Alert archive / South Dakota / River Flood Warnings in 2010
River Flood Warning 99, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this river flood warning at Jul 22, 2010, 10:20 AM CDT for Clay County, South Dakota. It took effect at Jul 22, 2010, 4:51 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 2010, 10:20 AM CDT (15:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 22, 2010, 4:51 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2010, 9:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Flood severity
- Moderate
County Clay County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:21 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.
The river
Written for the forecast point Vermillion River at Vermillion (VERS2).
- Action stage
- 18 ft
- Minor stage
- 21 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22 ft
- Major stage
- 30 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06479010, 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 Jul 22, 5:25 AM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 5:25 AM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 525 AM CDT THU JUL 22 2010 .DISCUSSION... STRONG MCV EXITING ERN CWA THIS MORNING...BUT EFFECTS OF MASSIVE MCC ONGOING WITH SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPING BACK ALG AXIS OF VEERING LLJ OF 50-55 KTS. LARGELY A HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING SYSTEM...BUT SEVERAL INSTANCES OF DAMAGING WINDS ALG PATH...WITH MOST SIGNIFICANT ACRS NW IA EARLY IN THE OVERNIGHT IN AREAS FROM MAURICE TO CHEROKEE. BOUNDARIES GALORE IN SFC ANLYS...FM INVERTED TROUGH/FRONTAL ZONE THRU WRN SD...TO CONVECTIVELY REINFORCED WMFNT ACRS CNTRL NEBRASKA TO SWRN IA. CONVECTIVE REDEVELOPMENT LTR TDA...AS WELL AS THE CONVECTIVE THREAT ON FRIDAY AFTN/NIGHT THE GREATEST CONCERN FOR THE DAY. WL SEE SLOW ENDING FROM W TO E OF CURRENT MCS...AS LLJ CONTINUES TO VEER AND THEN WKN THIS MORNING...WITH END OF PCPN IN GRIDS TIED TO PASSAGE OF WK WAVE EARLY THIS MORNING. WORKED OVER AIRMASS SHUD ALLOW MUCH OF DAY TO BE QUIET...LATE MORNING TO AT LEAST MID TO LATE AFTN. IN WAKE OF SYSTEM...WMFNT ACRS NEBRASKA SHUD ATTEMPT A MODEST NWRD PUSH TOWARD FAR SRN CWA. VERY WARM ALFT...AND SHUD BE CAPPED AT LEAST UNTIL VERY LATE IN DAY BASED ON MORE REALISTIC GFS PROFILES. CANNOT UNDERSTAND NAM DRIVING BNDRY SO FAR SWRD DURG THE AFTN. FORCING FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS FAIRLY WK OVERALL...WITH MAIN WAVE TO N ONLY OFFERING A GLANCING PV LOBE...AND WITH WAVE TO N...LLJ LOOKS TO LACK THE BACKING NEEDED TO REALLY ENHANCE PCPN THREAT GREATLY. DESPITE SOME BURLY THERMODYMAMICS...TONIGHT MAY END UP A CONVECTIVE MISFIRE FOR MOST. DEVELOPMENT MAY END UP BEING MORE OF A FLARE UP DURING THE EVNG HOURS NEAR THE WK CONVERGENCE AXIS/WMFNT...PERHAPS HAVING TO WATCH FOR STORMS WANDERING FROM MORE WRN ORIGINS THRU WRN CWA...AND NR BNDRY LATER INTO NIGHT ACRS THE SE. KEPT THINGS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE CHC POP RANGE. HOWEVER...IF STORMS TO DEVELOP...SOME SVR WX WOULD BE ALMOST A GIVEN WITH INSTABILITY AND INCREASED SHEAR AS S EDGE OF WLYS WORK DOWN AS WAVE PASSES BY TO N. AIRMASS TODAY MASSIVELY RECYCLED BY MCS...SO FOR THE TIME...DWPTS HAVE BEEN KNOCKED BACK SOMEWHAT. HOWEVER...STABILITY DUE TO ELEVATED WMFNT WELL NORTH OF SFC BNDRY...AND THUS AT LEAST WK CAPPING INVERSION SHUD ALLOW A TREMENDOUS UPSURGE IN DWPTS DURING THE MORNING...LEADING TO OPPRESSIVELY HUMID DAY. AS TMPS RECOVER UNDER PARTLY SUNNY SKIES THIS AFTN...WL SEE HEAT INDEX GETTING TO THE 100-105 RANGE THRU FAR SOUTH. MORE INTERESTING ON FRIDAY...AS WL SEE WINDS BACK AHEAD OF STRONG WAVE DIGGING INTO THE NRN PLAINS. BNDRY WL PRETTY MUCH WAFFLE FIRST S THEN N IN CWA. INSTABILITY IMPRESSIVE WITH MOISTURE POOLING INTO BNDRY...WELL CAPPED THRU EARLY AFTN. SHEAR FRIGHTENING AS MID LVL FLOW STRENGTHENS AND SHEAR ESPLY NEAR BNDRY ALLOWS 0-1KM SHEAR AND 0-6KM SHEAR TO MOVE STRONGLY TOWARD SIGNIFICANT SVR THRESHOLDS. INITIAL LIFT FORCING STARTS BY EARLY AFTN THRU CNTRL SD...BUT SHUD GET STRONG PUSH FOR DEVELOPMENT MID TO LATE AFTN ALG WSW TO ENE BNDRY...WHICH WL WORK SWRD THRU THE EVNG. BEST PV SUPPORT JUST NORTH...BUT NO REASON NOT TO EXPECT SWRD DEVELOPMENT INTO INSTABILITY AXIS ONCE GETS GOING...LKLY INITIAL SCT SUPERCELLS... THEN HYBRID OF MULTICELLS/SUPERCELLS ALG LINEARLY FORCED ZONE THRU THE EVNG. NOT MUCH TIME TO WORK WITH SAT AND BEYOND WITH WEATHER CONCERNS. LOOKS TO BE WELCOMED QUIET TIME WITH SFC RIDGE BUILDING IN THRU SUN AM...THEN SLIDING EWRD WITH RETURN FLOW INCREASING INTO MONDAY. /CHAPMAN && .FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. NE...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 6:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 656 AM CDT THU JUL 22 2010 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-231200- 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- 656 AM CDT THU JUL 22 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS... SHOWERS AND SCATTERED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLOWLY EXIT AREAS FROM AROUND INTERSTATE 29 AND EASTWARD THROUGH MID MORNING. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR STORMS TO REDEVELOP VERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS FROM SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TOWARD NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND THEN A BIT LATER INTO THE NIGHT THROUGH NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...ISOLATED STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME DAMAGING WINDS TO AROUND 60 MPH AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A MORE POTENT SEVERE WEATHER SETUP LOOKS TO EXIST FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY EVENING. STORMS SHOULD ERUPT RAPIDLY IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...AND EXPAND ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SITTING NEAR INTERSTATE 90. THERE WILL BE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES THROUGH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET...AND STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH AND HAIL TO HEN EGG SIZE. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL DROP OFF SOMEWHAT AFTER SUNSET AS STORMS SPREAD INTO NORTHWEST IOWA...WITH A CONTINUED DAMAGING WIND THREAT AND HAIL TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE. .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 22, 7:57 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
757 AM CDT THU JUL 22 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0756 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 S ROCK RAPIDS 43.40N 96.17W
07/22/2010 M7.25 INCH LYON IA BROADCAST MEDIA
&&
LAFLINLocal storm report, Jul 22, 8:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
805 AM CDT THU JUL 22 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 S DAVIS 43.24N 97.00W
07/22/2010 M2.00 INCH TURNER SD CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
TRMSpecial weather statement, Jul 22, 8:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 825 AM CDT THU JUL 22 2010 SDZ062-221530- MINNEHAHA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SIOUX FALLS 825 AM CDT THU JUL 22 2010 ...BIG SIOUX RIVER OUT OF ITS BANKS IN PORTIONS OF SIOUX FALLS... DUE TO 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL LAST NIGHT IN THE SIOUX FALLS AREA...PORTIONS OF THE BIG SIOUX RIVER HAVE FLOODED SOME OF THE PARKS AND THE BIKE TRAIL IN SIOUX FALLS. AT 8 AM CDT...PORTIONS OF SPENCER PARK NEAR CLIFF AVENUE AND INTERSTATE 229 WERE UNDERWATER. WHILE THE RIVER FLOODING IS NOT WIDESPREAD...THERE MAY BE A FEW OTHER PARKS OR PORTIONS OF THE BIKE TRAIL THAT ARE ALSO FLOODED. RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE CITY. THE RIVER HAS ALREADY CRESTED AND IS BEGINNING TO SLOWLY FALL. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO BE WITHIN ITS BANKS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITHIN THE CITY OF SIOUX FALLS. SCHUMACHER
Local storm report, Jul 22, 8:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
829 AM CDT THU JUL 22 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0825 AM HEAVY RAIN 6 SSE SIOUX FALLS 43.46N 96.68W
07/22/2010 M3.84 INCH LINCOLN SD NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
TRMLocal storm report, Jul 22, 9:25 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jul 22, 10:01 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1001 AM CDT THU JUL 22 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 AM HEAVY RAIN LAKE PARK 43.45N 95.32W
07/22/2010 E3.75 INCH DICKINSON IA PUBLIC
1000 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 N MELVIN 43.36N 95.61W
07/22/2010 M6.63 INCH OSCEOLA IA PUBLIC
&&
PSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jerauld | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule | 37 min |
| Jul 21, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jerauld, Sanborn | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule, Charles Mix, Douglas | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 7:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson, Sanborn | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 9:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Minnehaha | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 10:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Minnehaha | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 11:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Clay, Lincoln, Turner, Union, Yankton | 7 hr |
| Jul 22, 2:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Union | 4 hr |
| Jul 22, 2:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Turner | 56 hr |
| Jul 22, 10:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Union | 6 days |
| Jul 22, 10:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Union | 6 days |
| Jul 22, 10:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Turner | 11 hr |
| Jul 22, 10:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Turner | 5 days |
| Jul 22, 10:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Clay | 23 days |
| Jul 22, 2:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Clay, Davison, Hanson and 12 more | 35 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:08 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix | 17 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:08 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Bon Homme | 29 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:08 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Bon Homme | 3 days |
| 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, 1:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, O'Brien | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Ida | 51 min |
| 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 |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in South Dakota, 2010Every river flood warning in 2010
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.