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River Flood Warning 31, NWS Aberdeen, SD

March 31, 2019Spink County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this river flood warning at Mar 31, 2019, 8:02 PM CDT for Spink County, South Dakota. It was in force for 36 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2019, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2019, 10:05 AM CDT
In force: 36 days
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Spink County, SD

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 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 James River near Redfield (RFDS2). The gauge peaked at 26.94 ft at Apr 22, 2019, 3:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06475000, 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 31, 6:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 6:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 3:27 AM CDT, 16 hours 35 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
327 AM CDT Sun Mar 31 2019

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>017-019>023-033>037-045-048-051-010830-
Traverse-Big Stone-Corson-Campbell-McPherson-Brown-Marshall-Roberts-
Walworth-Edmunds-Day-Dewey-Potter-Faulk-Clark-Codington-Grant-Hamlin-
Deuel-Stanley-Sully-Hughes-Hyde-Hand-Jones-Lyman-Buffalo-
327 AM CDT Sun Mar 31 2019 /227 AM MDT Sun Mar 31 2019/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for west central Minnesota,
central South Dakota, north central South Dakota and northeast
South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Snowmelt and river ice will continue to contribute to overland and
river/stream flooding throughout the region.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Continued snowmelt and river ice over the next several days will
contribute to overland and river/stream flooding throughout the
region.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

SDZ018-010830-
Spink-
327 AM CDT Sun Mar 31 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Snowmelt and river ice will continue to contribute to overland and
river/stream flooding throughout the region.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Continued snowmelt and river ice over the next several days will
contribute to overland and river/stream flooding throughout the
region.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 9:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ABR	Brown	21 days
Apr 1, 2:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ABR	Brown	11 days
Apr 1, 9:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ABR	Spink	120 days

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.