Alert archive / South Dakota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2014, 12:21 AM CDT for Traverse County, Minnesota; Day County, Marshall County, Roberts County, South Dakota. It was in force for 9 hr. 8 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
- Jun 19, 2014, 12:21 AM CDT (05:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2014, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Traverse County, MN, Day County, SD, Marshall County, SD, Roberts County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:21 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 12:33 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Sisseton, SD | WATER OVER TURN LANES ON HWY 10 THROUGH SISSETON...6 IN OF STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...RESTAURANT ON EDGE OF TOWN HAS WATER UP TO BUILDING AND PARKING LOT IS FLOODED...CREEK THROUGH TOWN IS NEAR ITS BANKS |
| Jun 19, 6:55 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ssw Roslyn, SD | WATER OVER THE ROAD |
| Jun 19, 6:55 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.25 | 4 Wsw Roslyn, SD | 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL |
| Jun 19, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.23 | 8 Ssw Webster, SD | 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL |
| Jun 19, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.4 | 9 Nw Webster, SD | 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL |
| Jun 19, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.79 | 3 W Sisseton, SD | 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL |
| Jun 19, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.65 | Sisseton, SD | 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL |
| Jun 19, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.23 | 10 Ene Sisseton, SD | 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1475 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1398 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 7.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
259
WGUS53 KABR 190521
FFWABR
MNC155-SDC037-091-109-191430-
/O.NEW.KABR.FF.W.0013.140619T0521Z-140619T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1221 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DAY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
NORTHERN ROBERTS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWESTERN TRAVERSE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 930 AM CDT
* AT 1218 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT TWO TO FOUR INCHES
OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED...WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SISSETON...WEBSTER...BRISTOL...BROWNS VALLEY...COUNTY PARK...
EDEN...FORT SISSETON STATE PARK...GRENVILLE...HOLMQUIST...LAKE
CITY...NEW EFFINGTON...PEEVER...PICKEREL LAKE STATE PARK...
PIERPONT...ROSLYN...ROY LAKE STATE PARK AND WAUBAY WILDLIFE REFUGE.
IN ADDITION...THE SISSETON AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED 3.27 INCHES OF
RAIN AS OF 1220 AM CDT.
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.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4589 9687 4564 9673 4521 9760 4551 9792
4571 9771
$$
FOWLE2 follow-up statements
653
WGUS73 KABR 191035
FFSABR
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
535 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014
MNC155-SDC037-091-109-191430-
/O.CON.KABR.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140619T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TRAVERSE MN-ROBERTS SD-MARSHALL SD-DAY SD-
535 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DAY...SOUTHEASTERN
MARSHALL...NORTHERN ROBERTS AND SOUTHWESTERN TRAVERSE COUNTIES UNTIL
930 AM CDT...
AT 534 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SISSETON...WEBSTER...BROWNS VALLEY...COUNTY PARK...EDEN...FORT
SISSETON STATE PARK...GRENVILLE...HOLMQUIST...LAKE CITY...NEW
EFFINGTON...PEEVER...PICKEREL LAKE STATE PARK...PIERPONT...ROSLYN...
ROY LAKE STATE PARK AND WAUBAY WILDLIFE REFUGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4589 9687 4564 9673 4521 9760 4551 9792
4571 9771
$$166
WGUS73 KABR 191426
FFSABR
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
926 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014
MNC155-SDC037-091-109-191441-
/O.EXP.KABR.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140619T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TRAVERSE MN-ROBERTS SD-MARSHALL SD-DAY SD-
926 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR DAY...SOUTHEASTERN
MARSHALL...NORTHERN ROBERTS AND SOUTHWESTERN TRAVERSE COUNTIES WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 930 AM CDT...
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.
LAT...LON 4589 9687 4564 9673 4521 9760 4551 9792
4571 9771
$$
PARKINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 1:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Big Stone | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | McPherson | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 8:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Campbell, Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Edmunds, McPherson | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Spink | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ABR | Brown, Edmunds, McPherson | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Spink | 63 min |
| Jun 18, 9:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Brown, Spink | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Day, Spink | 46 min |
| Jun 18, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Day, Marshall, Spink | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Brown, Day, Marshall | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 11:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ABR | Corson | 24 hr |
| Jun 18, 11:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Clark, Day, Spink | 10 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABR | Deuel | 12 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Clark, Day, Hamlin, Spink | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 5:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Day | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 6:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ABR | Roberts | 38 hr |
| Jun 19, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Stanley | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Dewey, Stanley, Sully | 42 min |
| Jun 19, 4:22 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ABR | Corson | 43 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Sully | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk, Hand, Hyde, Potter, Sully | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABR | Faulk, Hand, Potter, Spink | 47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.