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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

July 22, 20104 counties in Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2010, 1:03 AM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 22, 2010, 1:03 AM CDT (06:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2010, 6:36 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, O'Brien County, IA

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 22, 1:30 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Cherokee, IA	NUMEROUS STREETS UNDER WATER IN CHEROKEE.
Jul 22, 2:45 AM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Storm Lake, IA	CREEKS AROUND STORM LAKE OVERFLOWING AND STORM DRAINS IN STORM LAKE FULL AND OVERFLOWING. A BUSINESS JUST NORTHWESTOF STORM LAKE FLOODED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this flash flood warning; the first came 27 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1195 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

958 
WGUS53 KFSD 220603
FFWFSD
IAC021-035-041-141-221200-
/O.NEW.KFSD.FF.W.0044.100722T0603Z-100722T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
103 AM CDT THU JUL 22 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
  CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
  CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
  SOUTHERN O'BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 700 AM CDT

* AT 100 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 
  FEW HOURS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  SPENCER...STORM LAKE...ALBERT CITY...ALTA...AURELIA...CHEROKEE...
  CLEGHORN...GREENVILLE...LAKESIDE...LARRABEE...LINN GROVE...
  MARATHON...MARCUS...NEWELL...PAULLINA...PETERSON...QUIMBY...
  ROYAL...SIOUX RAPIDS...SUTHERLAND...TRUESDALE...WASHTA AND WEBB.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.

&&

LAT...LON 4256 9492 4257 9587 4292 9587 4312 9539
      4324 9492

$$

WEISSER

2 follow-up statements

758 
WGUS73 KFSD 220735
FFSFSD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
235 AM CDT THU JUL 22 2010

IAC021-035-041-141-221200-
/O.CON.KFSD.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-100722T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
O'BRIEN IA-CLAY IA-CHEROKEE IA-BUENA VISTA IA-
235 AM CDT THU JUL 22 2010

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BUENA VISTA...
CHEROKEE...CLAY AND SOUTHERN O'BRIEN COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM CDT...

AT 232 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN AND AROUND THE 
CHEROKEE AREA...INCLUDING MERIDEN AND QUIMBY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS OF A HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE 
OVERNIGHT. AT 130 AM CDT...NUMEROUS ROADS WERE REPORTED UNDER WATER 
IN THE TOWN OF CHEROKEE.

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE
WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...SPENCER...STORM LAKE...ALBERT CITY...ALTA...AURELIA...
CHEROKEE...CLEGHORN...GREENVILLE...LAKESIDE...LARRABEE...LINN
GROVE...MARATHON...MARCUS...NEWELL...PAULLINA...PETERSON...QUIMBY...
ROYAL...SIOUX RAPIDS...SUTHERLAND...TRUESDALE...WASHTA AND WEBB.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON
FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.

IN HILLY TERRAIN...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH
ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW
INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 4256 9492 4257 9587 4292 9587 4312 9539
      4324 9492

$$

WEISSER

378 
WGUS73 KFSD 221136
FFSFSD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
636 AM CDT THU JUL 22 2010

IAC021-035-041-141-221151-
/O.CAN.KFSD.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-100722T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
O'BRIEN IA-CLAY IA-CHEROKEE IA-BUENA VISTA IA-
636 AM CDT THU JUL 22 2010

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BUENA VISTA...
CHEROKEE...CLAY AND SOUTHERN O'BRIEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH ABOUT 800 AM CDT SHOULD BE LESS THAN A 
QUARTER OF AN INCH. PLEASE USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING HOWEVER AS 
STANDING WATER COULD STILL BE A PROBLEM.

LAT...LON 4256 9492 4257 9587 4292 9587 4312 9539
      4324 9492

$$

WEISSER

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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 21, 4:35 PM CDT, 8 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 4:35 PM CDT, 8 hours 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
435 PM CDT WED JUL 21 2010

.DISCUSSION...
FIRST BANDS OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS CONTINUE TO PROGRESS NORTHEAST OVER
THE FORECAST AREA. EXPECT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS THEY
OUTRUN THERMAL SUPPORT...MOISTURE...AND INSTABILITY. NEXT MAIN BATCH
SHOULD DEVELOP BY THE END OF THE AFTERNOON AND STORMS WILL HAVE MUCH
MORE GOING FOR THEM AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS
EVENING. STORMS LIKELY TO STEADILY BECOME MORE CONCENTRATED...THAT
IS INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE THROUGH THE EVENING. HEAVY RAIN
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN SOME OF THE STORMS AND THIS TOO SHOULD BECOME
MORE CONCENTRATED WITH TIME...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN
OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE AREA IN NORTHWEST IOWA. WILL EXTEND
MENTION OF HEAVY RAIN IN FORECAST TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THIS
PRIME AREA...BUT NORTHWEST IOWA IS WHERE THE GREATEST GENERAL
RAINFALL SHOULD FALL...AS WELL AS WHERE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS A BORDERLINE CALL FOR
NORTHWEST IOWA. FOR NOW IT APPEARS THAT THE POTENTIAL DOES NOT QUITE
MATCH UP TO THE FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE AND WILL HOLD OFF. ON RAINFALL
AMOUNTS...A CONSENSUS OF VARIOUS MODEL SOLUTIONS...LEAVING OUT THE
GFS...SEEMS THE WAY TO GO. WILL PROBABLY GO CLOSE TO GUIDANCE GRIDS
ON QPF. MEANWHILE...STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER ALL OF THE
FORECAST AREA...BEING MOST CONCENTRATED IN THE SOUTHEAST FOR THE
SAME REASON THE GREATEST HEAVY RAIN THREAT IS THERE...MOISTURE AND
PROXIMITY TO THE RIPER BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH. WILL PEAK ACTIVITY
AROUND AND JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ALLOW FOR SOME TAILING OFF FROM
THE WEST VERY LATE TONIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES NOT A BIG PROBLEM IN
THIS HUMID ENVIRONMENT AND GUIDANCE SEEMS OK. OF COURSE THE HOURLY
COOLING WILL VARY WITH THE STORMS. / WILLIAMS

VERY ACTIVE AND WET PATTERN CONTINUES...AT LEAST THRU FRI NIGHT...
THEN A NICE BREAK THIS WEEKEND...BEFORE RIDGE RIDER TSTMS RETURN
NEXT WEEK. AFTER MCS MOVES OFF THRU ERN CWA EARLY THU...SSWLY FLOW
BRINGS IN WARM AND HUMID AIR FOR THE DAY AND CAPPING AND LACK OF
CONVERGENCE WILL BRING A DRY PERIOD THRU MIDDAY. NAM APPEARS TO BE
TOO FAR SOUTH WITH BOUNDARY...AND OTHER MODELS FURTHER NORTH AND
BETTER. EXPECT CHCS OF TSTMS TO DVLP AGAIN BY LATE AFTN WRN TO NRN
CWA ON EDGE OF CAP AND DVLP SEWD THRU CWA THU EVE ALG CDFNT. LAPSE
RATES PRETTY DECENT...BUT CONVERGENCE AND DYNAMICS DO NOT LOOK THAT
GREAT FOR A WIDESPREAD SVR EVENT. FNTL BOUNDARY SAGS SOUTH THRU AREA
THU NGT SETTING UP A POTENTIALLY MUCH MORE WDSPRD HEAVY/SVR EVENT
FRI AFTN AND EVE. MAJOR SHORT WAVE WILL INDUCE GOOD LWR LVL
CONVERGENCE ALONG AND NORTH OF BOUNDARY TO LIKELY PRODUCE TSTMS
DVLPG NWRN CWA FRI AFTN MOVG SEWD THRU ESP ERN HLF CWA FRI NIGHT.
HIT THE POPS AND QPF PRETTY GOOD WITH THIS SYSTEM. THIS WAVE WILL
BE FLWD BY NICE INTRUSION OF SOMEWHAT COOLER AND DRIER AIR FOR THE
WEEKEND...WITH MODERATION STARTING MON WITH BLDG UPR RIDGE. THIS
WILL BRING BACK THE TROPICAL AIR FROM THE SOUTH. RIDGE RIDERS
GRADUALLY BRING INCRG CHCS OF TSTMS SWD INTO THE AREA THRU TUES
NIGHT AND WED...AND THE STORMY WX PATTERN SHOULD RETURN UFN./ RSR

&&

.AVIATION...
GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL LOWER LOCALLY BUT
WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY AFT 00Z AS STORMS BECOME MORE NUMEROUS
OVER AREA. LOCAL CIGS 1-3K FT AND VSBYS 3-5SM CAN BE EXPECTED IN
STORMS WITH VERY LOCAL AND BRIEF VSBYS BLO 3SM. AFTER ABOUT
06Z...THE WIDESPREAD NATURE OF THE RAINFALL MAY DEVELOP SOME GENERAL
CIGS 2-3K FEET EASTERN PART OF FORECAST AREA WHILE MORE SPOTTY LOWER
CIGS AND VSBYS CONTINUE TO THE WEST. THIS THREAT OF MVFR CIGS WILL
CONTINUE AFTER 12Z EVEN AS PRECIP TAILS OFF...THEN AFTER 15Z-16Z
GENERAL VFR CONDS SHOULD RETURN. / WILLIAMS

&&

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

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 6:33 PM CDT, 6 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
633 PM CDT WED JUL 21 2010

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-221200-
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-
633 PM CDT WED JUL 21 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS THROUGH THE MISSOURI VALLEY. THIS AREA
OF STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. A FEW
STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO
AROUND 60 MPH. LATER IN THE EVENING...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS
WILL DEVELOP AND BECOME WIDESPREAD FROM SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...THROUGH NORTHWEST IOWA. THE STORMS ARE
LIKELY TO MERGE A LARGE SYSTEM TONIGHT...WITH STORMS REGENERATING
AND KEEPING THE EFFECTIVE MOVEMENT SLOW. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION
FOR A PERSISTENT COMPLEX OF STORMS IS ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA.
AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA TO THE IOWA GREAT LAKES...WHERE AN
AVERAGE OF ONE TO TWO INCHES RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.  A FEW STORMS
FROM THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY TOWARD STORM LAKE WILL ALSO BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE AND WINDS TO 65
MPH.

FLOODING...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING FROM FAR SOUTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA INTO NORTHWEST IOWA TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

AFTER LINGERING STORMS EXIT SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST
IOWA ON THURSDAY MORNING...A QUIET PERIOD IS EXPECTED UNTIL THE
RISK FOR REDEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS LATER THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
THURSDAY NIGHT. IF THUNDERSTORMS CAN DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA NEAR A FRONTAL ZONE...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL
FOR SEVERE STORMS WHICH PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
ALSO...SOME HEAT INDICES WILL REACH 100 TO 105 DEGREES FROM THE
LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY TOWARD SPENCER AND STORM LAKE ON THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 6 PM CDT.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 21, 11:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1105 PM CDT WED JUL 21 2010

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

1104 PM     HEAVY RAIN       SIOUX FALLS             43.54N 96.73W
07/21/2010  M4.00 INCH       MINNEHAHA          SD   NWS EMPLOYEE

            WEST SIDE OF CITY.

&&

CJANSEN

Local storm report, Jul 21, 11:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1107 PM CDT WED JUL 21 2010

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

1105 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SIOUX FALLS             43.54N 96.73W
07/21/2010                   MINNEHAHA          SD   BROADCAST MEDIA

            STALLED CARS REPORTED IN SIOUX FALLS DUE TO FLOODED
            ROADWAYS.

&&

BT

Local storm report, Jul 21, 11:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1145 PM CDT WED JUL 21 2010

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

1140 PM     FLASH FLOOD      TEA                     43.45N 96.84W
07/21/2010                   LINCOLN            SD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROADS IN TEA AS
            WELL AS AT LEAST TWO HOMES WITH WATER IN THE BASEMENT.

&&

KWEISSER

Local storm report, Jul 21, 11:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1148 PM CDT WED JUL 21 2010

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

1115 PM     HEAVY RAIN       FREEMAN                 43.35N 97.43W
07/21/2010  M5.00 INCH       HUTCHINSON         SD   PUBLIC

1120 PM     HEAVY RAIN       SIOUX FALLS             43.54N 96.73W
07/21/2010  M2.50 INCH       MINNEHAHA          SD   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            SIOUX FALLS AIRPORT.

&&

MDB

Local storm report, Jul 22, 12:09 AM CDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1209 AM CDT THU JUL 22 2010

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

1205 AM     HEAVY RAIN       5 W SPIRIT LAKE         43.42N 95.21W
07/22/2010  M0.50 INCH       DICKINSON          IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            HALF AN INCH OF RAIN IN 15 MINUTES

&&

KWEISSER

Local storm report, Jul 22, 12:47 AM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1247 AM CDT THU JUL 22 2010

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

1238 AM     TSTM WND GST     ORANGE CITY             43.00N 96.06W
07/22/2010  M59 MPH          SIOUX              IA   AWOS

&&

KWEISSER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 21, 10:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FSD	Lyon	6 hr
Jul 21, 11:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FSD	Plymouth, Sioux	7 hr
Jul 21, 11:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FSD	Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola	5 hr
Jul 22, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Cherokee, O'Brien, Plymouth, Sioux	46 min
Jul 22, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Ida	51 min
Jul 22, 2:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FSD	Ida, Woodbury	4 hr
Jul 22, 10:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Sioux	6 days
Jul 22, 10:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Plymouth	6 days
Jul 22, 10:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	O'Brien	26 hr
Jul 22, 10:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Sioux	3 days
Jul 22, 10:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Clay, Dickinson	10 days
Jul 22, 10:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Clay	10 days
Jul 22, 10:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Buena Vista, Clay	13 days
Jul 22, 10:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Monona, Woodbury	10 hr
Jul 22, 2:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Cherokee	7 hr
Jul 22, 2:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	35 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.