. ON SATURDAY NIGHT...THE UPPER TROF LIFTS RAPIDLY NEWD LIMITING ITS INFLUENCE OVR OUR WRN CWFA...BUT STILL DECENT RAIN CHCS OVR E. ALTERED TEMPS LITTLE IN THE WEEKEND PERIODS AS THEY STILL LOOKED ON TRACK GIVEN NEW LOW LVL MODEL TEMPS. && .AVIATION... INVERTED TROUGH NOSING UP THRU CNTRL NE AND SD...WITH WIND FIELD A BIT MESSED UP INTO THE JAMES VALLEY DUE TO OUTFLOW FROM EARLIER ORGANIZED CONVECTION TO THE WEST. WIDESPREAD LIFR CIGS/VSBYS WL PREVAIL ACRS KRWF-KFSD PORTIONS OF TWB243 INTO THE AFTERNOON...WITH IFR CIGS AND MVFR VSBYS PRETTY MUCH AFFECTING REMAINDER OF AREA AS INITIAL PCPN PUSH WANES THIS MORNING. ANOTHER LOBE OF STRONGER LIFT WL BRUSH THRU WRN TWB316 THIS MORNING...WITH BETTER THREAT FOR THUNDER COMING WITH NOCTURNAL INCREASE IN LLJ AND INTERACTION WITH ANOTHER IMPULSE LIFTING NWRD AROUND LARGE UPPER CIRC. CONVECTION LKLY TO KNOCK CIGS INTO MVFR TO VFR AT TIMES ONCE IT BECOMES MORE ESTABLISHED AFT 00Z TONIGHT. && .FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT THROUGH 1 PM FRIDAY ALL COUNTIES. MN...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT THROUGH 1 PM FRIDAY ALL COUNTIES. IA...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT THROUGH 1 PM FRIDAY ALL COUNTIES. NE...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT THROUGH 1 PM FRIDAY DAKOTA AND DIXON COUNTIES. && MJF/CHAPMAN
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 5:17 AM CDT, 10 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 517 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2007 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-301200- 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- 517 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...GENERALLY SOUTH OF I 90 IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND THROUGH PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA EXCLUDING THE IOWA GREAT LAKES REGION. THESE STORMS WILL BE ELEVATED...WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS THE MAIN THREAT. ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. FLOODING... AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL IS A THREAT TONIGHT...POSSIBLY PRODUCING SOME FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS IN LOW LYING URBAN AND RURAL AREAS...AS WELL AS SMALL STREAMS AND RIVER TRIBUTARIES. THIS WATER COULD THEN EMPTY INTO THE MAINSTEM RIVER SYSTEMS PRODUCING SOME RIVER FLOODING POTENTIAL BY LATER FRIDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORE AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL COULD OCCUR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA TO BROOKINGS SOUTH DAKOTA LINE...INCLUDING SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. IF THE AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL PAN OUT TONIGHT...SOME MAINSTEM RIVERS COULD RISE TO FLOOD STAGE AGAIN LATE THIS WEEK AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WITH THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...RIVER FLOODING ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY COULD BE A REAL POSSIBILITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 6 PM THIS EVENING FOR AREAS SOUTH OF I 90 IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND IN NORTHWEST IOWA. && 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, 4:04 AM CDT | Flood Watch | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix and 18 more | 24 hr |
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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.