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River Flood Warning 135, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

August 7, 2010Buena Vista County, Clay County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this river flood warning at Aug 7, 2010, 6:50 AM CDT for Buena Vista County, Clay County, Iowa. It took effect at Aug 7, 2010, 8:45 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 2010, 6:50 AM CDT (11:50 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 7, 2010, 8:45 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 7, 2010, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Buena Vista County, IA, Clay County, IA

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:50 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Little Sioux River at Linn Grove (LNNI4). The gauge peaked at 18.06 ft at Aug 7, 2010, 10:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
16.5 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
22.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06605850, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Aug 7, 4:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 4:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
435 AM CDT SAT AUG 7 2010

.DISCUSSION...
TWO BIG ISSUES IN THIS FCST ARE CAP/RIDGE RIDING CHCS TSTMS AND
BUILDING HEAT AND HUMIDITY NEXT FEW DAYS. AS SUSPECTED YESTERDAY...
TSTMS FIRED ON EDGE OF CAP AND NOSE OF DVLPG SLY LLJ FM SWRN MN TO
NWRN IA EARLY THIS MRNG. THIS SCT ACTIVITY WILL PUSH EWD OUT OF
CWA BY MID MRNG...LEAVING US WITH CAPPED AND WARMING ENVIRONMENT
TDA. HUMIDITY STILL SHOULD NOT BE TOO BAD YET TDA AS DEEPER
MOISTURE STILL WELL SOUTH...BUT THE SUN WILL BE WORKING ON
CONTINUED EVAPOTRANSPIRATION FROM WET GROUND AND VEGETATION TDA...
POOLING THE DEWPOINTS. THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY SHOULD BE IN FULL
FORCE WITH ADDED MOISTURE ADVECTION AND CONTINUED SSELY FLOW SUN
INTO MON...AND EXPANDED HEAT WATCH N AND W A FEW COUNTIES FOR SUN
AFTN THRU MON. NEXT ISSUE IS THE CHCS OF TSTMS DEPENDING ON BREAKING
OF CAP. TONED BACK CHCS OF TSTMS SOME THIS AFTN THRU TNGT AS NEXT
MCS WILL LIKELY SKIRT OUR CWA TO THE NE THRU TNGT...BUT KEPT SOME
POPS IN JUST IN CASE MCS DOES A RIGHT TURN INTO THE CAP ESP IN SWRN
MN. SUNDAY SHOULD BE A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE DAY...ESP SOUTH OF I90.
SIGNS OF CAP BREAKING IN THE LATE AFTN AS FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
SAGS SWD AND PROVIDES SOME CONVERGENCE. ALL MODELS SHOW SOME KIND
OF TROPICAL CONNECTION RIDGE RIDER DVLPG ENEWD ALONG THIS BOUNDARY
SUN NGT...AND PREV STRONG POPS LOOK PRETTY GOOD ESP FOR SERN HLF
CWA. IF TSTMS DVLP THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LCLLY VERY HEAVY RAIN...
BUT A FEW SVR STORMS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION DUE TO STEEP LAPSE
RATES AND DEEP SHEAR. PSBL MCS PULLS OFF TO EAST OF CWA ON MON...
BUT MORE TROPICAL ENERGY/MOISTURE MOVES ENEWD OVER AREA EARLY AND
AGAIN LATE NEXT WEEK. DID PUT A TEMPORARY WIND SHIFT BEHIND FNT FOR
WED BASED ON ALL THE MODELS...BUT OTRW PREV FCST IN THE BALLPARK./
RYRHOLM

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS THRU 06Z SUN FOR TAF LOCATIONS. HOWEVER...SCT TSRA
THRU VERY EARLY MORNING ACRS SW MN AND NW IA WL YIELD LCL IFR VSBYS
AND MVFR CIGS. THE ONLY THREAT OF SCT TSRA TONIGHT WL BE NE OF A
KBKX TO KSPW LINE. DEVELOPING LLJ TONIGHT WL CREATE POTENTIAL FOR
LLWS FOR KSUX./ CHAPMAN

&&

.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
     MORNING FOR IAZ012>014-020>022-031-032.

MN...NONE.
NE...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
     MORNING FOR NEZ013-014.

SD...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
     MORNING FOR SDZ068>071.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 5:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 3:43 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningFSDBon Homme, Clay, Union, Yankton27 hr
Aug 7, 3:43 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryFSDAurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brule, Charles Mix, Clay and 14 more48 hr
Aug 7, 2:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDBuena Vista, Clay3 hr
Aug 7, 3:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDO'Brien, Osceola3 hr
Aug 7, 5:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDBuena Vista, Clay3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.