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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 17, 2016Lincoln County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2016, 5:54 PM CDT for Lincoln County, 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 17, 2016, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Lincoln County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2016-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2757 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2016-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 284 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2757 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-269 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1253 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
284 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
292 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

831 
WGUS53 KFSD 172254
FFWFSD
MNC081-180200-
/O.NEW.KFSD.FF.W.0011.160617T2254Z-160618T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
554 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 553 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER TWO
  INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN SO FAR. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES
  OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 7 PM. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  HENDRICKS AND IVANHOE. 

LAT...LON 4455 9609 4454 9608 4444 9608 4440 9645
      4463 9644 4463 9609

$$

SCHUMACHER
1 follow-up statement
178 
WGUS73 KFSD 180155
FFSFSD

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
855 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

MNC081-180205-
/O.EXP.KFSD.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160618T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN MN-
855 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
900 PM CDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 4455 9609 4454 9608 4444 9608 4440 9645
      4463 9644 4463 9609

$$

SCHUMACHER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln49 min
Jun 17, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon47 min
Jun 17, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln37 min
Jun 17, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon, Murray44 min
Jun 17, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDJackson31 min
Jun 17, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDJackson32 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016

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.