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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Aberdeen, SD

September 19, 2013Deuel County, Grant County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this flash flood warning at Sep 19, 2013, 4:21 AM CDT for Deuel County, Grant County, South Dakota. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 19, 2013, 4:21 AM CDT (09:21 UTC)
Expired
Sep 19, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2013-09-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2831 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2013-09-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2831 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1663 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
6.8

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 18, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Stanley29 min
Sep 18, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson, Dewey52 min
Sep 18, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Potter, Stanley, Sully45 min
Sep 18, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSpink57 min
Sep 18, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Day, Marshall61 min
Sep 18, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Potter, Sully26 min
Sep 18, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Corson, Dewey, Walworth44 min
Sep 18, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSpink63 min
Sep 18, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Corson46 min
Sep 18, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Edmunds, Faulk, McPherson, Potter, Walworth42 min
Sep 18, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Edmunds, Faulk, McPherson, Potter, Walworth40 min
Sep 18, 8:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRFaulk, Hand, Spink6 hr
Sep 18, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Marshall61 min
Sep 18, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Edmunds, McPherson52 min
Sep 18, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Spink53 min
Sep 18, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRHand, Spink46 min
Sep 18, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Edmunds, McPherson51 min
Sep 18, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Codington, Hamlin, Spink65 min
Sep 18, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown49 min
Sep 18, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Day, Marshall38 min
Sep 18, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington, Hamlin44 min
Sep 18, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Hamlin, Spink45 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.