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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Aberdeen, SD

August 10, 2016Day County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2016, 5:37 PM CDT for Day County, South Dakota. It was in force for 6 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
Aug 10, 2016, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2016, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Day County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 100 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2016-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2016-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-354 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
752 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
365 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
12.7

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The text

As transmitted.

369 
WGUS53 KABR 102237
FFWABR
SDC037-110430-
/O.NEW.KABR.FF.W.0003.160810T2237Z-160811T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
537 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DAY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 536 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  WAUBAY...ROSLYN...GRENVILLE...ENEMY SWIM LAKE...RUSH LAKE...
  ANTELOPE LAKE...BITTER LAKE...ENEMY SWIM HOUSING...
  WAUBAY WILDLIFE REC AREA...CAMPBELL SLOUGH...MINNEWASTA LAKE...
  BLUE DOG LAKE...WAUBAY LAKE AND PICKEREL LAKE REC AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 4549 9723 4524 9723 4526 9751 4550 9750

$$

PARKIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 9:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRCampbell25 min
Aug 9, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson51 min
Aug 9, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell44 min
Aug 9, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson, Dewey60 min
Aug 9, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, McPherson52 min
Aug 9, 11:09 PM CDTTornado WarningABRCampbell, McPherson51 min
Aug 9, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Corson, Dewey, Walworth47 min
Aug 9, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, McPherson45 min
Aug 9, 11:54 PM CDTTornado WarningABRCampbell, McPherson41 min
Aug 10, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCorson, Dewey45 min
Aug 10, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds, Faulk, McPherson and 2 more43 min
Aug 10, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRMcPherson42 min
Aug 10, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth67 min
Aug 10, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Dewey, Walworth41 min
Aug 10, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Edmunds, McPherson56 min
Aug 10, 1:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABREdmunds, Walworth40 min
Aug 10, 2:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Edmunds40 min
Aug 10, 2:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Day, Grant, Marshall, Roberts, Spink57 min
Aug 10, 2:27 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningABRCampbell, McPherson6 hr
Aug 10, 2:40 AM CDTTornado WarningABRMarshall, Roberts35 min
Aug 10, 3:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRMcPherson30 min
Aug 10, 3:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRRoberts54 min
Aug 10, 3:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRMcPherson42 min
Aug 10, 4:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRBrown28 min
Aug 10, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay40 min
Aug 10, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRBrown, Day42 min
Aug 10, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay, Marshall48 min
Aug 10, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay, Marshall42 min
Aug 10, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay, Roberts46 min
Aug 10, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay, Grant, Roberts38 min
Aug 10, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRWalworth45 min
Aug 10, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth11 min
Aug 10, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRJones46 min
Aug 10, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDay, Grant, Roberts32 min
Aug 10, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRJones22 min
Aug 10, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Walworth45 min
Aug 10, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCodington, Grant, Roberts42 min
Aug 10, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRCampbell, Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth45 min
Aug 10, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRJones, Stanley17 min
Aug 10, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRGrant, Roberts37 min
Aug 10, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementABRCampbell41 min
Aug 10, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABRDewey, Potter, Sully41 min

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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.