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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2014, 10:53 AM CDT for Lincoln County, Union County, South Dakota; Lyon County, Plymouth County, Sioux County, Iowa. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2014, 10:53 AM CDT (15:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2014, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lyon County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Lincoln County, SD, Union County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:56 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 nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -485 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
545 WGUS53 KFSD 161553 FFWFSD IAC119-149-167-SDC083-127-161900- /O.NEW.KFSD.FF.W.0019.140616T1553Z-140616T1900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1053 AM CDT MON JUN 16 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LYON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA NORTHERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA NORTHWESTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WESTERN SIOUX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA * UNTIL 200 PM CDT * AT 1048 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AROUND 1 INCH OR MORE OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN ABOUT A 20 TO 30 MINUTE PERIOD AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. THIS RAIN WILL BE FALLING ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS THIS PAST WEEKEND...SO RUNOFF FROM THESE RAINS WILL QUICKLY LEAD TO FLOODING. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CANTON...HAWARDEN...ROCK RAPIDS...AKRON...ALCESTER...ALVORD... CRAIG...DOON...FAIRVIEW...GEORGE...HUDSON...HULL...INWOOD... IRETON...LARCHWOOD...LESTER...LITTLE ROCK...NEWTON HILLS STATE PARK...ROCK VALLEY AND SIOUX CENTER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. 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 4281 9681 4347 9652 4346 9586 4269 9647 $$ GILLISPIE
2 follow-up statements
278 WGUS73 KFSD 161734 FFSFSD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1234 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014 IAC119-149-167-SDC083-127-161900- /O.CON.KFSD.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140616T1900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SIOUX IA-PLYMOUTH IA-LYON IA-LINCOLN SD-UNION SD- 1234 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN UNION... SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN...LYON...NORTHWESTERN PLYMOUTH AND WESTERN SIOUX COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT... AT 1232 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...CANTON...HAWARDEN...ROCK RAPIDS...AKRON...ALCESTER... ALVORD...CRAIG...DOON...FAIRVIEW...GEORGE...HUDSON...HULL...INWOOD... IRETON...LARCHWOOD...LESTER...LITTLE ROCK...NEWTON HILLS STATE PARK...ROCK VALLEY AND SIOUX CENTER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4281 9681 4347 9652 4346 9586 4269 9647 $$ GILLISPIE
102 WGUS73 KFSD 161858 FFSFSD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 158 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014 IAC119-149-167-SDC083-127-161912- /O.EXP.KFSD.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140616T1900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SIOUX IA-PLYMOUTH IA-LYON IA-LINCOLN SD-UNION SD- 158 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN UNION... SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN...LYON...NORTHWESTERN PLYMOUTH AND WESTERN SIOUX COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 200 PM CDT... THE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND 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 FLASH FLOOD THREAT. RIVER FLOODING CONTINUES ON THE ROCK AND BIG SIOUX RIVERS...REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 4281 9681 4347 9652 4346 9586 4269 9647 $$ GILLISPIE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 3:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Clay, Lincoln, Union | 20 hr |
| Jun 16, 10:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Union | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 10:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule, Jerauld | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 10:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Union | 39 min |
| Jun 16, 11:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Jerauld, Sanborn | 52 min |
| Jun 16, 11:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson, Miner, Sanborn | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 12:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | McCook, Minnehaha | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 12:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Brookings, Minnehaha, Moody | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lake, Miner | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Moody | 41 min |
| Jun 16, 1:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Brookings, Lake, Lincoln, McCook, Miner, Minnehaha and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha, Moody | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hutchinson, McCook, Minnehaha, Turner | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Minnehaha, Turner | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Minnehaha | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 3:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Hutchinson, Lincoln, Turner | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha, Turner | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 23 min |
| Jun 16, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Union | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 5:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Minnehaha, Moody | 38 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 44 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Minnehaha | 57 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Turner | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Union | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 6:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Clay, Turner, Yankton | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Minnehaha, Moody | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Lincoln, Turner | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 6:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Minnehaha | 3 days |
| Jun 16, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 24 min |
| Jun 16, 11:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 12:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Ida, Woodbury | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Sioux | 39 min |
| Jun 16, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien, Sioux | 26 min |
| Jun 16, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Osceola | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Osceola | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Dickinson, Osceola | 21 min |
| Jun 16, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Dickinson | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, O'Brien | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson, Lyon, Osceola | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Osceola | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 5:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay | 68 min |
| Jun 16, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien | 48 min |
| Jun 16, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Clay | 26 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.