1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 11, 9:00 AM CST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1000 AM CDT SUN JUL 11 2004 .DISCUSSION... PREV FCST IN GOOD SHAPE THRU THIS EVNG. UPR LVL RDG WL BUILD IN BEHIND EXITING SHRTWV. SFC HIGH TO REMAIN OVR AREA AS LOW PRES MOVS OUT OF NRN RCKYS INTO WRN DKTAS THIS AFTN AND EVNG. HIGH TEMPS THIS AFTN WL REACH THE LOWER 90S WEST AND THE LOWER TO MID 80S IN RAIN COOLED AIR EAST. DWPTS IN THE UPR 60S TO LWR 70S WL PUT HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 90-100 RANGE...WITH LIGHT SE WNDS...SO THIS AFTN SHUD JUST BE A GOOD OLD MSTLY SNY...HOT...AND HUMID MID JULY DAY. && .FSD...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. NE...NONE. && MG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1100 AM CDT SUN JUL 11 2004 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-121200- AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA- CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE- DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON- IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN- LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN- OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN- SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON- 1100 AM CDT SUN JUL 11 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FLOODING... MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON THE WEST FORK OF THE DES MOINES RIVER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AS A RESULT OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT FELL ACROSS THE BASIN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. PLEASE REFER TO THE APPROPRIATE FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A SLIGHT RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:59 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Up to 6 inches of rain caused flooding of roads, fields, and other low areas, including a golf course in Windom. Flooding of basements was reported in Windom and Mountain Lake.
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