Alert archive / Minnesota / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2014, 7:59 AM CDT for Cottonwood 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 1, 2014, 7:59 AM CDT (12:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Cottonwood County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:00 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 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 327 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
868
WGUS53 KFSD 011259
FFWFSD
MNC033-011500-
/O.NEW.KFSD.FF.W.0005.140601T1259Z-140601T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
759 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
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
* AT 752 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF
COTTONWOOD COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES ONE TO ONE AND A
QUARTER INCH RAINFALL RATES PER HOUR IN THIS AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME
LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...JEFFERS...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...STORDEN AND WESTBROOK.
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 4393 9546 4402 9547 4419 9546 4419 9512
4410 9511 4409 9485 4391 9486
$$
MJF2 follow-up statements
992
WGUS73 KFSD 011401
FFSFSD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
901 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
MNC033-011500-
/O.CON.KFSD.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140601T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COTTONWOOD MN-
901 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COTTONWOOD COUNTY UNTIL
1000 AM CDT...
AT 854 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE HOUR
DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES ARE BEGINNING TO DECREASE AS THE
STORMS SLOWLY PUSH OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AND EAST. THEREFORE IF NO
REDEVELOPMENT OF STORMS OCCUR...IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT THE WARNING
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 AM CDT.
IN THE MEANTIME AS EXCESS WATER RUNS OFF...BE AWARE OF FLOODING...
ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR
OVER LOCATIONS SUCH AS JEFFERS...MOUNTAIN LAKE...STORDEN AND
WESTBROOK. REPORT FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO WILL THEN
RELAY IT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4393 9546 4402 9547 4419 9546 4419 9512
4410 9511 4409 9485 4391 9486
$$
MJF467
WGUS73 KFSD 011459
FFSFSD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
959 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
MNC033-011513-
/O.EXP.KFSD.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140601T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COTTONWOOD MN-
959 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR COTTONWOOD COUNTY
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1000 AM CDT...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DRAIN AWAY
THROUGH MIDDAY. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO
YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 4393 9546 4402 9547 4419 9546 4419 9512
4410 9511 4409 9485 4391 9486
$$
MJFThe 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, 4:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles | 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.