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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Aberdeen, SD

March 11, 2014Dewey County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this river flood warning at Mar 11, 2014, 1:46 PM MDT for Dewey County, South Dakota. It took effect at Mar 11, 2014, 7:53 PM MDT. It was in force for 61 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 11, 2014, 1:46 PM MDT (19:46 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 11, 2014, 7:53 PM MDT
Expired: Mar 14, 2014, 8:34 AM MDT
In force: 61 hr
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Dewey County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Moreau River (SD) near Whitehorse (WHIS2).

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 23 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06360500, 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 Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 11, 11:47 AM MDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 11:47 AM MDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 11, 12:49 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABR	Corson	8 hr
Mar 11, 3:18 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	ABR	Corson	18 hr
Mar 11, 9:33 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABR	Corson	21 hr
Mar 11, 11:36 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABR	Corson	24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Dakota, 2014 Every river flood warning in 2014

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.