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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Aberdeen, SD

March 24, 2019Stanley County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this river flood warning at Mar 24, 2019, 2:48 PM MDT for Stanley County, South Dakota. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 24, 2019, 2:48 PM MDT (20:48 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2019, 10:55 AM MDT
In force: 44 hr
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Stanley County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Bad River (SD) near Fort Pierre (FTPS2). The gauge peaked at 23.42 ft at Mar 25, 2019, 10:00 AM MDT.

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06441500, 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 24, 2:29 PM MDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 2:29 PM MDT, 19 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 23, 8:44 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	ABR	Codington	41 days
Mar 24, 1:05 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	ABR	Codington	5 days
Mar 24, 3:03 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	ABR	Dewey	6 days
Mar 24, 8:56 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	ABR	Codington	52 hr
Mar 24, 11:35 AM MDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ABR	Day, Grant, Marshall, Roberts	6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Dakota, 2019 Every river flood warning in 2019

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.