Heavy rain caused brief minor flooding of Pipestone and Split Rock Creeks in Pipestone County on June 23rd and 24th. Lowlands including a few rural roads were affected.
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Heavy rain caused brief minor flooding of Pipestone and Split Rock Creeks in Pipestone County on June 23rd and 24th. Lowlands including a few rural roads were affected.
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 23, 12:47 AM CST, 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
147 AM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 348 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013
FORECASTING CONVECTION CHANCES PRETTY CHALLENGING THIS AFTERNOON
WITH OVERNIGHT AND MORNING CONVECTION AND ASSOCIATED CLOUD COVER
STABILIZING THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS MUCH OF OUR AREA. SOME ISOLATED
ELEVATED CONVECTION CONTINUES THROUGH OUR IOWA COUNTIES IN AN
AREA OF LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE...AND WITH ASSORTED LEFT OVER
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THROUGH THE REGION...IS HARD TO DEFINE THE MAIN
SURFACE BOUNDARY WHERE CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE
AFTERNOON. MODELS CONTINUE TO BE OF LITTLE HELP WITH VARYING
SOLUTIONS WITH REGARD TO CONVECTIVE TIMING AND DEVELOPMENT...THOUGH
THINK OUR OVERALL EARLIER IDEA OF CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN THE
VICINITY OF THE BOUNDARY LATE THIS AFTERNOON STILL SEEMS
REASONABLE...THOUGH POSSIBLY DELAYED A BIT FROM PREVIOUS THINKING.
LAPS AND SPC MESOANALYSIS ML CAPE VALUES CONTINUE TO SLOWLY
INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION...BANKING ON CLOUDS CONTINUING TO THIN
OUT FROM THE WEST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF AFTERNOON...AND IF THIS
TREND CONTINUES SHOULD HAVE MUCAPE OF AROUND 2500 TO 3000 J/KG
LATER. THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH EFFECTIVE SHEAR OF AROUND 40 KTS
OR GREATER SUGGEST SEVERE STORMS WOULD STILL BE LIKELY WITH GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL...WINDS TO 70 MPH...AND EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO
WITH HIGH HELICITY VALUES IN THE VICINITY OF THE BOUNDARY IF IT
GETS GOING EARLY ENOUGH. THIS OF COURSE IS CONDITIONAL ON GETTING
MORE SUN...AS RIGHT NOW TEMPERATURES ARE RUNNING COOLER THAN
PREVIOUSLY FORECASTED. THINK CONVECTION WILL BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE EVENING WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE TRANSPORT
INTO THE REGION ON A STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET ORIGINATING OUT
OF NEBRASKA...THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A MIDLEVEL SHORTWAVE
ANTICIPATED TO TRACK OUT OF WESTERN NEBRASKA INTO OUR AREA THROUGH
THE EVENING. THIS CONVECTION WOULD PUSH OFF TO THE EAST...WITH
ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION POSSIBLE LATER IN THE EVENING IF
CONVECTION WHICH IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
HOLDS TOGETHER AS IT MOVES EASTWARD. LEFT THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AS
IS...EFFECTING MOST OF OUR CWA EXCEPT FOR THE SOUTHEAST...WITH
RECENT RAINS AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEARING 2 INCHES ACROSS
EFFECTED AREAS OVERNIGHT. IN A MILD SOUTHERLY FLOW...IT WILL BE
RELATIVELY WARM TONIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S.
CONVECTION WILL PULL OFF TO THE EAST BY SUNDAY MORNING...AND MAY DRY
OUT FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE DAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE
CWA DURING THE DAY. MAY SEE MORE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN OUR EAST
BY AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT DRAWS NEAR AND ANOTHER SHORTWAVE
EJECTS OUT OF EASTERN NEBRASKA. AGAIN...CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS WOULD
SUGGEST THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS IF THIS ACTIVITY DEVELOPS.
IT WILL BE WARM OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...CLOSING IN ON 90 IN OUR FAR
SOUTHEAST...WHILE BACK TO THE WEST IT WILL TAPER DOWN TO THE LOWER
80S IN OUR NORTHWEST.
.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 348 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013
A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY LINGER SUNDAY EVENING OR OVERNIGHT IN
OUR FAR EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST ZONES. HOWEVER CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON
THE CHANCES AS THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT THE RAINFALL WILL
PRESS EAST OF OUR FORECAST AREA AFTER 00Z MONDAY. OTHERWISE THE
SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLS...THEN THE WINDS SHIFT AGAIN TO AN
EASTERLY DIRECTION. HOWEVER LOWS WILL BE COOLER THEN WHAT WE HAVE
HAD LATELY...WITH LOWER TO MID 60S COMMON. IT WILL BE VERY WARM
AND HUMID ON MONDAY WITH SURFACE WINDS VEERING TO THE SOUTH TO
SOUTHEAST. DESTABILIZATION WILL TAKE PLACE IN FRONT OF THE NEXT
SHORT WAVE WHICH WILL PASS ACROSS OUR AREA MONDAY NIGHT. THE ECMWF
HAS BEEN REMARKABLY CONSISTENT WITH THIS FEATURE AND WAS PRIMARILY
FOLLOWED...WITH A RAPID EXIT LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
NOT A LOT GOING ON IN THE TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY TIME FRAME.
LARGE UPPER RIDGE DEVELOPS OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES...THEN
RETROGRADES WESTWARD TO THE GREAT BASIN AREA LATE THIS WEEK. THIS
IS COUPLED WITH A DEEPENING HUDSON BAY LOW WHICH CREATES A
STRONGLY AMPLIFIED PATTERN. EXPECTING VERY WARM AND HUMID
CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THEN AS THE UPPER FLOW
AMPLIFIES...WE CAN EXPECT A SLOW COOL DOWN HEADING INTO LAKE WEEK
AS COOL AIR BACKS IN FROM THE EAST. CONCERNING PRECIPITATION...NO
ORGANIZED RAINFALL IS IN THE OFFERING.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 142 AM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013
LARGE MCS WILL PRESENT LARGEST AVIATION CHALLENGE FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THE OVERNIGHT. CONDITIONS LIKELY TO BECOME LESS SEVERE NOT LONG
AFTER 06Z AS STORMS BECOME MORE OUTFLOW DOMINANT...WITH WINDS OF
40 TO 50 MPH EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH LEADING EDGE OF SYSTEM. MAY
SEE SOME BRIEF MVFR CEILINGS OR MVFR/IFR VISIBILITIES AS STORMS
WORK EASTWARD THROUGH EACH SITE.
&&
.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR SDZ038>040-050-
052>071.
MN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR MNZ071-072-080-
081-089-090-097-098.
IA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR IAZ001>003-012-
013-020.
NE...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...MJF
LONG TERM...MJF
AVIATION...CHAPMANHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1140 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-231200- 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- 1140 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD BY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AS THEY PUSH EAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE SEVERE. THE MAIN THREATS IN THE AFTERNOON WILL BE LARGE HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE...SPORADIC DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE MAIN THREAT WILL TRANSITION TO MAINLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH IN THE EVENING. FLOODING... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE TRI-STATE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. GROUNDS ARE ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE SLOW MOVING OR REDEVELOP OVER THE SAME LOCATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. THE MAIN THREATS WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY AND NORTHWEST IOWA FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...AND THEN INTO NORTHWESTERN IOWA BY LATER EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
814 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0803 PM HAIL 1 ESE LARCHWOOD 43.45N 96.43W
06/22/2013 E1.00 INCH LYON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JCHAPMANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
818 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0815 PM HAIL SW LUVERNE 43.65N 96.21W
06/22/2013 E0.88 INCH ROCK MN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JCHAPMANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
830 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0822 PM HAIL LUVERNE 43.65N 96.21W
06/22/2013 M1.00 INCH ROCK MN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CHENARDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1022 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1008 PM HAIL 7 ESE TRENT 43.86N 96.54W
06/22/2013 E1.00 INCH MOODY SD TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JCHAPMANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1200 AM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1155 PM TSTM WND GST WHITE LAKE 43.73N 98.71W
06/22/2013 M58 MPH AURORA SD MESONET
&&
CHENARDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1233 AM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1149 PM HAIL MADISON 44.01N 97.11W
06/22/2013 E1.25 INCH LAKE SD EMERGENCY MNGR
&&The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused Pipestone Creek to briefly flood on June 23rd, with lowlands including a few rural roads affected. The creek crested at 0.9 foot above flood stage at Pipestone on June 23rd.
Heavy rain caused Split Rock Creek to briefly flood, with lowlands including a few rural roads affected. The creek crested at 0.9 foot above flood stage near Jasper on June 24th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Minnesota in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, June 2013
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: 455707, 455708.