Alert archive / South Dakota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2014, 2:53 AM CDT for Pipestone County, Rock County, Minnesota; Lake County, Minnehaha County, Moody County, South Dakota. 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 1, 2014, 2:53 AM CDT (07:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2014, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Lake County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
246 WGUS53 KFSD 010753 FFWFSD MNC117-133-SDC079-099-101-011100- /O.NEW.KFSD.FF.W.0003.140601T0753Z-140601T1100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 253 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN MINNEHAHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA NORTHERN ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA PIPESTONE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA SOUTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA SOUTHERN MOODY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 600 AM CDT * AT 251 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS LIKELY FALLEN OVER THE PAST 12 TO 24 HOURS AND AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... PIPESTONE...BALTIC...CHESTER...COLMAN...COLTON...CROOKS...DELL RAPIDS...EDGERTON...EGAN...FLANDREAU...GARRETSON...HOLLAND... JASPER...PIPESTONE NATIONAL MONUMENT...SHERMAN...TRENT AND TROSKY. 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 4416 9614 4384 9607 4359 9692 4397 9698 $$ WEISSER
1 follow-up statement
301 WGUS73 KFSD 011051 FFSFSD FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 551 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 MNC117-133-SDC079-099-101-011106- /O.EXP.KFSD.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140601T1100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PIPESTONE MN-ROCK MN-MOODY SD-MINNEHAHA SD-LAKE SD- 551 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAKE...NORTHEASTERN MINNEHAHA...SOUTHERN MOODY...NORTHERN ROCK AND PIPESTONE COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 600 AM CDT... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 4416 9614 4384 9607 4359 9692 4397 9698 $$ WEISSER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 1:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 19 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 7:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Minnehaha | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Davison, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson, McCook | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Union | 5 days |
| Jun 1, 8:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Union | 5 days |
| Jun 1, 12:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Beadle | 4 days |
| Jun 1, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Yankton | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hutchinson, Turner, Yankton | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Minnehaha | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Union | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Lincoln, Turner, Union | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Union | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Union | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 3:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Minnehaha | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Brookings | 3 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.