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Flood Watch 2, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 20, 202424 counties in South Dakota; 9 counties in Iowa; 8 counties in Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this flood watch at Jun 20, 2024, 3:26 AM CDT for 24 counties in South Dakota; 9 counties in Iowa; 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 20, 2024, 8:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 47 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 20, 2024, 3:26 AM CDT (08:26 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 20, 2024, 8:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 22, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 hr
Issued by: NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Flood severity: None

All 41 counties

Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Lyon County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Rock County, MN, Aurora County, SD, Beadle County, SD, Bon Homme County, SD, Brookings County, SD, Brule County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Gregory County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Jerauld County, SD, Kingsbury County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Sanborn County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Jun 19, 10:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 10:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 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
Jun 20, 7:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Lincoln, Turner	10 days
Jun 20, 9:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Clay	11 days
Jun 20, 3:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FSD	Hutchinson, Lincoln, Turner	3 hr
Jun 20, 4:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Lincoln	21 days
Jun 20, 5:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FSD	Lyon, Osceola	3 hr
Jun 20, 6:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Lyon	7 days
Jun 20, 1:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FSD	Cottonwood, Murray	18 days

Nearby

Flood Watches in South Dakota, 2024 Flood Watches in Iowa, 2024 Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2024 Every flood watch in 2024

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.