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River Flood Warning 44, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

March 18, 2010Lincoln County, Minnehaha County, South Dakota; Lyon County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this river flood warning at Mar 18, 2010, 9:54 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Minnehaha County, South Dakota; Lyon County, Iowa. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 18, 2010, 9:54 PM CDT (02:54 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2010, 1:40 PM CDT
In force
7 days
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Lyon County, IA, Lincoln County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Big Sioux River at Sioux Falls N. Cliff Avenue (SXFS2).

Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06482020, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Dakota, 2010River 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.