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Areal Flood Warning 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 26, 2020Beadle County, Kingsbury County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this areal flood warning at Jun 26, 2020, 2:02 PM CDT for Beadle County, Kingsbury County, South Dakota. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2020, 2:02 PM CDT (19:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2020, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Beadle County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 343 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 2020-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2020-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 206 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-242 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Jun 26, 12:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 12:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 4:32 AM CDT, 9 hours 30 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
432 AM CDT Fri Jun 26 2020

IAZ001>003-012>014-020-021-031-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-270945-
Lyon-Osceola-Dickinson-Sioux-O'Brien-Clay-Plymouth-Cherokee-Woodbury-
Lincoln-Murray-Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson-Pipestone-Rock-Dixon-Dakota-
Beadle-Kingsbury-Brookings-Gregory-Jerauld-Sanborn-Miner-Lake-Moody-
Brule-Aurora-Davison-Hanson-McCook-Minnehaha-Charles Mix-Douglas-
Hutchinson-Turner-Bon Homme-Yankton-Union-
432 AM CDT Fri Jun 26 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Iowa, west central
Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, central South
Dakota, east central South Dakota, south central South Dakota and
southeast South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Increased humidity will return to the region early next week. This
along with warming temperatures could push afternoon heat indices
into the 90s in some areas Sunday through Tuesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

IAZ022-032-270945-
Buena Vista-Ida-
432 AM CDT Fri Jun 26 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Iowa and west
central Iowa.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

There is a small chance of thunderstorm redevelopment during the
early to mid afternoon. If storms do develop, the strongest storms
may be capable of producing gusty winds, or hail to the size of
quarters.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Increased humidity will return to the region early next week. This
along with warming temperatures could push afternoon heat indices
into the 90s in some areas Sunday through Tuesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 11:07 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 26, 11:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 26, 1:19 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 11:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDBeadle, Kingsbury6 hr
Jun 26, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDKingsbury19 min
Jun 26, 1:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDKingsbury4 hr
Jun 26, 2:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDBeadle2 hr
Jun 26, 4:59 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFSDBeadle, Kingsbury9 hr

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Areal Flood Warnings in South Dakota, 2020Every areal flood warning in 2020

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.