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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Aberdeen, SD

May 17, 2014Brown County, Spink County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this river flood warning at May 17, 2014, 9:46 AM CDT for Brown County, Spink County, South Dakota. It took effect at May 20, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 2014, 9:46 AM CDT (14:46 UTC)
In effect from
May 20, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 1, 2014, 10:29 AM CDT
In force
12 days
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Brown County, SD, Spink County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:47 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 James River near Stratford (SFDS2).

Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
18.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06472000, 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, 2014Every 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.