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River Flood Warning 87, NWS Aberdeen, SD

October 22, 2019Corson County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this river flood warning at Oct 22, 2019, 6:45 AM MDT for Corson County, South Dakota. It took effect at Oct 22, 2019, 3:36 PM MDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 22, 2019, 6:45 AM MDT (12:45 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 22, 2019, 3:36 PM MDT
Expired
Oct 22, 2019, 6:55 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Corson County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:49 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 Grand River (SD) near Little Eagle (LIES2). The gauge peaked at 14.99 ft at Oct 22, 2019, 3:00 PM MDT.

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Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06357800, 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 Oct 21, 1:36 PM MDT, 17 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 21, 1:36 PM MDT, 17 hours 9 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 22, 1:25 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningABRTraverse7 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Dakota, 2019Every 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.