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 Jun 16, 2:33 PM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 333 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 .DISCUSSION... FAIRLY HEALTHY BOW ECHO CURRENTLY WORKING ACROSS FORECAST AREA. EXPECT IT TO HOLD TOGETHER AT LEAST THROUGH EARLY EVENING...AS MOVES EAST INTO BETTER INSTABILITY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM KYKN TO KOTG. SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA WILL BECOME ILL-DEFINED AS IT INCHES EAST. EXPECT BEST POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF OF SURFACE TROUGH OVERNIGHT...AND HAVE CONCENTRATED HIGHEST MAINLY EAST OF JAMES RIVER VALLEY. MODELS ARE SHOWING REMNANTS OF UPPER LOW MOVING ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA ON SATURDAY...BUT APPEARS THERE IS LIMITED UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT. AREA IS IN RIGHT REAR QUADRANT OF JET...BUT WITH LIMITED FRONTOGENESIS AND INSTABILITY HAVE ONLY GONE CHANCE POPS. AM THINKING PRECIP WILL BE FOCUSED FURTHER NORTH AND EAST NEAR BETTER INSTABILITY. AS SKIES CLEAR ALONG WESTERN EDGE OF CWA...EXPECT GOOD MIXING CONDITIONS TO USHER STRONGER WINDS FROM ALOFT DOWN TO SURFACE CREATING GUSTY CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND WEST. NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIP THEN ON TUESDAY MORNING AS SHORT WAVE MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA. FRONT LOOKS TO WORK THROUGH THE AREA ON TUESDAY EVENING...BUT IS FAIRLY WARM ALOFT SO CAP MAY BE AN ISSUE. HAVE CONCENTRATED HIGHEST POPS ALONG NORTHERN TIER OF CWA TUESDAY EVENING. LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE THEN MOVES INTO NORTHERN PLAINS MID WEEK...PROVIDING FAIRLY TRANQUIL CONDITIONS AHEAD OF A SURFACE LOW THAT WILL AFFECT THE REGION NEXT WEEKEND. && .FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE MN...NONE IA...NONE NE...NONE && BT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1101 AM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-171200- 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- 1101 AM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEBRASKA...THEN TRY TO START DEVELOPING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA INTO NORTHWEST IOWA BY THIS EVENING. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WHEN DAYTIME HEATING WILL PROVIDE THE GREATEST INSTABILITY. DURING INITIAL STORM DEVELOPMENT...THERE WILL BE A LAYER OF RELATIVELY DRY AIR ALOFT...CREATING THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. WITH A DEEP WARM LAYER OF AIR OVER THE AREA...ONLY MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL IS EXPECTED. FLOODING... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. THE GREATEST CHANCE OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE SOUTHEAST OF A TYNDALL TO JACKSON MINNESOTA LINE...WITH THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN AROUND CHEROKEE COUNTY WHERE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN FELL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 3 PM AND 8 PM SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM VERMILLION SOUTH DAKOTA TO WINDOM MINNESOTA. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. 08
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
412 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0409 PM HAIL HURLEY 43.28N 97.09W
06/16/2006 E1.75 INCH TURNER SD FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
NICKEL TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. VERY WINDY.
&&
BRUBYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
420 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0417 PM HAIL LENNOX 43.35N 96.90W
06/16/2006 M1.00 INCH LINCOLN SD LAW ENFORCEMENT
0417 PM TSTM WND GST LENNOX 43.35N 96.90W
06/16/2006 E70.00 MPH LINCOLN SD LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
JLAFLINPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
423 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0326 PM HAIL TABOR 42.95N 97.66W
06/16/2006 E1.00 INCH BON HOMME SD TRAINED SPOTTER
SOME SMALL BRANCHES DOWN AS WELL
&&
JLAFLINPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
522 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0519 PM FLASH FLOOD SIOUX CITY 42.50N 96.39W
06/16/2006 WOODBURY IA TRAINED SPOTTER
ON AND EXIT RAMPS ALONG I-29 ARE UNDER WATER.
&&
JLAFLINPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
545 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0405 PM HAIL 1 NE HAWARDEN 43.01N 96.47W
06/16/2006 E0.75 INCH SIOUX IA TRAINED SPOTTER
DIME-SIZE HAIL ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH
&&
JLAFLINPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
551 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM HAIL 8 W SIOUX CENTER 43.08N 96.33W
06/16/2006 M0.75 INCH SIOUX IA PUBLIC
0400 PM TSTM WND GST 8 W SIOUX CENTER 43.08N 96.33W
06/16/2006 E70.00 MPH SIOUX IA PUBLIC
WIND TORE DOOR OFF MACHINE SHED AND FRACTURED INTO THREE
PIECES.
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JLAFLINThe Omaha radar (KOAX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:17 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused flash flooding of streets and other low areas. Several vehicles were stranded, and manhole covers were blown off in South Sioux City.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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