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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

March 12, 2010Clay County, O'Brien County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this river flood warning at Mar 12, 2010, 8:23 PM CST for Clay County, O'Brien County, Iowa. It was in force for 12 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2010, 8:23 PM CST (02:23 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 2010, 10:08 PM CDT
In force
12 days
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Clay County, IA, O'Brien County, IA

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:24 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 Ocheyedan River near Spencer (SPOI4). The gauge peaked at 11.51 ft at Mar 15, 2010, 2:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
8 ft
Moderate stage
9.5 ft
Major stage
10.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06605000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 9:32 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryFSDBrookings, Lake, Moody13 hr
Mar 13, 10:17 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFSDLincoln, Minnehaha12 hr
Mar 13, 4:46 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFSDMcCook, Minnehaha42 hr
Mar 13, 5:10 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryFSDBrookings, Kingsbury, Lake, Moody42 hr
Mar 13, 5:50 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningFSDMcCook, Turner7 days
Mar 13, 10:17 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFSDLyon7 days
Mar 13, 10:17 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningFSDSioux5 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2010Every river flood warning in 2010

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.