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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2014, 6:30 PM CDT for Cottonwood County, Jackson County, Minnesota. It was in force for 2 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, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2014, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1817 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
182
WGUS53 KFSD 162330
FFWFSD
MNC033-063-170130-
/O.NEW.KFSD.FF.W.0030.140616T2330Z-140617T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
630 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COTTONWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 629 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
JACKSON...WINDOM...BERGEN...BINGHAM LAKE...HERON LAKE...JEFFERS...
LAKEFIELD...MOUNTAIN LAKE...STORDEN AND WESTBROOK.
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 4350 9546 4377 9545 4420 9546 4420 9510
4412 9508 4411 9487 4410 9485 4351 9485
$$1 follow-up statement
045
WGUS73 KFSD 170045
FFSFSD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
745 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
MNC033-063-170100-
/O.CAN.KFSD.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-140617T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COTTONWOOD MN-JACKSON MN-
745 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON AND
COTTONWOOD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY AN AREAL FLOOD
WARNING. IN ADDITION...NUMEROUS RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT
FOR GAGED RIVERS IN THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WARNINGS
AND STATEMENTS.
IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 4350 9546 4377 9545 4420 9546 4420 9510
4412 9508 4411 9487 4410 9485 4351 9485
$$
GILLISPIEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:31 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Jackson | 16 days |
| Jun 16, 3:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone and 1 more | 20 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone, Rock | 46 min |
| Jun 16, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 41 min |
| Jun 16, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone, Rock | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 2:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Nobles | 24 min |
| Jun 16, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 23 min |
| Jun 16, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 16 min |
| Jun 16, 6:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock | 3 hr |
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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.