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River Flood Warning 255, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

July 15, 2019Union County, South Dakota; Plymouth County, Sioux County, Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this river flood warning at Jul 15, 2019, 8:33 AM CDT for Union County, South Dakota; Plymouth County, Sioux County, Iowa. It was in force for 11 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2019, 8:33 AM CDT (13:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2019, 1:36 PM CDT
In force
11 days
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Union County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:36 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 Big Sioux River above Hawarden (HWDI4). The gauge peaked at 24.43 ft at Jul 19, 2019, 3:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
18.5 ft
Minor stage
20.5 ft
Moderate stage
24 ft
Major stage
30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06483950, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 3:38 PM CDTExcessive Heat WatchFSDBon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Douglas, Gregory, Hutchinson and 4 more50 hr
Jul 15, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Davison, Douglas27 min
Jul 15, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBon Homme, Yankton28 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2019River 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.