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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2014, 4:53 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. 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, 4:53 AM CDT (09:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2014, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 579 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
278
WGUS53 KFSD 010953
FFWFSD
MNC033-063-101-105-011300-
/O.NEW.KFSD.FF.W.0004.140601T0953Z-140601T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
453 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
COTTONWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
EASTERN MURRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 800 AM CDT
* AT 451 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES IS LIKELY WITHIN THE WARNED AREA
WITH SOME AREAS ALREADY RECEIVING AN INCH OR SO.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WINDOM...WORTHINGTON...ADRIAN...BERGEN...BINGHAM LAKE...BREWSTER...
CURRIE...DOVRAY...ELLSWORTH...FULDA...HERON LAKE...JEFFERS...
LAKEFIELD...MOUNTAIN LAKE...ROUND LAKE...RUSHMORE...STORDEN...
WESTBROOK AND WILMONT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 4351 9506 4351 9605 4419 9561 4419 9512
4410 9511 4409 9485
$$1 follow-up statement
139
WGUS73 KFSD 011145
FFSFSD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
645 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
MNC033-063-101-105-011300-
/O.CON.KFSD.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140601T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COTTONWOOD MN-JACKSON MN-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
645 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NOBLES...EASTERN
MURRAY...JACKSON AND COTTONWOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM CDT...
AT 643 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA.
THE HEAVIEST APPEARS TO HAVE FALLEN FROM WILMONT TO FULDA AND
WINDOM.
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE
WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...WINDOM...WORTHINGTON...ADRIAN...BERGEN...BINGHAM LAKE...
BREWSTER...CURRIE...DOVRAY...ELLSWORTH...FULDA...HERON LAKE...
JEFFERS...LAKEFIELD...MOUNTAIN LAKE...ROUND LAKE...RUSHMORE...
STORDEN...WESTBROOK AND WILMONT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4351 9506 4351 9605 4419 9561 4419 9512
4410 9511 4409 9485
$$
WEISSERThe 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, 2:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Pipestone, Rock | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 7:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 2 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.