Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused flash flooding of roads and local creeks in an area of southeast South Dakota near Interstate 90 and west of the James River.
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Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused flash flooding of roads and local creeks in an area of southeast South Dakota near Interstate 90 and west of the James River.
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 12, 3:21 AM CST, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
420 AM CDT FRI JUN 11 2010
.DISCUSSION...
NICE LITTLE MCV SEEN IN REGIONAL RADAR IMAGERY LIFTING NNEWD THROUGH
EASTERN NEBRASKA EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH WELL DEFINED INVERTED SFC
TROUGH EXTENDING NWD THROUGH EASTERN SD...AND COLD FRONT DIVING SEWD
TO THE SOUTH OF THE MCV INTO SERN NEBRASKA. A COUPLE OF DISTINCT
BANDS OF TSRA ROTATING AROUND THE MCV THROUGH EASTERN NEBRASKA...
WITH THE MOST CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE AS FAR AS CLOUD-GROUND LIGHTNING
GOES NOW LIFTING INTO SOUTHEAST PARTS OF OUR FORECAST AREA. CURRENT
TIMING OF THIS STRONGER LINE HAS IT NEARING THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE
CWA BY 12Z...BUT EXPECT TRAILING STRATIFORM RAIN AND A FEW TSRA TO
LINGER ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST INTO THE MID-LATE MORNING. SIMILARLY...
BROAD AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED TSRA OVER OUR SD COUNTIES EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE MUCH OF THE MORNING. THIS RAIN APPEARS TO BE FOCUSING
NEAR/WEST OF THE INVERTED TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN THIRD OF OUR CWA
THUS FAR. DECENT MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS LIFTING THROUGH THIS AREA
AHEAD OF THE WEAK UPPER LEVEL WAVE THIS MORNING AS WELL. ASIDE FROM
THE STRONGER LINE...HOURLY RAINFALL RATES NOT EXPECTED TO BE VERY
EXCESSIVE IN MANY AREAS. HOWEVER...WITH AS MUCH RAIN AS HAS BEEN
RECEIVED THROUGHOUT THE CURRENT FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA OVER THE PAST
COUPLE OF DAYS...MAY NOT TAKE MUCH TO CREATE MORE PROBLEMS...SO WILL
KEEP THE WATCH GOING UNTIL 10 AM.
WITH THE WAVE LIFTING NORTHEAST OF THE CWA BY EARLY AFTERNOON...AM
THINKING THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING WILL BE SIMILAR TO PAST COUPLE OF
DAYS WITH LITTLE IF ANY REDEVELOPMENT AS SHORTWAVE RIDGING MOVES
OVER THE AREA. NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH IN THIS TO PULL POPS COMPLETELY
GIVEN THE MESSY...CONVECTIVELY CONTAMINATED MODELS...BUT HAVE CUT
BACK TO JUST SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WILL
RAMP CHANCES BACK UP AGAIN MAINLY IN THE SOUTH THROUGH WEST LATER
TONIGHT...LIFTING NORTHEAST SUNDAY MORNING...THOUGH MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY THIS FAR NORTH BECOMING MORE LIMITED WITH RELATIVELY DRY
HIGH PRESSURE SETTING UP IN THE LOW LEVELS JUST TO OUR NORTHWEST...
SO WILL KEEP POPS IN LOW-MID CHANCE RANGE WITH LIGHTISH QPF VALUES
AND ONLY ISOLATED THUNDER MENTION.
MAIN UPPER TROUGH STILL LOOKS TO AFFECT THE AREA AT THE START OF THE
WORK WEEK. MODELS ALL SEEM TO SHOW THIS SAME GENERAL IDEA...THOUGH
WITH CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK ISSUES ABOUNDING THROUGH THE FIRST 48 HOURS
OF THE MODEL RUNS...TOUGH TO PUT A LOT OF FAITH IN ANY ONE SOLUTION
FOR TIMING/LOCATION OF MOST LIKELY PERIODS OF RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AND WILL HOLD TO JUST HIGHER RANGE OF CHANCE
POPS FOR MOST FAVORED AREAS FOR NOW. AGAIN...MINIMAL INSTABILITY FOR
A SOLID TSRA CHANCE...BUT SOME WEAK INSTABILITY ALOFT SO WILL STICK
WITH BROAD ISOLATED TSRA MENTION AS THE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH.
GENERAL CONSENSUS AMONG THE MODELS SHOWS UPPER RIDGE SETTING UP BY
LATE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...SUPPORTING DRY FORECAST WITH WARMER
TEMPS FOR MIDWEEK.
SPEAKING OF TEMPS...HAVE COOLED DAYTIME READINGS A BIT IN MOST AREAS
FOR THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY. FOR TODAY...WESTERN AREAS OF THE CWA
MAY HAVE A TOUGH TIME SEEING MUCH OF A RECOVERY AT ALL...WITH COOL
NORTHERLY FLOW PERSISTING INTO THE AREA BEHIND WEAKENING INVERTED
TROUGH. EVEN IN PERIODS OF LOWER RAIN CHANCES THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS...EXPECT FAIR AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER GIVEN GENERAL UNSETTLED
UPPER LEVEL PATTERN...COOLER TEMPS ALOFT AND AMPLE SURFACE/LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE TO HOLD CONVECTIVE TEMPS DOWN AND AID IN DEVELOPMENT OF
STRATOCU DURING THE DAY. GRADUAL WARMUP TO NEAR NORMAL READINGS
EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY WITH THE UPPER RIDGING AND LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY
FLOW BECOMING MORE DOMINANT. /JH
&&
.AVIATION...
VRBL CONDS IN MDT TO HEAVY RAIN AND TSTMS WILL CONT THRU 18Z WITH
LARGE AREAS OF CIGS 1-3K FEET AND VSBYS 3-5SM. LCL IFR CIGS BLO 1K
FT AND VSBYS BLO 3SM EXPECTED IN THE HEAVIEST RAIN. GUIDANCE SHOWS
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE PRIMED TO CONTRIBUTE TO MORE WDSPRD CIGS 1-3K FT
DVLPG W OF INVERTED SFC TROF AFT 15Z EVEN AS PCPN DECREASES FROM THE
W. THESE MORE WDSPRD LOWER CIGS SHUD MOVE INTO NWRN IA AFT 13/00Z
AND CONT OVER MOST OF FCST AREA THRU 13/12Z. / WILLIAMS
&&
.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 10 AM TODAY FOR
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032.
MN...NONE.
NE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 10 AM TODAY FOR NEZ013-014.
SD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 10 AM TODAY FOR
SDZ050-052-053-057>071.
&&
JH/WILLIAMSHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 507 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 2010 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-131200- 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- 507 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...EMBEDDED IN A LARGER AREA OF RAIN...WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE CHANCE OF A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED FROM ANY OF THE STORMS TODAY OR TONIGHT...THOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. FLOODING... RUNOFF FROM VERY HEAVY RAIN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAS RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT RISES ON MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE AREA. MAIN STEM RIVERS WHICH HAVE RISEN...OR ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE INCLUDE... THE JAMES...VERMILLION...AND BIG SIOUX RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...AS WELL AS THE LITTLE SIOUX AND OCHEYEDAN RIVERS IN NORTHWEST IOWA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS AROUND THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:22 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused flash flooding of roads in the town of Plankinton. The rain also caused small creeks in the area to rise well out of their banks.
Heavy rainfall of up to 6 inches caused widespread flash flooding of numerous roads, residences, fields, and other low areas, causing damage to and forcing evacuation of numerous residences. Many of the flooded roads were washed out. The Yankton Sioux reservation including the town of Marty was especially hard hit, with the tribal headquarters made unusable, and 63 families displaced from their homes.Flood damage was estimated at one million dollars by the county emergency manager.
Heavy rain caused flash flooding of several roads, including Interstate 90.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Dakota in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, June 2010
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 243424, 243433, 243425.