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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

March 10, 2010Hutchinson County, Yankton County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this river flood warning at Mar 10, 2010, 9:37 AM CST for Hutchinson County, Yankton County, South Dakota. It took effect at Mar 11, 2010, 4:30 PM CST. It was in force for 162 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 10, 2010, 9:37 AM CST (15:37 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 11, 2010, 4:30 PM CST
Expired: Aug 20, 2010, 11:31 AM CDT
In force: 162 days
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Flood severity: Major

Counties Hutchinson County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point James River near Scotland (SCOS2). The gauge peaked at 19.78 ft at Mar 19, 2010, 9:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06478500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, 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 this river flood warning went out at Mar 10, 3:30 AM CST, 6 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 3:30 AM CST, 6 hours 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 10, 4:06 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Aurora, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Douglas, Gregory and 3 more	24 hr
Mar 10, 9:37 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FSD	Beadle	155 days
Mar 10, 9:37 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FSD	Sanborn	162 days
Mar 10, 9:37 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FSD	Davison, Hanson	168 days
Mar 10, 9:37 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FSD	Davison	12 days

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.