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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Aberdeen, SD

June 19, 2014Traverse County, Minnesota; Day County, Marshall County, Roberts County, South Dakota

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 12:33 AM CDTFLASH FLOODSisseton, SDWATER 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 CDTFLASH FLOOD5 Ssw Roslyn, SDWATER OVER THE ROAD
Jun 19, 6:55 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 4.254 Wsw Roslyn, SD24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL
Jun 19, 7:00 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2.238 Ssw Webster, SD24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL
Jun 19, 7:00 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2.49 Nw Webster, SD24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL
Jun 19, 7:00 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2.793 W Sisseton, SD24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL
Jun 19, 7:00 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.65Sisseton, SD24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL
Jun 19, 7:00 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 4.2310 Ene Sisseton, SD24 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2014-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1475 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2014-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$
FOWLE
2 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

$$
PARKIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 1:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRBig Stone6 hr
Jun 18, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRMcPherson44 min
Jun 18, 8:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRCampbell, Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth6 hr
Jun 18, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds, McPherson45 min
Jun 18, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSpink39 min
Jun 18, 8:49 PM CDTTornado WarningABRBrown, Edmunds, McPherson41 min
Jun 18, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Spink63 min
Jun 18, 9:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRBrown, Spink6 hr
Jun 18, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Day, Spink46 min
Jun 18, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Day, Marshall, Spink40 min
Jun 18, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Day, Marshall48 min
Jun 18, 11:25 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningABRCorson24 hr
Jun 18, 11:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRClark, Day, Spink10 hr
Jun 19, 3:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningABRDeuel12 hr
Jun 19, 4:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRClark, Day, Hamlin, Spink39 min
Jun 19, 5:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay41 min
Jun 19, 6:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningABRRoberts38 hr
Jun 19, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRStanley49 min
Jun 19, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Stanley, Sully42 min
Jun 19, 4:22 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningABRCorson43 hr
Jun 19, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRSully36 min
Jun 19, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk, Hand, Hyde, Potter, Sully40 min
Jun 19, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRFaulk, Hand, Potter, Spink47 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in South Dakota, 2014Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2014Every flash flood warning in 2014

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.