Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Issued

Jun 16, 2014, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)

Expired

Jun 16, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Sioux Falls, SD

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, O'Brien County, IA

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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810 
WGUS53 KFSD 162211
FFWFSD
IAC021-035-041-059-141-170100-
/O.NEW.KFSD.FF.W.0027.140616T2211Z-140617T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
511 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BUENA VISTA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
  CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
  EASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
  EASTERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA
  SOUTHEASTERN O'BRIEN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 507 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE 
  TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 800 PM CDT WITH 
  POTENTIALLY LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  SPENCER...SPIRIT LAKE...STORM LAKE...ALBERT CITY...ALTA...ARNOLDS
  PARK...AURELIA...CHEROKEE...EVERLY...FOSTORIA...GREENVILLE...
  LAKESIDE...LARRABEE...LINN GROVE...MARATHON...MILFORD...NEWELL...
  OKOBOJI...ORLEANS...PETERSON...QUIMBY...ROYAL...SIOUX RAPIDS...
  SUPERIOR...TERRIL...TRUESDALE...WAHPETON...WASHTA...WEBB AND WEST
  OKOBOJI.

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 4256 9490 4256 9576 4350 9511 4350 9491

$$

GILLISPIE

562 
WGUS73 KFSD 170030
FFSFSD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
730 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

IAC021-035-041-059-141-170045-
/O.CAN.KFSD.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-140617T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
O'BRIEN IA-DICKINSON IA-BUENA VISTA IA-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY IA-
730 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CLAY...EASTERN
CHEROKEE...BUENA VISTA...EASTERN DICKINSON AND SOUTHEASTERN O'BRIEN
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY AN AREAL FLOOD 
WARNING. IN ADDITION...NUMEROUS RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT 
FOR GAGED RIVERS IN THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WARNINGS 
AND STATEMENTS.

IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

LAT...LON 4256 9490 4256 9576 4350 9511 4350 9491

$$

GILLISPIE

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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.