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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this river flood warning at Mar 6, 2020, 10:41 AM CST for Minnehaha County, Moody County, South Dakota. It took effect at Mar 9, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 2020, 10:41 AM CST (16:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 9, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2020, 11:41 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 days
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Big Sioux River near Dell Rapids (DERS2). The gauge peaked at 12.69 ft at Mar 14, 2020, 11:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 12 ft
- Moderate stage
- 14 ft
- Major stage
- 15 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06481000, 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 Mar 6, 5:46 AM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 5:46 AM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 5:53 PM CST | River Flood Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson | 6 days |
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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.