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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

March 14, 2008Minnehaha County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this river flood warning at Mar 14, 2008, 12:51 AM CDT for Minnehaha County, South Dakota. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 14, 2008, 12:51 AM CDT (05:51 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2008, 8:16 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Flood severity
Minor

County Minnehaha County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Willow Creek near Crooks (WCCS2).

Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
9 ft
Moderate stage
11 ft
Major stage
13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06481497, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.