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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this river flood warning at May 24, 2024, 4:36 PM CDT for Clay County, Iowa. It was in force for 19 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2024, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2024, 10:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 days
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Clay County, IA
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Little Sioux River near Spencer / Highway 18 (SPII4).
- Action stage
- 1321 ft
- Minor stage
- 1322 ft
- Moderate stage
- 1324 ft
- Major stage
- 1328 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 May 24, 2:36 PM CDT, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 2:36 PM CDT, 2 hours before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 428 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-250930- Lyon-Osceola-Dickinson-Sioux-O'Brien-Clay-Plymouth-Cherokee- Buena Vista-Woodbury-Ida-Lincoln-Murray-Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson- Pipestone-Rock-Dixon-Dakota-Beadle-Kingsbury-Brookings-Gregory- Jerauld-Sanborn-Miner-Lake-Moody-Brule-Aurora-Davison-Hanson- McCook-Minnehaha-Charles Mix-Douglas-Hutchinson-Turner-Bon Homme- Yankton-Union- 428 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwest Iowa, west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, central South Dakota, east central South Dakota, south central South Dakota, and southeast South Dakota. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Rain and isolated thunderstorms will exit southwest Minnesota and northwest Iowa early this morning. Behind the rain and storms northwest winds will increase with gusts around 40 mph likely through the afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Periodic showers and thunderstorms are expected Saturday night into Memorial Day. While severe weather is currently not anticipated, lightning is still possible. When thunder roars, go indoors! .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 24, 4:33 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 9:50 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FSD | Aurora, Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison and 5 more | 9 hr |
| May 24, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Woodbury | 31 min |
| May 24, 2:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Dickinson | 23 min |
| May 24, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 17 min |
| May 24, 3:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Dickinson | 32 min |
| May 24, 7:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 19 days |
| May 24, 9:07 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, O'Brien | 6 days |
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.