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River Flood Warning 213, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

May 30, 2019Minnehaha County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this river flood warning at May 30, 2019, 6:59 AM CDT for Minnehaha County, South Dakota. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2019, 6:59 AM CDT (11:59 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2019, 7:39 AM CDT
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Minnehaha County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Skunk Creek near Hartford (HTFS2).

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 11 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06481493, 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 May 30, 6:54 AM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 6:54 AM CDT, 5 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 9:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Minnehaha	21 days
May 30, 6:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Clay	5 days
May 30, 9:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Union	5 days
May 30, 10:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Union	5 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.