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River Flood Warning 34, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

March 11, 2020Brookings County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this river flood warning at Mar 11, 2020, 7:41 AM CDT for Brookings County, South Dakota. It was in force for 21 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 2020, 7:41 AM CDT (12:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 1, 2020, 7:41 AM CDT
In force
21 days
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Brookings County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:45 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 near Bruce (BRCS2). The gauge peaked at 8.78 ft at Mar 30, 2020, 3:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
8 ft
Moderate stage
10 ft
Major stage
13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06479770, 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
Mar 11, 2:59 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryFSDBon Homme, Clay, Hutchinson, Lake, Lincoln, McCook and 5 more9 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Dakota, 2020Every river flood warning in 2020

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.