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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Aberdeen, SD

March 23, 2019Big Stone County, Minnesota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this river flood warning at Mar 23, 2019, 8:57 AM CDT for Big Stone County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 23, 2019, 8:57 AM CDT (13:57 UTC)
Expired: Mar 25, 2019, 8:20 AM CDT
In force: 47 hr
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Big Stone County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Minnesota River at Ortonville (ORTM5). The gauge peaked at 11.01 ft at Mar 23, 2019, 12:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05292000, 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 23, 6:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 6:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 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 22, 8:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ABR	Codington	7 days
Mar 22, 8:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ABR	Codington	4 days
Mar 22, 9:12 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ABR	Hamlin	54 days
Mar 22, 10:44 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ABR	Grant	11 hr
Mar 23, 1:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ABR	Corson	10 hr
Mar 23, 11:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ABR	Corson	8 days
Mar 23, 3:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ABR	Grant	7 days
Mar 23, 4:51 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ABR	Roberts	7 days
Mar 22, 7:57 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ABR	Traverse	21 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 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.