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Flood Watch 3, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flood watch at Jul 29, 2025, 2:29 PM CDT for Union County, South Dakota; 10 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jul 29, 2025, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 2025, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 29, 2025, 10:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2025, 1:29 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Ida County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Union County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 276 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
- 71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -458 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1000 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Jul 29, 11:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 11:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 1153 AM CDT Tue Jul 29 2025 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-301700- Lyon-Osceola-Dickinson-Sioux-O'Brien-Clay-Plymouth-Cherokee- Buena Vista-Woodbury-Ida-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- 1153 AM CDT Tue Jul 29 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of 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...This Afternoon and Tonight Showers and thunderstorms will develop tonight and continue into Wednesday morning and bring the potential for isolated severe storms as well as heavy rainfall. Heavy rainfall over the past couple of weeks has lead to saturated soils in many locations thus rainfall amounts will not need to be quite as high to cause rapid rises on creeks and streams as well as some urban flooding issues. The best chance for the heavier rain will be from about 10 pm through 6 am. The main concerns for severe weather will be half dollar sized hail and wind gusts to 70 mph. The higher threat for a few severe storms will be 7 pm to midnight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 29, 9:59 AM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
1204 PM CDT Tue Jul 29 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1002 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 3 N Meriden 42.84N 95.64W
07/28/2025 Cherokee IA Public
Large trees snapped and uprooted.
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TRMLocal storm report, Jul 29, 12:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
1212 PM CDT Tue Jul 29 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0825 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 7 ESE Menno 43.21N 97.45W
07/28/2025 M62 MPH Hutchinson SD Mesonet
Mesonet station MNMS2 Menno 7ESE.
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TRMLocal storm report, Jul 29, 12:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
1249 PM CDT Tue Jul 29 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0932 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Hull 43.19N 96.14W
07/28/2025 Sioux IA Public
Social media picture of large limb snapped
from a tree.
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JCLocal storm report, Jul 29, 1:57 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
157 PM CDT Tue Jul 29 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0428 PM Tornado 1 NW Dixon 43.40N 99.49W
07/28/2025 Gregory SD Storm Chaser
Initial touchdown of tornado which traveled
for 11 miles to east-southeast.
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JCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Davison, Hanson, Miner, Sanborn | 52 min |
| Jul 28, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Douglas, Hutchinson | 51 min |
| Jul 28, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson, Hutchinson, McCook, Turner | 43 min |
| Jul 28, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Clay, Hutchinson, Lincoln, Turner, Union and 1 more | 65 min |
| Jul 28, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Hanson, Hutchinson, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha, Turner | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Minnehaha, Turner | 44 min |
| Jul 28, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Lincoln, Union | 38 min |
| Jul 28, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lincoln, Turner, Union | 35 min |
| Jul 28, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Lincoln, Turner, Yankton | 17 min |
| Jul 29, 8:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Brookings | 6 days |
| Jul 29, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule | 53 min |
| Jul 29, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Gregory | 41 min |
| Jul 29, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule | 41 min |
| Jul 29, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Brule | 46 min |
| Jul 29, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory | 49 min |
| Jul 29, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Brule | 17 min |
| Jul 29, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas, Gregory | 41 min |
| Jul 29, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Davison, Hanson, Miner, Sanborn | 48 min |
| Jul 29, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson | 45 min |
| Jul 29, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Aurora, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas, Gregory | 25 min |
| Jul 28, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux | 37 min |
| Jul 28, 9:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 26 min |
| Jul 28, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien and 3 more | 80 min |
| Jul 28, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien, Osceola | 35 min |
| Jul 29, 8:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien, Sioux | 19 min |
| Jul 29, 8:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Dickinson | 40 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.