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River Flood Warning 123, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

April 6, 2019Turner County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this river flood warning at Apr 6, 2019, 11:25 AM CDT for Turner County, South Dakota. It took effect at Apr 6, 2019, 8:12 PM CDT. It was in force for 19 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2019, 11:25 AM CDT (16:25 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 6, 2019, 8:12 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 25, 2019, 10:21 AM CDT
In force
19 days
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Turner County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:29 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 Vermillion River near Davis (DVSS2).

Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
11 ft
Moderate stage
13 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 6, 6:11 AM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 6:11 AM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 4:28 AM CDT, 6 hours 57 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
428 AM CDT Sat Apr 6 2019

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098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-070930-
Lyon-Osceola-Dickinson-Sioux-O'Brien-Clay-Plymouth-Cherokee-
Buena Vista-Woodbury-Ida-Lincoln-Murray-Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson-
Pipestone-Rock-Dixon-Dakota-Beadle-Kingsbury-Brookings-Gregory-
Jerauld-Sanborn-Miner-Lake-Moody-Brule-Aurora-Davison-Hanson-
McCook-Minnehaha-Charles Mix-Douglas-Hutchinson-Turner-Bon Homme-
Yankton-Union-
428 AM CDT Sat Apr 6 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwest Iowa,
west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska,
central South Dakota, east central South Dakota, south central
South Dakota, and southeast South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected to redevelop
across the area this evening and continue tonight. Strong storms
are not expected.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

A significant weather system could bring rain and snow to the
region by the middle of next week. Confidence remains low on
details with the system. Continue to monitor the forecast as this
time frame approaches.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 9:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDMoody21 days
Apr 6, 9:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDMinnehaha20 days
Apr 6, 9:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDMinnehaha3 days
Apr 6, 9:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDLyon14 days
Apr 6, 9:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDClay69 hr
Apr 6, 9:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDClay, Dickinson18 days
Apr 6, 9:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDClay40 days
Apr 6, 9:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDBuena Vista, Clay17 days
Apr 6, 2:59 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDPipestone20 hr
Apr 6, 3:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDPipestone21 days
Apr 6, 7:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDPipestone21 days
Apr 6, 9:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDLyon21 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.