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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 15, 2009Dewey County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2009, 5:02 PM MDT for Dewey County, South Dakota. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 15, 2009, 5:02 PM MDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2009, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Dewey County, SD

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 warning went out at Jun 15, 2:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 2:30 AM MDT, 14 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:16 PM MDT, 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:23 PM MDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
523 PM CDT MON JUN 15 2009

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

1100 AM     HEAVY RAIN       6 NNW ROSCOE            45.53N 99.38W
06/15/2009  E5.00 INCH       EDMUNDS            SD   EMERGENCY MNGR

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ATG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 9:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Stanley	57 min
Jun 15, 3:41 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABR	Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth	3 hr
Jun 15, 6:44 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABR	Edmunds	3 hr
Jun 15, 9:47 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABR	Edmunds	2 hr
Jun 15, 4:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABR	Corson	29 min
Jun 15, 4:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Corson	50 min
Jun 15, 4:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Dewey	42 min
Jun 15, 4:59 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABR	Corson	3 hr
Jun 15, 5:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Corson	62 min
Jun 15, 5:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Dewey	59 min
Jun 15, 5:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Dewey	59 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.