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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 24, 2018Murray County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2018, 5:54 PM CDT for Murray County, Minnesota. It was in force for 3 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
Jun 24, 2018, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2018, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Murray County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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
Jun 24, 7:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 Wsw Currie, MNWATER OVER THE ROAD.
Jun 24, 7:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD4 W Currie, MNWATER OVER THE ROAD.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2018-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 216 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2018-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
216 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1065 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

991 
WGUS53 KFSD 242254
FFWFSD
MNC101-250200-
/O.NEW.KFSD.FF.W.0008.180624T2254Z-180625T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
554 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2018

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Murray County in southwestern Minnesota...

* Until 900 PM CDT.

* At 554 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...
  Current Lake and Lake Shetek State Park. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.

In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.

&&

LAT...LON 4418 9564 4401 9573 4402 9606 4419 9602

$$

Weisser
1 follow-up statement
009 
WGUS73 KFSD 250151
FFSFSD

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
851 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2018

MNC101-250200-
/O.EXP.KFSD.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-180625T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Murray MN-
851 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2018

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MURRAY 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 4418 9564 4401 9573 4402 9606 4419 9602

$$

Weisser

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 4:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDCottonwood, Jackson28 days
Jun 24, 4:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDLyon4 days
Jun 24, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLincoln, Lyon31 min
Jun 24, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Lyon, Murray28 min
Jun 24, 4:52 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyFSDJackson, Nobles4 hr
Jun 24, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDMurray26 min
Jun 24, 5:32 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDMurray29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.