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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Aberdeen, SD

April 23, 2018Codington County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this river flood warning at Apr 23, 2018, 9:32 AM CDT for Codington County, South Dakota. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 2018, 9:32 AM CDT (14:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
39 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Codington County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:33 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 Big Sioux River at Watertown Broadway Avenue (WBWS2). The gauge peaked at 11.23 ft at Apr 23, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT.

Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
10.5 ft
Moderate stage
11 ft
Major stage
13.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06479512, 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 Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 11:51 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningABRDeuel5 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Dakota, 2018Every river flood warning in 2018

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.