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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

July 3, 20184 counties in Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2018, 7:50 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 5 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2018, 7:50 AM CDT (12:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2018, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:51 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 3, 9:30 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 Wnw Chandler, MNWATER OVER THE ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 71ST ST. AND 30TH AVE.
Jul 3, 9:35 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD5 Sse Woodstock, MNWATER OVER TOWNSHIP ROADS IN SOUTHWEST MURRAY COUNTY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 2018-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2018-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
311 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

As transmitted.

554 
WGUS53 KFSD 031250
FFWFSD
MNC101-105-117-133-031815-
/O.NEW.KFSD.FF.W.0019.180703T1250Z-180703T1815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
750 AM CDT TUE JUL 3 2018

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northeastern Rock County in southwestern Minnesota...
  Northwestern Nobles County in southwestern Minnesota...
  Southeastern Pipestone County in southwestern Minnesota...
  Southwestern Murray County in southwestern Minnesota...

* Until 115 PM CDT.

* At 749 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned
  area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding
  is expected to begin shortly.

Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches are possible in the 
warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 4399 9592 4367 9591 4367 9635 4399 9635

$$

Gillispie

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 2:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDLyon11 hr
Jul 3, 4:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDLyon9 hr
Jul 3, 5:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon, Murray, Pipestone13 min
Jul 3, 6:37 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyFSDMurray7 hr
Jul 3, 7:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDCottonwood6 hr
Jul 3, 7:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDPipestone6 hr
Jul 3, 8:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMurray, Nobles47 min
Jul 3, 8:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDMurray, Nobles5 hr
Jul 3, 9:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles38 min
Jul 3, 10:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDLyon4 days
Jul 3, 10:11 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDRock53 hr
Jul 3, 11:42 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDPipestone24 hr
Jul 3, 1:09 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFSDCottonwood, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone24 hr
Jul 3, 6:37 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDPipestone38 hr

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.