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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
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.
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 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.
- 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
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
$$
SCHUMACHER1 follow-up statement
178
WGUS73 KFSD 180155
FFSFSD
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
855 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016
MNC081-180205-
/O.EXP.KFSD.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160618T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN MN-
855 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
900 PM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4455 9609 4454 9608 4444 9608 4440 9645
4463 9644 4463 9609
$$
SCHUMACHERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 37 min |
| Jun 17, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Murray | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 32 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.