Flash Flood in Iowa, June 13, 2005

Name: Flash Flood in Iowa, June 13, 2005
Start: 2005-06-13T19:00
End: 2005-06-13T20:30
Location: Iowa

June 13, 2005 · NWS FSD · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

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 Jun 13, 2:20 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 2:20 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
320 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

.DISCUSSION...

NRLY STACKED LOW IN NERN NE WL MOV NEWD OVR MN TNGT WITH UNSTABLE
WARM SECTOR SCT TSTMS AHEAD OF LOW...TO WRAPAROUND SHWRS/SCT TSTMS
BEHIND LOW TNGT. HEAVY RAIN STILL PSBL WITH WRAPAROUND AS HAS BEEN
OCCURRING NEAR WINNER IN SCNTRL SD THIS AFTN...BUT APPEARS ENERGY
JUMPING TO EAST...SO WILL LET FLOOD WATCH EXPIRE AT 6 PM. NUISANCE
WRAPAROUND SCT SHWRS STILL EXPCD TO PULL EWD THRU CWA TUE...BUT
SLOWER THAN CURRENT FCST. HIGHS TUES SHOULD OCCUR LATE AS CLDS
SLOWLY BREAK UP FM W TO E IN CWA DURG AFTN. THEN WILL KEEP THE DRY
FCST WITH WARMING TREND SPRDG EWD OVR CWA WED THRU WEEKEND AS UPR
RDG BUILDS OVER AREA. TREND IS FOR PERSISTENT SLY FLOW TO BRING
BACK MORE HUMIDITY ALSO...SO GUID TEMPS...ESP LOWS...STILL LOOK A
LIT ON THE COOL SIDE. THERE IS THE OUTSIDE PSBLTY OF A FEW RIDGE
RIDING TSTMS ESP WITH NOCTURNAL JET AT SOME POINT...BUT WAY TOO
IFFY TO PUT IN FCST.

&&

.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 6PM CDT FOR
SDZ038-050-052-053-057>059-063-064.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.

&&

RSR

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 11:55 AM CST, 7 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1255 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-141200-
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-
1255 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A MARSHALL
MINNESOTA TO SPENCER IOWA LINE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. THERE
IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OUTSIDE OF THE MODERATE
RISK AREA...INCLUDING SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...FAR NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST IOWA.

AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF A WARM
FRONT THAT IS SITUATED NEAR I 90 THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
OTHERWISE...THE SLIGHT AND MODERATE RISK AREAS COULD PRODUCE HAIL
UP TO ONE AND HALF INCHES WITH THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH.

FURTHERMORE...WEST OF A BON HOMME COUNTY TO KINGSBURY COUNTY
LINE...SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN COULD FALL THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING...WHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN COULD OCCUR IN SMALL
AREAS OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

FLOODING...
SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FAIRLY PERSISTENT
THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY TODAY WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WILL TOTAL OVER ONE INCH
IN MANY LOCATIONS.  RAINFALL RATES WITH SOME OF THE MORE INTENSE
ACTIVITY MAY RESULT IN PONDING AND FLOODING.

FLOODING WILL OCCUR ON PORTIONS OF THE LOWER VERMILLION RIVER
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...MINOR FLOODING WILL OCCUR
ON THE LITTLE VERMILLION NEAR SALEM...FIRESTEEL CREEK FROM MOUNT
VERNON TO NEAR MITCHELL...AND THE JAMES RIVER NEAR MITCHELL
THROUGH EARLY THIS WEEK. HOWEVER...WITH ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL...OTHER RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.
PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS THROUGH THE NWS
SIOUX FALLS INTERNET SITE AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION
ON TUESDAY WILL CREATE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH.
THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE EAST OF INTERSTATE 29 ACROSS
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO SUBSIDE LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY AFTER

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 5:30 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
630 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0552 PM     HAIL             5 W GARRETSON           43.72N 96.60W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        MINNEHAHA          SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

0600 PM     HAIL             5 E FLANDREAU           44.05N 96.50W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        MOODY              SD   PUBLIC

&&

GH

Local storm report, Jun 13, 5:40 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
640 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0622 PM     HAIL             JEFFERS                 44.06N 95.20W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        COTTONWOOD         MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0543 PM     HAIL             WINDOM                  43.87N 95.12W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        COTTONWOOD         MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0623 PM     HAIL             JEFFERS                 44.06N 95.20W
06/13/2005  0.88 INCH        COTTONWOOD         MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

DMORIN

Local storm report, Jun 13, 5:52 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
652 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 PM     HAIL             2 S CURRENT LAKE        44.11N 95.94W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        MURRAY             MN   PUBLIC

            LOTS OF PEA TO PENNY HAIL. HAILED OFF AND ON FOR 20
            MINUTES.

&&

MJF

Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:26 PM CST, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
726 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0652 PM     HAIL             2 NW DOON               43.30N 96.26W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        LYON               IA   PUBLIC

            PEA TO PENNY HAIL WHICH LASTED 5 TO 10 MINUTES.

0653 PM     HAIL             1 NW FAIRVIEW           43.23N 96.50W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        SIOUX              IA   PUBLIC

            PEA TO PENNY HAIL. NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN 15 TO 20
            MINUTES.

&&

MJF

Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:29 PM CST, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
729 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0506 PM     HAIL             MONTROSE                43.70N 97.18W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        MCCOOK             SD   EMERGENCY MNGR

0531 PM     HAIL             3 SW BERGEN             43.76N 95.04W
06/13/2005  1.00 INCH        JACKSON            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0531 PM     HAIL             3 SW BERGEN             43.76N 95.04W
06/13/2005  1.00 INCH        JACKSON            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0543 PM     HAIL             WINDOM                  43.87N 95.12W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        COTTONWOOD         MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0552 PM     HAIL             5 W GARRETSON           43.72N 96.60W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        MINNEHAHA          SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

0553 PM     HAIL             11 W WINDOM             43.87N 95.34W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        COTTONWOOD         MN   PUBLIC

0600 PM     HAIL             5 E FLANDREAU           44.05N 96.50W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        MOODY              SD   PUBLIC

0615 PM     HAIL             2 S CURRENT LAKE        44.11N 95.94W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        MURRAY             MN   PUBLIC

            LOTS OF PEA TO PENNY HAIL. HAILED OFF AND ON FOR 20
            MINUTES.

0622 PM     HAIL             JEFFERS                 44.06N 95.20W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        COTTONWOOD         MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0623 PM     HAIL             JEFFERS                 44.06N 95.20W
06/13/2005  0.88 INCH        COTTONWOOD         MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0652 PM     HAIL             2 NW DOON               43.30N 96.26W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        LYON               IA   PUBLIC

            PEA TO PENNY HAIL WHICH LASTED 5 TO 10 MINUTES.

0653 PM     HAIL             1 NW FAIRVIEW           43.23N 96.50W
06/13/2005  0.75 INCH        SIOUX              IA   PUBLIC

            PEA TO PENNY HAIL. NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN 15 TO 20
            MINUTES.

&&

MJF

Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:39 PM CST, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
739 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0733 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 SW RAMONA             44.08N 97.27W
06/13/2005                   LAKE               SD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS FLOODING OVER MANY COUNTY ROADS
            IN NORTHWEST LAKE COUNTY WEST OF RAMONA.

0442 PM     HAIL             DICKENS                 43.13N 95.02W
06/13/2005  0.88 INCH        CLAY               IA   PUBLIC

&&

GH

The radar

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Lyon

When: June 13, 7:00 PM CST to 8:30 PM CST
Where: Lyon County, 2 mi SW of Inwood
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.300, -96.483

Heavy rain caused flooding of local roads.

What these are

Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Iowa in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Iowa, June 2005

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5457763.