Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

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

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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
413 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

.A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN NEBRASKA LATE THIS AFTERNOON
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY
RAINS THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST
IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.

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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
413 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY...

THE FLASH 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.

* UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY

* HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN OVER A LARGE PART OF THE AREA
  TODAY...AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS ARE
  EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT.

WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. AS SOILS ARE ALREADY SATURATED
DUE TO RECENT RAINFALL...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS MAY PRODUCE
FLASH FLOODING...CAUSING SMALL STREAMS AND CREEK BEDS TO RISE
RAPIDLY.

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

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

$$

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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
917 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

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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
917 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

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

VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY WITH MULTIPLE
RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS NEAR OR OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
ADDITIONALLY...MANY ROADS...ESPECIALLY OVER PARTS OF HANSON AND
CHARLES MIX COUNTIES...WERE REPORTED UNDER WATER.

WHILE THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED...RUNOFF
FROM THE PREVIOUS RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
455 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

.DISCUSSION...

WARM ADVECTION SHRA/TSRA FELL APART IN MOST OF CWA OVERNGT AS NEB/IA
CONVECTION TOOK OVER CLOSER TO WMFNT. SO CUT BACK COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY THIS MRNG AND HAVE CANCELLED ALL WATCHES. COULD REGENERATE
DURG MRNG...MAINLY NORTH OF I90 AND EAST OF I29...BUT STILL ONLY
SCATTERED EXPCD. HOWEVER...DANGEROUS SITUATION STILL DVLPG LATE
THIS AFTN AND EVE AS MAIN DYNAMICS FINALLY MOVE NEWD INTO CWA AND
INTERACT WITH SFC WMFNT SURGING NWD THRU SERN CWA. THIS FNT WILL BE
FLWD BY STG SSELY FLOW OF MUCH WARMER AND VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE
AIR...FUELING STG TSTM DVLPMT EVEN N AND W OF FNT OVER MOST OF CWA
DUE TO STG DYNAMICS ALOFT. MAIN THREAT FOR SUPERCELLS AND TORNADOES
SHOULD BE ALG AND SE OF A LN FM MWM TO FSD TO YKN...BUT SURGING
WMFNT COULD BRING MAIN ACTION EVEN FURTHER N AND W BY EARLY EVE.
HEAVY RAIN WILL REDVLP WITH DVLPG MCSS MOVG EWD OVER CWA DURG
EVE...AND DAYSHIFT WILL HAVE TO PONDER ANOTHER FFA DEPENDING ON
WHERE IT COULD SET UP. WRAPAROUND SCT SHRA MOVG EWD OVER MAINLY NRN
CWA LATE TNGT THRU FRI MRNG...WITH BRISK SWLY FLOW OF MILDER AND
DRIER AIR EXPCD BY AFTN. PRETTY MUCH STATUS QUO ON FCST THEREAFTER
WITH SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. SEEMS SLY FLOW SHOULD BRING SOME LOW
LVL MOISTURE RETURN FOR THE CHCS OF TSTMS DVLPG SE OVER CWA LATE FRI
NGT THRU SAT NGT....BUT NEXT MAIN PRECIP EVENT SHOULD HOLD OFF TIL
SUN NGT AND BEYOND.

&&

AVIATION...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...CARRYING MVFR CONDITIONS...
WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TAF SITES THROUGH AROUND 15Z...BEFORE TAPERING
OFF FROM SOUTH TO NORTH IN THE LATE MORNING. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP AFTER 20Z THIS AFTERNOON...
WITH MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS IN HEAVIER STORMS.

&&

.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.

&&

RSR

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
616 AM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-061200-
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-
616 AM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING
THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL
LATER IN THE AFTERNOON...WHEN WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
DEVELOP MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 29...MOVING EAST OVER THE
ENTIRE AREA THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...POSSIBLY UP TO BASEBALL SIZE. THERE WILL
ALSO BE A THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MARSHALL
MINNESOTA TO SIOUX FALLS TO SPRINGFIELD SOUTH DAKOTA.

FLOODING...
THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER FROM AROUND SPENCER TO LINN GROVE IS
EXPECTED TO CREST AT OR JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE
THIS WEEK.

MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE
VERMILLION RIVER THE NEXT FEW DAY. RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...WHICH COULD BE CAUSE FOR
CONTINUED OR ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CAUSE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRODUCING 1 TO 3 INCHES RAINFALL. THIS
COULD CREATE SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING ISSUES AS WELL AS
INCREASE THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING ON CREEKS...STREAMS
AND RIVERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY AFTER 4 PM CDT WEST OF
INTERSTATE 29...AND OVER MOST OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST IOWA BY 7 PM CDT.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
643 AM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

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

0422 PM     HAIL             5 SW UTICA              42.93N 97.56W
06/04/2008  E1.50 INCH       YANKTON            SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

0435 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 S TABOR               42.91N 97.66W
06/04/2008                   BON HOMME          SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FIELDS WASHED OUT SOUTH OF TABOR

0510 PM     HAIL             5 NW YANKTON            42.94N 97.45W
06/04/2008  E0.88 INCH       YANKTON            SD   PUBLIC

0530 PM     FLASH FLOOD      6 SSW UTICA             42.91N 97.54W
06/04/2008                   YANKTON            SD   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FLOODING IN FIELDS NEAR HWY 50/52 JUNCTION. TWO INCHES OF
            RAIN IN ABOUT 45 MINUTES.

0700 PM     FLASH FLOOD      DANTE                   43.04N 98.19W
06/04/2008                   CHARLES MIX        SD   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROAD FLOODING IN AND NEAR DANTE WITH 3 INCHES OF RAIN.

0715 PM     FLASH FLOOD      8 S ALEXANDRIA          43.54N 97.78W
06/04/2008                   HANSON             SD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL COUNTY/TOWNSHIP ROADS FLOODED NEAR HIGHWAY 42

1052 PM     DOWNBURST        5 S GALVA               42.43N 95.42W
06/04/2008                   IDA                IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DOWNBURST WINDS CAUSED TREE DAMAGE BLOCKING HIGHWAY 20.

&&

GHARMON