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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

May 23, 2022Sanborn County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this river flood warning at May 23, 2022, 9:32 AM CDT for Sanborn County, South Dakota. It took effect at May 26, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 67 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2022, 9:32 AM CDT (14:32 UTC)
In effect from
May 26, 2022, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 1, 2022, 8:15 AM CDT
In force
67 days
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Sanborn County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 James River near Forestburg (FORS2).

Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
14.5 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06477000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

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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.