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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 1, 20144 counties in Minnesota

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.

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2014-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 579 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2014-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

WEISSER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 1:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchFSDCottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more19 hr
Jun 1, 2:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDPipestone, Rock3 hr
Jun 1, 7:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDCottonwood2 hr

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.