Alert archive / South Dakota / Flash Flood Watches in 2014
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flash flood watch at Jun 1, 2014, 1:54 AM CDT for 9 counties in Iowa; 23 counties in South Dakota; 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 1, 2014, 2:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2014, 1:54 AM CDT (06:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 1, 2014, 2:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2014, 8:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Flood severity
- None
All 40 counties
Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:55 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
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 193 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.
856 WGUS63 KFSD 010654 FFAFSD URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 154 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 IAZ001-012-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-097-098-SDZ038>040-052>071- 011500- /O.NEW.KFSD.FF.A.0002.140601T0700Z-140602T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LYON-SIOUX-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE- KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA- DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS... WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION... VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR... YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 154 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN NORTHWEST IOWA...LYON AND SIOUX. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... COTTONWOOD...LINCOLN...LYON...MURRAY...NOBLES...PIPESTONE AND ROCK. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...AURORA...BEADLE...BON HOMME... BROOKINGS...BRULE...CHARLES MIX...CLAY...DAVISON...DOUGLAS... HANSON...HUTCHINSON...JERAULD...KINGSBURY...LAKE...LINCOLN... MCCOOK...MINER...MINNEHAHA...MOODY...SANBORN...TURNER...UNION AND YANKTON. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * POCKETS OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAS SATURATED THE GROUND IN MANY LOCATIONS AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE LIKELY LATE TONIGHT...THEN AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. * BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
5 follow-up statements
578 WGUS63 KFSD 011506 FFAFSD FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1006 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 IAZ001-012-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-097-098-SDZ038>040-052>071- 012315- /O.CON.KFSD.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140602T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LYON-SIOUX-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE- KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA- DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS... WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION... VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR... YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1006 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST IOWA... LYON AND SIOUX. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...COTTONWOOD... LINCOLN...LYON...MURRAY...NOBLES...PIPESTONE AND ROCK. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...AURORA...BEADLE...BON HOMME...BROOKINGS... BRULE...CHARLES MIX...CLAY...DAVISON...DOUGLAS...HANSON... HUTCHINSON...JERAULD...KINGSBURY...LAKE...LINCOLN...MCCOOK... MINER...MINNEHAHA...MOODY...SANBORN...TURNER...UNION AND YANKTON. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAS SATURATED THE GROUND IN SOME LOCATIONS...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHEN ONE TO THREE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD OCCUR. * IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
930 WGUS63 KFSD 011641 FFAFSD URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1141 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 IAZ002-003-013-014-MNZ090-020045- /O.EXA.KFSD.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140602T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD 1141 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST IOWA...CLAY...DICKINSON...OBRIEN AND OSCEOLA. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...JACKSON. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH HIGH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES ON SUNDAY MORNING HAS SATURATED THE GROUND IN SOME LOCATIONS...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS EVENING CERTAINLY CANNOT BE RULED OUT. * IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING IF WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ IAZ001-012-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-097-098-SDZ038>040-052>071- 020045- /O.CON.KFSD.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140602T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LYON-SIOUX-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE- KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA- DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS... WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION... VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR... YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 1141 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST IOWA... LYON AND SIOUX. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...COTTONWOOD... LINCOLN...LYON...MURRAY...NOBLES...PIPESTONE AND ROCK. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...AURORA...BEADLE...BON HOMME...BROOKINGS... BRULE...CHARLES MIX...CLAY...DAVISON...DOUGLAS...HANSON... HUTCHINSON...JERAULD...KINGSBURY...LAKE...LINCOLN...MCCOOK... MINER...MINNEHAHA...MOODY...SANBORN...TURNER...UNION AND YANKTON. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAS SATURATED THE GROUND IN SOME LOCATIONS...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHEN ONE TO THREE INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD OCCUR. * IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
660 WGUS63 KFSD 012159 FFAFSD URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 459 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 IAZ020>022-020600- /O.EXA.KFSD.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140602T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE 459 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF NORTHWEST IOWA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BUENA VISTA...CHEROKEE AND PLYMOUTH. * UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY * HEAVY RAINFALL SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL CREATE AREAS OF SATURATED GROUND. IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL REDEVELOPS DURING THE EVENING...FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT. * IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ IAZ001-012-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-097-098-SDZ038>040-052>071- 020600- /O.CON.KFSD.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140602T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LYON-SIOUX-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-BEADLE- KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA- DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON- TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...HURON... DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS... WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...SALEM...CANISTOTA... BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION... VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA... HARRISBURG...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR... YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 459 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST IOWA... LYON AND SIOUX. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...COTTONWOOD... LINCOLN...LYON...MURRAY...NOBLES...PIPESTONE AND ROCK. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...AURORA...BEADLE...BON HOMME...BROOKINGS... BRULE...CHARLES MIX...CLAY...DAVISON...DOUGLAS...HANSON... HUTCHINSON...JERAULD...KINGSBURY...LAKE...LINCOLN...MCCOOK... MINER...MINNEHAHA...MOODY...SANBORN...TURNER...UNION AND YANKTON. * UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY * AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAS SATURATED THE GROUND IN SOME LOCATIONS...AND ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. * IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-MNZ090-020600- /O.CON.KFSD.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140602T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...JACKSON... LAKEFIELD 459 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST IOWA...CLAY...DICKINSON... O BRIEN AND OSCEOLA. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...JACKSON. * UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY * AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH HIGH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY HAS SATURATED THE GROUND IN SOME LOCATIONS... AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. IF RAIN REDEVELOPS THIS EVENING AND PRODUCES MORE THAN AN INCH...FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT. * IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING IF WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
847 WGUS63 KFSD 012318 FFAFSD FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 618 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 SDZ038-052-053-057>060-063>065-068-069-020030- /O.CAN.KFSD.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140602T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BEADLE-JERAULD-SANBORN-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX- DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-YANKTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA... WOONSOCKET...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...WHITE LAKE... STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...PLATTE... LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...PARKSTON... FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... AVON...TABOR...YANKTON 618 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH MORE RAIN COULD REDEVELOP TONIGHT...IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY ENOUGH AT THIS POINT TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. $$ IAZ001-012-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-097-098-SDZ039-040-054>056-061- 062-066-067-070-071-020600- /O.CON.KFSD.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140602T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LYON-SIOUX-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK- KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-CLAY- UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...DE SMET... ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS...HOWARD...MADISON... FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE... SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY... CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG...VERMILLION... NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 618 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST IOWA... LYON AND SIOUX. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...COTTONWOOD... LINCOLN...LYON...MURRAY...NOBLES...PIPESTONE AND ROCK. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...BROOKINGS...CLAY...KINGSBURY...LAKE... LINCOLN...MCCOOK...MINER...MINNEHAHA...MOODY...TURNER AND UNION. * UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY * AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAS SATURATED THE GROUND IN SOME LOCATIONS. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL COULD REDEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING. * IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ IAZ002-003-013-014-020>022-MNZ090-020600- /O.CON.KFSD.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140602T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA- JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD... ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS... CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD 618 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWEST IOWA...BUENA VISTA... CHEROKEE...CLAY...DICKINSON...OBRIEN...OSCEOLA AND PLYMOUTH. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...JACKSON. * UNTIL 1 AM CDT MONDAY * AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH HIGH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY HAS SATURATED THE GROUND IN SOME LOCATIONS...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. IF RAIN REDEVELOPS THIS EVENING AND PRODUCES MORE THAN AN INCH...FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT. * IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING IF WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
669 WGUS63 KFSD 020134 FFAFSD FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 834 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- SDZ039-040-054>056-061-062-066-067-070-071-020245- /O.CAN.KFSD.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140602T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE- ROCK-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER- UNION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD... LARCHWOOD...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...ARNOLDS PARK... ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN... SPENCER...LE MARS...CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...TYLER...HENDRICKS... LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM... MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...PIPESTONE... LUVERNE...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...LAKE PRESTON...BROOKINGS... HOWARD...MADISON...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER... MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG... HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG... VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...BERESFORD...ELK POINT... ALCESTER...JEFFERSON 834 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAINFALL IS QUICKLY COMING TO AN END ACROSS THE AREA. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT...AND THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELED. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at May 31, 10:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 10:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1055 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 347 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014
SHORT WAVE ENERGY IS MOVING THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA AT THIS
TIME...WITH THE MOST ORGANIZED CONVECTION MOVING ACROSS FAR EASTERN
SD. WENT AHEAD AND ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN A SMALL AREA...FROM
KINGSBURY COUNTY...SOUTHWARD THROUGH HUTCHINSON COUNTY...WHICH WILL
EXPIRE AT 06Z TONIGHT IF NOT CANCELLED EARLIER. THOSE AREAS HAVE NOW
RECEIVED TWO ROUNDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IN SPOTS...BOTH LAST
NIGHT AND THE SECOND ONE DURING THE MIDDLE OF TODAY. THEREFORE IF
ANOTHER ROUND OR TWO OF CONVECTION DEVELOPS...THERE COULD BE SOME
FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS HERE AND THERE ACROSS THOSE
LOCATIONS. IF CONVECTION DOES NOT REDEVELOP...THEN WE CAN CANCEL THE
WATCH EARLY. THIS IS BECAUSE THE SHORT WAVE IS LIFTING TO THE
NORTHEAST AND WILL HAVE LESS IMPACT ON OUR FORECAST AREA AFTER
EVENING. BUT WITH THE SURFACE FRONT STALLED ALONG OUR FAR WESTERN
ZONES...NOT TOTALLY CONVINCED THAT OUR WESTERN ZONES ARE DONE YET IN
SEEING RAINFALL. OTHERWISE AS MENTIONED...THERE WILL BE GENERAL
THREAT OF RAINFALL FOR MUCH OF OUR AREA...ESPECIALLY THROUGH
MIDNIGHT.
SUNDAY A SECOND AND MORE SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE MOVES ACROSS OUR
AREA. DETERMINISTIC SOLUTIONS HAVE STILL NOT COALESCED AROUND ANY
PARTICULAR LOCATION TO RECEIVE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL. THE MAIN
PORTION OF THE WAVE IS FAVORING OUR SOUTHERN ZONES...BUT NUMEROUS
CONVECTIVE SHOWERS LOOK LIKELY NEARLY ANYWHERE AT ANY PARTICULAR
TIME DUE TO THE FAVORABLE WIND PROFILES AND VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE.
THERE WILL BE A THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER...AS WELL AS LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL. THE WIND SHEAR IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE
A LITTLE STRONGER ON SUNDAY WHEN COMPARED TO TODAY AND FRIDAY. BUT
THE WILDCARD WILL BE HOW MUCH INSTABILITY GETS GENERATED BECAUSE THE
DEGREE OF CLOUD COVER COULD BE PRETTY INTENSE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY.
.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 347 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014
THE SHORTWAVE CONTINUES TO LIFT ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY NIGHT
WITH THE SURFACE BOUNDARY FINALLY BEGINNING TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA.
WITH THAT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE CWA DURING THE EVENING..TAPERING DOWN FROM
WEST TO EAST DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE NIGHT AS FORCING BEGINS
TO MOVE EAST. WITH A STRONG LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FETCH LINGERING IN
OUR EAST...WILL STILL HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN THROUGH THE
LOWER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA
DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE NIGHT. WITH ENSUING COLD AIR ADVECTION
BEHIND THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONTAL BOUNDARY...LOWS WILL DROP TO
AROUND 60 IN OUR WEST...THOUGH REMAINING IN THE MID 60S SOUTHEAST.
ANY REMAINING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT OVER OUR EAST
EARLY ON MONDAY AS THE FRONT FINALLY PUSHES ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE
CWA AND THE SHORTWAVE EXITS TO OUR NORTHEAST. WITH STRONG COLD AIR
ADVECTION BEHIND THE FRONT...IT WILL BE A BREEZY DAY WITH GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS THOUGH THE AFTERNOON. WITH COOLING THERMAL
PROFILES...HIGHS WILL BE KNOCKED DOWN A COUPLE OF DEGREES...RUNNING
IN THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S. IN TURN...COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL
RESIDE FOR MONDAY NIGHT WITH LOWS GENERALLY MID 50S TO UPPER 50S.
A BRIEF RESPITE IN PRECIPITATION EARLY ON TUESDAY...BEFORE THE NEXT
SHORTWAVE EJECTS OUT OF THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. LATER ON TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY NIGHT. THE BETTER DYNAMICS WITH THE SYSTEM LOOK TO BE TO OUR
SOUTH AT THIS POINT...SO IT FOLLOWS THAT THE BETTER CHANCES OF
CONVECTION WILL RESIDE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. ALSO APPEARS THAT THE
BEST INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN WELL SOUTH OF OUR CWA...SO NOT
EXPECTING ANY SEVERE STORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSE TO NORMAL ON
TUESDAY WITH HIGHS RUNNING MID AND UPPER 70S. COULD SEE SOME OF THE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY...AND WITH COOLER AIR
FILTERING IN BEHIND THE SYSTEM HIGHS WILL AVERAGE IN THE LOWER 70S.
FOR THE END OF NEXT WEEK...MODELS IN PRETTY DECENT AGREEMENT WITH
TEMPERATURES HOLDING CLOSE TO OR JUST BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE
PERIOD. THE FOCUS FOR PRECIPITATION FOR THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
WILL BE OVER OUR WESTERN CWA AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SETS UP THROUGH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 1055 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014
CURRENTLY VFR ACROSS THE AREA. STILL COULD SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS OR
STORMS OVERNIGHT...BUT CONFIDENCE TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN THE TAFS.
BEST CHANCE MIGHT BE AT KHON FROM CONVECTION OVER THE WESTERN
DAKOTAS...WHICH IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER WOULD MOVE IN AFTER 07Z. COULD
ALSO SEE SOME STRATUS AND FOG FORM OVERNIGHT...WITH THE RECENT RAIN
POTENTIALLY HELPING. AGAIN CONFIDENCE IS LOW...BUT WILL KEEP SOME
MVFR VISIBILITIES IN THE TAFS FOR NOW. BEST CHANCE OF STRATUS SEEMS
TO BE AT KHON AND POINTS NORTH NEAR THE STATIONARY BOUNDARY. COULD
EVEN POTENTIALLY SEE A PERIOD OF IFR STRATUS UP THERE....SO
SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON. STILL LOOKS LIKE THE BEST CHANCE FOR
THE NEXT ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE TOMORROW
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WILL JUST KEEP AS SHOWERS IN THE TAFS FOR NOW
UNTIL CONFIDENCE ON TIMING INCREASES.
&&
.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR SDZ039-053-054-059-
060-065.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...MJ
LONG TERM...JM
AVIATION...CHENARDHazardous weather outlook, May 31, 11:50 AM CDT, 14 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1150 AM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-011000- LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY- JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON- MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME- YANKTON-UNION- 1150 AM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BECOMING LESS WIDESPREAD LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED OTHER THAN AN ISOLATED CELL WITH QUARTER SIZED HAIL OR SLIGHTLY LARGER...WITH MOST STORMS STAYING HAIL FREE OR PRODUCING JUST SMALL HAIL. ISOLATED WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. BECAUSE OF THE HIGH AVAILABLE MOISTURE...SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...MAKING URBAN AND FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS A THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN SUNDAY. ISOLATED STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE AND 60 MPH GUSTS. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 29. ALSO...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY AGAIN DEVELOP...WITH SOME STORMS PRODUCING AN URBAN AND FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 8:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Sioux | 5 days |
| Jun 1, 8:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 5 days |
| Jun 1, 11:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Plymouth, Sioux | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Woodbury | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Sioux | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 3:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, O'Brien, Plymouth, Sioux | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, O'Brien, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, O'Brien | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Ida, Woodbury | 61 min |
| 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, 2:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FSD | Lake, Minnehaha, Moody | 3 hr |
| 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, 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 |
| 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 |
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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.