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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 11, 200822 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this flash flood watch at Aug 11, 2008, 4:30 AM CDT for 22 counties in South Dakota; Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 11, 2008, 4:30 AM CDT (09:30 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2008, 11:18 PM CDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Flood severity: None

All 24 counties

Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Brown County, SD, Buffalo County, SD, Campbell County, SD, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Edmunds County, SD, Faulk County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Hand County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Hyde County, SD, Lyman County, SD, Marshall County, SD, McPherson County, SD, Potter County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD, Sully County, SD, Walworth County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Aug 11, 4:06 AM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 4:06 AM CDT, 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 3:21 PM CDT, 13 hours 9 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 11, 2:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Faulk, Hand, Spink	43 min
Aug 11, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hand, Hyde	67 min
Aug 11, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Buffalo, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Lyman	60 min
Aug 11, 3:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Edmunds, Faulk, Spink	49 min
Aug 11, 4:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Hand, Hyde	33 min
Aug 11, 4:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABR	Buffalo, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Lyman	2 hr
Aug 11, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hand, Hyde	49 min
Aug 11, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Edmunds, Faulk, Spink	47 min
Aug 11, 4:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABR	Edmunds, Faulk	114 min
Aug 11, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Hand, Hyde	32 min
Aug 11, 5:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABR	Brown	108 min
Aug 11, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Spink	28 min
Aug 11, 5:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABR	Faulk, Spink	71 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in South Dakota, 2008 Flash Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2008 Every flash flood watch in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.