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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flash flood watch at Jun 26, 2008, 3:06 PM CDT for 15 counties in South Dakota; 11 counties in Iowa; Jackson County, Nobles County, Rock County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 26, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2008, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 26, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2008, 3:34 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Flood severity
- None
All 29 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, Jackson County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Rock County, MN, Bon Homme County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson 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), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 2972 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1389 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jun 25, 8:50 PM CDT, 18 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 8:50 PM CDT, 18 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 850 PM CDT WED JUN 25 2008 .DISCUSSION... LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE/SURFACE BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO STRETCH FROM NORTH CENTRAL IOWA THROUGH EASTERN NEBRASKA BACK INTO THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AT THIS TIME. PRESENTLY QUIET OVER OUR CWA...WITH CLOSEST CONVECTION OVER CENTRAL IOWA IN ASSOCIATION WITH AFOREMENTIONED FEATURE. REMOVED POPS IN OUR SOUTH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH NO ADDITIONAL SHORT TERM DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED. TO OUR OUR WEST...DEVELOPING MCS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN SD/NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA ALONG SURFACE FRONT AS MID/UPPER LEVEL WAVE PUSHES OUT OF MONTANA AND WYOMING. SYSTEM PUSHING EVER SO SLOWLY TO THE EAST...AND AT PRESENT SPEED...WOULD NOT GET INTO OUR FAR SOUTHWESTERN ZONES UNTIL AFTER 07Z. SURROUNDING 00Z RAOBS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF VERY DRY MID LEVEL AIR OVER THE REGION...SO STILL APPEARS THAT DAMAGING WIND WOULD BE THE GREATEST THREAT WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS THAT DEVELOP...WITH LARGE HAIL A SECONDARY THREAT. UPDATES OUT SHORTLY. /JM && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING. A DEVELOPING MCS THROUGH SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH TO THE EAST OVERNIGHT...BRINGING LIKELY MVFR CIGS AND POTENTIALLY IFR VSBYS AFT 08Z. && .PREV DISCUSSION... WV LOOP CONTINUES TO INDICATE WAVE SLIDING THRU CNTRL NEBRASKA... BUT AT THIS POINT...THE SFC BNDRY IS NOW JUST S OF THE CWA BORDER AND THE 0-2KM DEEP LOW LVL CONVERGENCE BNDRY IS NEARING A KSUX TO KSLB LINE AS OF 20Z. A LITTLE CU LINE HAS DEVELOPED TOWARD THE BACK EDGE OF THIS CONVERGENCE AREA...AND COULD VERY WELL REPRESENT THE FINAL CHC LINE AS IT DROPS SWRD THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...EVEN WITH A 90F/70F STARTING POINT...THERE IS STILL A 40-50J/KG CAP ON THE 18Z OMA TAMDAR SOUNDING. SEVERE THREAT APPEARS TO BE DROPPING OFF FOR THE EVENING HOURS ACRS THE AREA...WITH THE ONLY MINOR THREAT THRU THE FAR SRN TIER OF COUNTIES AT THIS POINT...AND THAT IS IF IT CAN PUNCH THE CAP AS THE WAVE APPROACHES TOWARD 00Z. WITH EFFECTIVE SHEAR 25 KTS AT BEST...WL STILL BE LIVING IN THE MARGINAL MULTICELL NEIGHBORHOOD...WITH HALF DOLLAR HAIL AT THE LARGEST SUPPORTED BY INSTABILITY...AND SOME POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS WITH PRESENCE OF DRY LYR ALFT. OTHERWISE...WL HAVE TO WAIT FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT ACTION TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...IN THE FORM OF A MCS SPREADING ESE OUT OF THE WRN DKTS LATE TONIGHT. PUSHED AREA OF PCPN A BIT FASTER EWRD THAN MDLS INDICATE...CLOSER TO WHERE UPR IMPULSE TIMES OUT TO THE JAMES VLY BY 12Z. BNDRY AND LLJ ORIENTATION WOULD SUGGEST THREAT FOR SOME TRAINING CELLS AS WELL...LEADING TO HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH WOULD BE A CONTINUED THREAT AS MCS MOVES ESE THRU EARLY THU AFTN. ALSO LOOKING AT POTENTIAL FOR MAINLY A DAMAGING WIND/MARGINALLY LARGE HAIL THREAT ON SRN FLANK OF COMPLEX THRU LATE NIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. COMPLEX WL FOLLOW LLJ AS IT VEERS/WKNS THRU EARLY AFTN...SLIDING ALG EDGE OF STRONG MID LVL CAP. WITH AIRMASS CONTINUING QUITE A MID LVL LAPSE RATE AND CONTINUED WAA ZONE... MAY SEE ACC PERSIST BEHIND COMPLEX THRU THE AFTN...WITH COVERAGE GRADUALLY DROPPING WITH LOSS OF UPR SUPPORT. SOME VERY DRY LOW LVL AIR HAS BEEN PUSHING SWRD INTO CWA WITH DPTS DROPPING INTO THE MID 50S THRU THE NRN TIER. LOWERED LOWS SOMEWHAT IN RESPONSE TO THIS WITH THE DRY AIR AND LKLY MO CLEAR TO PC SKIES FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. TEMPS ON THURSDAY TRICKY AS ANY LOWER RAIN POTENTIAL COULD ALLOW FOR QUITE A BIT MORE WARMING THAN EXPECTED WITH THE RAIN AROUND. WITH EXPECTED SCENARIO OF MCS AND POTENTIAL FOR COOL EASTERLY OUTFLOW ON THE BACK SIDE OF DEPARTING SYSTEM THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...HAVE HEDGED TOWARD COOLER MET GUIDANCE VALUES FOR HIGHS. COULD BE RELATIVELY QUIET AGAIN FOR THE EVENING HOURS THURSDAY... WITH DAYTIME SYSTEM EXITING IN THE LATE AFTERNOON...AND NEXT WAVE INTIALLY GENERATING NEXT ROUND OF RAIN IN THE WESTERN PLAINS. MODELS ALL SHOWING ANOTHER POTENTIAL MCS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS LATER THURSDAY NIGHT...THOUGH NOT ALL AGREEING ON LOCATION. GREATER CONSENSUS AMONG THE GFS/UKMET/ECMWF WITH TRACKING THE MCS ACROSS NORTHERN PART OF THE FA...WHICH ALSO HAS BETTER CONTINUITY WITH OUR GOING FORECAST. SO HAVE STUCK WITH HIGHEST POPS NEAR/NORTH OF I-90 FOR LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE WITH THIS AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM SHOULD EXIT BY MID-LATE MORNING FRIDAY...WITH DECENT COLD FRONT PUSHING EAST THROUGH MUCH...IF NOT ALL OF THE CWA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DEPENDING ON SPEED OF THE FRONT...COULD SEE REDEVELOPMENT ALONG THE FRONT IN NORTHWEST IOWA LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. IF WE DO GET REDEVELOPMENT...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...THOUGH THREAT SHOULD MOVE EAST OF OUR AREA PRETTY EARLY IN THE EVENING. REMAINDER OF FRIDAY NIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND LOOKS QUIET AND ON THE COOL SIDE OF NORMAL AS COOL UPPER LOW PUSHES INTO NRN MINNESOTA. WITH COOL AIR ALOFT AND A WEAK WAVE DROPPING SOUTH ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON...HAVE ADDED A SLIGHT CHANCE POP TO THE NORTHEAST CWA FOR POSSIBLE INSTABILITY SHRA/TSRA LATE IN THE AFTERNOON SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE REGION FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY NEXT WEEK...WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND SEASONABLE TEMPS EXPECTED. SUNDAY COULD STILL BE A FEW DEGREES BELOW LATE JUNE NORMALS...ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN AREAS WITH COOLER AIR STILL DRAINING INTO MINNESOTA IN DEEP NORTHERLY FLOW BEHIND COOL UPPER LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES...BUT MONDAY SHOULD BE BACK INTO THE 80S MOST AREAS. HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EAST MONDAY NIGHT...WITH RETURN SOUTHERLY FLOW BRINGING WARMER TEMPS...HIGHER MOISTURE LEVELS... AND INCREASING PRECIP CHANCES BACK INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF APPROACHING WAVE FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. && .FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. NE...NONE. && JH/JC
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 12:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 26, 9:07 AM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
907 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 AM HAIL ALCESTER 43.02N 96.63W
06/26/2008 E0.88 INCH UNION SD PUBLIC
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HEITKAMPLocal storm report, Jun 26, 10:02 AM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1002 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 AM TSTM WND GST 9 WSW STORM LAKE 42.59N 95.37W
06/26/2008 E60 MPH BUENA VISTA IA PUBLIC
TWO 40 TO 50 FOOT TREES DOWNED BY ESTIMATED 60+ MPH WIND
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TRMLocal storm report, Jun 26, 10:39 AM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1039 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0720 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 NW ANTHON 42.42N 95.90W
06/26/2008 WOODBURY IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN PUSHED OVER POWER POLE
0730 AM TSTM WND DMG NE SMITHLAND 42.23N 95.93W
06/26/2008 WOODBURY IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
STRONG WIND GUSTS DOWNED A POWERLINE ON MAIN STREET
&&
DMORINLocal storm report, Jun 26, 11:16 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule, Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory | 32 min |
| Jun 26, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas, Hutchinson | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 4:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hutchinson, McCook, Turner | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Minnehaha, Turner | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 5:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Lincoln, Turner, Union, Yankton | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 6:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Yankton | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 6:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Union | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Union | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Turner, Yankton | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 5:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Sioux | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 6:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 6:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 6:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Ida | 37 min |
| Jun 26, 7:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida | 38 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in South Dakota, 2008Flash Flood Watches in Iowa, 2008Flash Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2008Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.